You ever consider that her heart disease and lymphoma might have had something to do with her retirement from politics?
Golda Meir resigned as Prime Minister of Israel due to the public and political fallout from the Yom Kippur War. The surprise attack by Egypt and Syria in 1973 caught Israel off guard, and the subsequent handling of the war led to widespread criticism and a loss of confidence in her leadership. While Israel was able to regain the offensive after the Yom Kippur War, the massive casualties of the war were seen as Meir's failure, and she resigned from office in 1974.
The war also exposed deep flaws in Israel's intelligence and military planning. The government's initial attempts to deflect blame and the subsequent inquiry into the war's handling further eroded public trust in Meir's leadership.
As criticism mounted, political pressure on Meir increased. The Agranat Commission of Inquiry, established to investigate the war's failures, implicated some government officials, further weakening Meir's position.
Ultimately, the combination of public anger, political pressure, and the findings of the inquiry led Meir to resign as Prime Minister in 1974.
JERUSALEM, April 10 (1974) —Premier Golda Meir announced her resignation tonight, bringing down her month‐old coalition Government and making new national elections likely in the next several months.
The 75‐year‐old Premier said that she was quitting because deep divisions within her Labor party had made it impossible to continue. The party had reached an impasse in recent days over the issue of assigning political responsibility for Israel's military shortcomings at the beginning of the October war.
The members of the Israeli Labor party who attended the closed session at which Mrs. Meir made her announcement quoted her as saying she felt that she no longer commanded sufficient support within her divided party to continue as Premier.
The current crisis erupted last week when the judicial commission of inquiry into the October war published a report assigning the blame for Israel's unpreparedness to the top military command. Although the report cleared Mr. Dayan of responsibility, his critics called on him to resign.
Such an intraparty struggle was inevitable, given Mrs. Meir's age and the divisions that had developed among the three factions. But it was accelerated by the October war, which generated a strong desire among much of the Israeli public for new leadership and new policies.
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/11/archives/golda-meir-quits-and-brings-down-cabinet-in-israel-new-election.html
JERUSALEM, Dec. 8 (1978)— Golda Meir, a one‐time teacher in Milwaukee who became Prime Minister of Israel, died this afternoon at the age of 80.
Mrs. Meir had been in Hadassah Hospital since August for treatment of an undisclosed back ailment. Early this week a hospital spokesman said she had also been suffering from liver infection and jaundice.
Hadassah Hospital doctors said later that Mrs. Meir had had leukemia for 12 years, including when she was Prime Minister. The hospital spokesman said that the illness was kept under control until recently, when viral hepatitis developed.
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/09/archives/golda-meir-80-dies-in-jerusalem-israelis-acclaim-stalwart-lioness.html
