Despite her quiet and humble personality, Tzippora did not hesitate to voice her opinion about her husband's bitter rival, who had cut short his political career. An example of this is her reaction to Operation Kinneret, which Ben-Gurion initiated in December 1955, while she and her husband were in the United States. Upon her return to Israel, Tzippora harshly criticized Ben-Gurion's close aides, Yitzhak Navon and Teddy Kollek.[14]