Knesset Gives New Premier a Vote of Confidence;
Mrs. Meir Firm on Position Against 4-Power Talks
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Knes- the audience as was Mrs. Miriam
of the Arabs' state of prepa
set gave an overwhelming vote Eshkol, widow of the late prime ness.
Of confidence Monday to the coali- minister. ' Mrs. Meir, meeting newsmen for
Most members of the Knesset the first time since assuming the
tion government of Mrs. Golda
Mir, who became Israel's fourth were dressed formally but some premiership , emphatically re-
premier. The vote was taken fol- did not break their habit of ap- jected a Four Power solution to
the Middle East conflict on the
lowing an hour-long speech by the pearing in public with open col-
TO-year-old f o r m er Milwaukee lars. Yigal Allon was sworn in stationing of a new UN peace-
school teacher, in which she served as deputy prime minister, the keeping force in the region. She
notice that Israel would never rank he held in the Eshkol gov- said a UN force had failed twice
accept a solution to the Middle ernment. He had served as act- before to prevent war and ther
East conflict imposed by the Big ing prime minister of the care- was no reason to believe it would
taker government from the time succeed a third time.
Powers.
Mrs. Meir implied that some dis-
The tally. 84-12 with one absten- of Mr. Eshkol's death Feb. 26 agreement
had developed with the
tion, was read by Speaker of the until Mrs. Meir was named pre- Nixon administration over Israel's
mier-designate by President Sha-
Knesset Kaddish Luz, and Mrs.
positions.
"There
is no doubt that
zar.
The
only
absent
members
Meir took her place at the head
President Nixon has the best of
Of the horseshoe-shaped govern- of Mrs. Meir's cabinet were For-- intentions regarding Israel," she
scent table where she and her eign Minister Abba Eban and said. She noted that his meeting
Cabinet pledged allegiace to the Housing Minister Mordecai Ben with Foreign Minister Abba Eban
state, its laws and the Knesset. Tov, who are abroad.
Former Prime Minister David
according to a formula laid down
by Israeli law. The cabinet later Ben•Gurion, absent from the cham..
ceremonial
visit
to
the
ber
during Mrs. Meir's address,
paid a
but abstained from
home of President Zalman Shazar. arrived a later
ballot in the confidence
casting
vote. Ben-Gurion later expressed
his "personal" opposition to Mrs.
gether 22 months ago by her . Meir. He had been a bitter politi-
predecessor, the late Prime Min-
eve cal foe of the late Mr. Eshkol.
Ister Levi Eshkol, on the
consists The former premier, who plans
of the Six-Day War. It
to stand for re-election to the
of her own Israel Labor Party.
with Knesset as a one-man faction, said
now in political alignment labor he would join the United Labor
M a p a m . the left-wing
movement if it were headed by
party; the Gahal (Ilerut-Liberal "men of high ethical standards
Party alignment); the Inde- true to the people of Israel."
pendent Liberals; National Re-
Another political . opponent of
ligious Party; Poalie Agudat Is- • Mrs. Meir, Defense Minister
rael, and four small factions Moshe Dayan, warmly congratu-
made up of braze and Israeli lated her as she walked from the
Arabs affiliated with the Labor rostrum after her speech. He will
Party.
continue to serve as defense min-
The position of Mrs. Meir's ::()%.- ister.
ernment was spelled out in a plat- Most Israeli newspapers ex-
form presented to the Knesset pressed warm editorial approval
Monday which declared that ••The of Mrs. Meir's maiden speech in
government will make constant the Knesset. They welcomed in
efforts to achieve a durable peace particular the "forcefulness" with
with Israel's neighbors founded which she stated her government's
Mt treaties of peace to be reachedd-
/ policy and said that it must be
in direct negotiations between the taken into account by anyone
parties concerned." dealing with Israel in the future.
The independent daily Haaretz
The document asserted further.
"Without peace treaties, Israel will said that Mrs. Meir's emphasis
continued to maintain in full the on Israel's demand for direct
peace talks with the Arabs and
situation as determined by
the her assertion that Israel will hold
cease fire and will consolidate her
position in accordance with the a the present cease-fire lines until
peace treaty is achieved indi-
vital needs of her security
and cated that neither the so-called
development."
Allon
plan or any othsr scheme
the
That platform, reflecting
that falls short of an over-all set-
demands of the right - wing, na- tlement
was under consideration
tionalistic Gahal faction, appeared
to contradict the contention of at present.
Mrs.
said at a press con-
some observers here and abroad ference Mar
Tuesday that a renewed
that in the past few months Israel outbreak of war between Israel
had "quietly dropped" its insis- and the Arab states was not
tence on direct peace talks with
not imminent but was im-
the Arabs and formal peace trea- only
possible from the point of view
ties with them.
Mrs. Meir's coalition cabinet
Is the same as the one put to-
Mrs. Meir's maiden speech as
bead of the government left little
doubt about what Israel's stand
will be in the months ahead. She
reflected the deep concern felt
here that the Big Four powers.
whose representatives were ex-
pected to confer on the Middle
East at the United Nations this
week, may come up with recom-
mendations inimical to Israel's
interests and exert pressure on
Israel to accept them.
°The small state of Israel ven-
tures to ask: itsfriends . . . to
understand that In matters affect-
ing our existence, the conditions
for our very physical survival, no
decision can be adopted without
us. nor can any recommendations
be formulated without our con-
sent," Mrs. Meir said.
She said the Arabs must under-
stand that the cease-fire lines can
be tranquil only if quiet is main-
tained on both sides of the line,.
"We want tranquility," she added.
"It was never our aspiration to
win victory in war, but to prevent
stars. But it has been demon-
strated that when wars have been
forced upon us, we have been
able to play our part and there
Is no doubt in my heart that if
a new war is forced upon us
again, we shall again be victo-
rious."
The Knesset assembled Monday
morning. After being called by
the speaker, Mrs. Meir rose from
bar seat in the Labor Party sec-
tion and mounted the rostrum..
Members of her family were in
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 21, 1969-5
TRUTH- IN ADVERTISING!
Elath's Missing Crewmen
fficially Declared Dead
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
60 missing
crewmen of the Israeli destroyer
Elath, which was sunk by Egyp-
tian missile craft off the Sinai
Coast Oct. 21, 1967, have been
officially declared dead. The Haifa
rabbinate has declared their wives
to be widowed and eligible to re-
marry.
last Friday was Israel's first con-
tact on this level with the new
administration. "Therefore, it is
too soon to expect that complete
agreement could be reached on
all matters, and the dialogue goes
on." She said she had no plans
at present tto visit the U.S.
Mrs. Meir saw little likelihood
that Washington and Moscow
would come to an agreement on
Middle East policy. She conceded
that she did not relish such a
a prospect, however remote. She
said Israel had "valid doubts"
about the intentions of the Soviet
Union and France in the Middle
East.
The prime minister said the
cabinet had not yet discussed the
future of the occupied territories
and such matters as the economic
integration of the West Bank with
Israel because in the absence of
peace talks with the Arabs, such
discussions were academic.
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