Labor Party OKs Dayan 'Unwritten Plank' on Borders
TEL AVIV (JTA)—"Our policies
in the (occupied) territories suffer
from lack of decision, lack of aim.
We still do not know exactly what
we want and where we are going,"
Deputy Pr em i e r Yigal Allon
charged at the Labor Party con-
vention Monday night in opposition
to views advanced at an earlier
session by Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban
urged the party not to abandon the
"balanced formula" of "secure and
agreed boundaries" which, he said,
made it possible for Israel to es-
tablish settlements in the occupied
territories without impairing its
image as a peace-seeking nation.
Earlier, the platform commit-
tee agreed to an "unwritten
plank" proposed by Gen. Dayan,
which stated specifically what
Israel considered to be secure
boundaries. These included all
of the Golan Heights, the Gaza
Strip, a section of the Sinai Pen-
insula linking Israel with Sharm
el-Sheikh, and the Jordan River,
to be Israel's eastern security
frontier.
Eban sharply rejected the plat-
form plank and, in effect, chal-
lenged Gen. Dayan's supporters to
leave the party.
Eban spoke at the closing ses-
sion of the Labor Party conven-
tion Tuesday. The sharpness of his
remarks, which were apparently
not clear with all of the Labor
Party's leaders, aroused new fear
of a schism within party ranks.
Members of the Rafi faction, head-
ed by Dayan, have already de-
manded a "clarification." But
Eban, anticipating the reaction,
told the convention he was not
afraid of a split and said the
party should reconcile 'Ifstblf to
that possibility. He added that it
would win the elections in any
event
Eban stated flatly that he was
opposed to "unwritten" platforms.
What counts, he said, is the writ-
ten .platform which speaks of "se- I
cure and agreed boundaries." He
said Israel's readiness to enter
peace negotiations with any Arab
state without prior conditions was
the "overriding policy principle"
of the party platform. He said it
was decided deliberately not to in-
clude geographical definitions in
the platform and to keep its word-
ing entirely in the realm of prin-
ciples. Eban criticized Gen. Day-
an's use of the term "strategic
borders," observing that secure
borders implied that they must be
strategic.
Owing to the controversy, the
platform plans on security,
foreign policy and policies in
the occupied territories were
- referred to the party's central
committee for final decision.
Allon also took issue with Gen.
Dayan's proposals. He maintained
that the Jordan River should be Is-
rael's political frontier because
"security frontier" might imply
demilitarization on the Israeli side
as well as the Jordanian. He also
said he didn't know what Gen.
' Dayan meant when he called for
the economic integration of the
occupied zones with adjacent
areas of Israel.
He warned against "hasty eco-
nomic steps" before there was a
decision on the political future of
the territories. However, he said,
the local Arab leadership must be
• encouraged to establish home rule
j. while Israel administered internal
, and external security.
It was only after lengthy tele-
phone conversations with Premier
• Weir, party Secretary General Pin-
chas Sapir and Knesset member
Reuben Barkat, chairman of that
platform committee, that the plan:
w a s released to Kol Israel for
! - broadcast.
; Gen. Dayan agreed however that
the plank should remain unwritten
though party speakers would refer
to it during the election campaign.
The Labor Party is obliged to
stand by the plank which would
become government policy in the
event of a Labor victory in the-Oc-
tober elections which appears like-
ly at this point.
Mrs. Meir; after the convention,
went on record with notice that
"even if prospects for peace arose
in the Middle East," Israel will
not "forego one inch of land if it
means endangering our security
borders."
She spoke Tuesday night at
a joint meeting of the party
and the Mapam Party in Mann
Auditorium here. It was the
first such meeting since the
two parties entered into a poli-
tical alignment, and it marked
the beginning of the campaign
for next October's parliamentary
elections.
The elections will be on three
levels—for seats in the Knesset,
representation in the governing
councils of Histadrut, Israel's
powerful labor federation, and for
offices in municipalities and other
local bodies. The Labor Party and
Mapam will appear on a common
list.
Both parties have approved a
common platform for the Hista-
drut and local elections. But they
have yet to approve the Knesset
platform which was incomplete
when their conventions ended.
Israel's security appeared up-
permost in Premier Meir's mind
when she spoke calmly and de-
liberately. "We shall measure
every centimeter to ascertain
which border in truth will assure
us peace," she said. "There may
be disagreement, but the decisive
thing is what will ensure peace,
not only for one day but for all
times."
Mrs. Meir said that Eban was
right when he said at the conven-
tion that Israel is not alone in the
world. But, she added, "While our
friends stand by us on vital is-
sues, we are certainly not pam-
pered by them. We need the
strength some times to stand up to
our friends and even oppose them"
Mrs. Meir defended the La-
bor-Mapam alignment which
has been criticized by some ele-
ments in both parties. She said
it was not an expedient alliance
of two political camps but "the
logical conclusion of 50 years of
arguments and great deeds. The
main thing is to seek what
unites us rather than points of
division. Peace is still far off.
War is very much with us. We
can discuss and argue about
future borders, but it is only an
argument. What matters is not
argument but performance."
Sapir said there was no dissen-
sion at the convention "despite
our enemies' predictions" and add-
ed, "we are fully prepared to em-
bark on the election campaign."
Dayan said Monday that Israel
must take offensive measures
against Egypt in the Suez Canal
zone, but within carefully circum-
scribed limits.
He said that Israel is fighting
what amounts to a "small war"
on the banks of the Suez Canal
in order to avert a big war which
would follow an Egyptian at-
tempt to cross the canal in force
under cover of its air force and
artillery. He said it was neces-
sary for Israel to make selective
use of its air and ground forces
with air raids against Egyptian
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thrusts deep into Egypt.
It is not enough to fight a de-
fensive action "sitting in a bunker,
keeping your head down," Gen.
Dayan said, but he added, "every
measure must be taken to avoid
contact with the Russians" who are
advising and directing Egypt's
armed forces. He said Israel's of-
fensive actions must also be limited
by consideration of the United
States' desire to avoid a confronta-
tion in the Middle East and by the
demands on manpower and ma-
terial on Israel's other fronts.
Gen. Dayan said that Israel in-
troduced its air fo'rce into the Suez
fighting in order to reduce casual-
ties as much as possible. He ob-
served that in the Six-Day War Is-
rael suffered 3,300 casualties, in-
cluding 778 dead. In more than two
years since then, Israel's casualties
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