Labor Party Unit Repudiates Rafi List Headed by B-G
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Labor
Party's central bureau voted 17-0
Monday night to . support the
party's own lists exclusively in
next October's general elections.
The vote was a repudiation of
the Rafi list headed by former
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
Ai:hough the latter was not men-
tioned by name. But political
experts said there was a 50-50
chance that some former members
of the Rafi faction would defect
from Labor Party ranks. Five Rafi
Members abstained in Monday
night's vote.
The Labor Party bureau met for
the purpose of averting a split.
Premier Golda Meir exhorted the
Rafi adherents to stay within
party ranks. She said she didn't
ask them to renounce Ben-Gurion,
the man or his ideological heritage,
but to reject his rival election list.
Mrs. Met!r was supported in
her plea by Shimon Peres. for-
ager secretary of the Raft faction
who said he supported Ben-
Gurion and what he stood for
hat would urge all party mem-
hers to rally around the Labor
banner.
According to political observers.
the Ben-Gurion list, composed of
members of the original Rafi fac-
tion who refused to go along in its
with Mapai and Ahdut
AVOda to form the Labor Party
early this year. complicated an
already snarled situation.
Disaffected Rafi members with-
in the Labor Party are demanding
greater independence and more
representation in the party coun-
merger
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Northlands Eastland
cils. They also demand a clear ! Alignment List of Candidates
decision on whether the party will for Histadrut Election Approved
adopt the proposals of their leader,
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A list of
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, 1,001 candidates for the Histadrut
as an unwritten plank of its elec- elections, headed by Premier
tion platform.
Gen. Dayan's proposals spelled Golda Meir, was approved by the
out what Israel would consider to Labor Party Central Committee
be its security borders. They were Tuesday night. The list contains
sharply attacked by Foreign Min-1814 Labor Party candidates and
ister Abba Eban. who insisted that 1 187 candidates of the Mapam
the platform contain only general I party which has entered into a
principles without geographical !Party
I political alignment vino Labor.
definitions.
The names of the candidates
The Rafi members are exected
p
' were listed in alphabetical order
to meet later to decide on their I except for the first four — Mrs.
position. The fact that Ben-Gurion I Meir, Aharon Becker, the Histadrut
has submitted a rival list under ! secretary-general, Ben Aharon and
the Rafi banner provides a rally- ! Shimon Peres. Defense Minister
ing point for Rafi members un- Moshe Dayan's name was among
happy in the Labor Party, political the "Ds".
observers said.
Meanwhile, Mayor Teddy Kollek
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Mapam) list in next month's I
MONDAY, AUGUST 25.
municipal elections but only if the
Rafi faction does not break away
from the Labor Party. The align-1
ment council here apparently I
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agreed to his proviso.
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