Arabs Vote in Israel Election, Defy Terrorists

tional unity, according to most
(Continued from Page 1)
observers.
jected picture emerged Wednes-
d,,y:
In order to rule by _themselves,
- The Labor alignment, which con- the alignment would have to de-
sists of the Israel Labor Party and pend on the support of the four
Mapam, won 58 seats as opposed Labor-allied Arab Knesset mem-
to its present 63 (the Labor Party bers. something no government
itself is a merger of the former has done before.
Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda and ROI
Premier Meir is expected to be-
parties); Gahal took 27 seats as gin consultations with the various
against a previous 22: the religious parties aimed at the formation of
parties experienced no change, a government soon — long before
with the National Religious Party final results are in.
getting 11, Agudat Israel 4; and
Gahal sources have announced
Poalei Agudat Israel 2.
that they will not be content with
-•The Independent Liberals kept
cabinet membership that carries
their 4 seats: David Ben-Gurion's
no responsibility for a specific
State List went from 1 seat to 3:
ministry. Gahal was expected to
the Free Center will have 1 in-
be given the justice ministry and
stead of 4: the two Labor-allied
possibly
tourism and development.
.-Nrab and Druze Party lists will
One change already agreed upon
continue with 4 seats: Ilaolam
Hatch will keep its 1 member: is that Victor Shemtov of the Ma-
the Israel Communist Party will pam section of the alignment will
keep I seat: and the Moscow- become housing minister, replac-
oriented New Communist Party, ing Mordechai Bentov, also of
which is mainly Arab, will keep Mapam. Former Rafi members
were expected to have two seats,
its 3.
Between 80 and 82 per cent of with the inclusion of Shimon Peres
in the cabinet along with Defense
the 1,750,000 voters turned out.
Israeli law requires that an elec- Minister Moshe Dayan. Labor
tion list must get at least 1 per Minister Joseph Almogi, who ran
cent of the valid votes in order to on the Rafi list in 1965 was in-
quality for Knesset membership. cluded in the Mapai element of
Until the final count is made, it the alignment this year.
Most observers believed that no
is not sure if the Peace List (also
called the Professors List) and policy changes are considered
the Land of Israel List. headed by likely with the composition of the
Dr. Israel Eldad, have qualified. new cabinet.
Although economic questions
Both were approaching the I per
were almost ignored in the cam-
cent mark.
If none of the small lists qualify. paign, the drop in alignment
their votes will he subtracted from votes was probably based on in-
the number of valid votes cast. ternal party considerations rather
and the number of votes required than ones of foreign policy, it was
to gain a seat will be slightly believed. One possible reason for
lower. In such cases, the list gain- the decline in support for the
ing the most votes usually benefits. alignment was that the appearance
of the leftist Mapam on the same
The composition of the future
list with a centrist Rafi meant
cabinet is likely to be similar
that on both sides of the labor
to the present government of na-
spectrum there were voters who
would not accept the list as repre-
B-G Favors Return of All senting their views.

but Jerusalem, Golan

PARIS (JTA) — Israel's former
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
said here that he favored return
of all the Arab territories occupied
during the June 1967 war with the
exception of East .Jerusalem and
the Golan Heights.
Ben-Gurion, who stressed that
he was speaking as a private in-
dividual, said that peace was
more important than holding on !
to occupied territories.
Ile said Israeli troops should
abandon the Sharm el-Sheikh
strong-point at the southern tip of
the Sinai Peninsula once a peace
treaty was signed and free pas-
sage through the Straits of Tiran
was assured.
The 83-year-old Israeli states-
man, visiting here as a guest of
the French United Jewish Appeal,
expressed disappointment that he
would not meet former President
Charles de Gaulle. Ben-Gurion had
written to the general asking for
a meeting but was told that de •
Gaulle has not received political
visitors since leaving office. Ben-
Gurion said, nevertheless, that he
admired Gen. de Gaulle, who
"saved France."
Ben-Gurion, at a dinner of the
United Jewish Appeal, exhorted
French Jews "not to forget or for-
sake their heritage of a chosen
.people and to fulfill their duty."
fie said the aliya movement in
France "must still be built up and
consolidated."

Mexican Propaganda

MEXICO CITY (ZINS)—An or-
ganization calling itself "Asocia-
cion de Amigos de Los Pueblos
Arahas" (Society of Friends of the
Arab countries) is actively en-
gaged in anti-Semitic activities
which are increasing in evidence
every (lay.
Anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist pla-
cards appearing in various parts
of the capital liken Israel to Nazi
Germany and the Israeli army to
the Gestapo. Mexico has become
a cetiter , - of anti-Semitic propa-
ganda being disseminated in all

Latin American countries.

-

The swing to Gahal rather

heavy turnout of Arab voters in
East Jerusalem might have a bene-
ficial effect on Arab-Israeli rela-
tions. Under pre-I967 Jordanian
law. only male property owners
had the franchise. Israel gave the
vote to men and women over 18, ;
and 35,000 of East Jerusalem's :
75,000 residents became eligible.

than to the Free Center, which
i broke away from Gahal, was in-
terpreted as meaning that the
majority of conservative and na-
tionalist-minded voters preferred
the more moderate policies rep-

resented by Menahem Begin's
Herut and the Liberals (formerly
General Zionists) to the extrem-
ist line on the territories taken
by Shmuel Tamir's Free Cen-
trists.
The lists which ran on the terri-
torial question alone or those that
made it the principle element in
their platform did not capture the
imagination of the electorate.
It appeared that the voting Is-
raeli has accepted the thesis pro-
pounded by the government that
peace does not depend on what
Israel says but on what the Arabs
do. Thus. the vast majority gave
their votes to the parties which
have ruled Israel since the 1967
war.
These stand for a rentention of
the cease-fire situation on the basis
of reciprocity and for making no
sweeping changes in the status of
the Israeli-held territories until a
decision on their future can or
must be taken.

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lion was the large Arab turnout in
Jerusalem. where Mayor Teddy
Kollek was returned to office. His
alignment list, together with an af-
filiated merchants' and artisans'
list, gained nearly 50 per cent of
the votes and may have an abso-
lute city council majority.

Some 9,000 East Jerusalem
Arabs cast ballots, ignoring Arab
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