Sayan Plan OK'd by Labor Party Allows Private
Land Purchases in Administered Territories

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
bor Party secretariat gave
overwhelming approval Mon-
'lay to a series of proposals
by Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan that will open the way
to private land purchases by
tews in the administered
Arab territories, increase
settlement in the ter-
ritories and reduce the Arab
L abor force presently work-
ing in Israel.
Th^ plan, which is bitterly
opp by Labor's align-
ment, partner, Mapam, and
by a minority within the
Labor Party itself, will be in-
corporated in the align-
nent's platform.
The various facets of the
plan originated with Dayan
and were drafted into docu-
ment form by Minister-with-
out-Portfolio Israel Galin. It
has the full blessing of Pre-
mier Golda Meir, though
finance Minister Pinhas Sa-
pir is known to be opposed to
parts of it.
Aryeh Eliav, the Labor
Party's former secretary
---,neral, an outspoken
"dove," declared that he
could not support the Dayan
Plan in any forum. But he
did not vote against it.
The Document was ap-
-proved a week ago by the
party's executive and its
endorsement Monday by the
secretariat was considered - a
at e r e formality. Approval
was by '78 votes. There were
several abstentions, but no
hands were raised against it.
Mapam leaders were furi-
ous that they were excluded
from the discussions of the
plan held by the Labor Party
leadership during the past
few weeks. Mapam is ex-
pected to have a platform
document of its own to sub-
mit to the alignment secre-
tariat at a later stage, but no
alterations of the Dayan Plan
are expected. It remained a
moot question whether, under
the circumstances. Mapam
would remain in the Labor
Alignment.
The temper of the Labor
Party majority was mani-
fested in the crushing 65-13
defeat Tuesday of a sugges-
tion by former Transport
Minister Moshe Carmel that
the question of land pur-
chases in the territories
undergo further discussion.
The issue is probably the
most controversial aspect of
Dayan Plan, with far-
ranging implications for the
future of the administered
territories.
C • three months ago, the
go. ment upheld the cur-
rent ban on purchases of
land in the territories by in-
dividual Jews and private
corporations. Da y a n ada-
mantly refused to accept this
and is known to have threat-
ened to leave the Labor
Party before Election Day if
its platform did not meet his
satisfaction.
Dayan said Saturday night
that he was opnosed to the
employment of Arab labor in
new settlements in the ad-
ministered territories, esne-
eially in the Rafah area. He
discussed the problem with
the secretariates of Sadot and
Netiv Haassara. two mosha-
vim (small holders settle-
ments) in the Pithat Rafiah
area where he visited.
Dayan noted that Bedouins
have been evacuated from
the Rafah area to form a

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buffer zone between Sinai
and the Gaza Strip. If Arabs
are employed in settlements
in the area, this purpose will
be defeated, he said. Dayan
reportedly will raise the mat-
ter in the cabinet and will
seek legal means to limit the
employment of Arabs in new
settlements.
In a related move, the cab-
inet Sunday agreed to give
the military governors con-
trol over how long and how
many Arab workers may be
employed in Jewish agricul-
tural settlements in the ad-
ministered territories.
The Dayan Plan adopted
Monday calls for the estab-
lishment of a buffer zone in
the Rafiah area between the
Gaza Strip and Sinai. It also
called for the construction of
a coastal city, Yamit, in
northern Sinai, a project long
advocated by Dayan and op-
posed by Sapir.
Dayan did not insist, how-
ever, on financial commit-
ments for Yamit this year.
His chief concern was its
security aspects, and he
agreed that for the time
being Yamit would
serve as
an urban center for Jewish
settlements in Pithat Ra-
fiah and may only eventually
become a harbor town.
At Sunday's cabinet meet-
ing, Mrs. Meir and Dayan
argued that employment of
the Bedouin evacuees by
Jewish settlements in the
region not only defeated
security purposes but had a
bad effect on Jewish settlers
who would become used to
Arab labor.
Under the cabinet's deci-
sion, the various military
governors will have the
authority to decide if and
how long Arab workers may
have permission to • work in
Jewish settlements in the
administered territories. Dif-
ferent limits are expected to
be set in different regions.
depending upon the extent of
Arab employment in each
region.
The cabinet voted down
protests by two Mapam min-
isters and Moshe Kol of the
Independent Liberals, who
agreed in principle to the
idea of limiting Arab labor
but objected to placing con-
trol in the hands of the mili-
tary governors.
The cabinet agreed unani-
mously to call on the agri-
culture ministry and the
Jewish Agency's settlement
department to take all pos-
sible measures to ensure self-
labor in Jewish settlements.
The settlement department
announced Monday that it
would make changes in the
economic pattern of new set-
tlements in the administered
territories to minimize the
employment of Arab day
labor in the settlements.
The department said that
most new settlements are
based entirely on Jewish
labor. In the few where Arab
day labor is dominant, the
department will change the
economic pattern to make it
unnecessary, a spokesman
said.
To avoid "speculative pur-
chases," the Dayan Plan
would require corporations to
do their buying through the
Israeli Land Authority.
If the land authority is not
able to make the purchase,
individuals would be per-
mitted to do so, subject to

confirmation by a special
ministerial committee. There
are no geographic limits to
the purchase of such lands.
The document speaks spe-
cifically of Jewish settle-
ments in the approaches to
the Raffah region, the Golan
Heights and the Jordan Val-
ley. It approves an urban
center in the Raffah region
with 800 housing units by the
1977-78 fiscal year.
Three new kibutzim will be
established within the next
three years in the Raffah
region by the Ihud 1-lakevut-
zot Vehakibutzim it was
announced by Ihud Secretary
Nahman Raz. He said the
first settlement would be
established within a short
time and the other two at a
later stage.
The plan calls for exten-
sive efforts to improve living
conditions of Arab refugees,
particularly in the Gaza
Strip.
The Dayan Plan at the
moment is an election docu-
ment. Before it is imple-
mented, it will have to be
approved by the new govern-
ment created af;er the Oct.
29 elections.
Ministers Suggest Plans
for Jerusalem Development
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Rec-
ommendations for the im-
provement and development
of Jerusalem to enable it to
absorb a much larger popu-
lation and provide better
living conditions for t h e
existing populace were
adopted Tuesday at a meet-
ing of a ministerial commit-
tee chaired by Premier
Golda Meir.
Mrs. Meir praised the pro-
posals, by a special working
team set up for the purpose,
for their comprehensive ap-
proach to the city's urban,
social and economic prob-
lems. Mayor Teddy Kollek,
who attended the meeting,
heartily concurred with the
recommendations, which he
termed the greatest success
of his administration.
The plans are predicated
on an expected Jerusalem
growth rate of 4 per cent per
year during the next five
years and a population of
381,000 — 283,000 Jews and
98.000 Arabs — in 1977.
In line with these projec-
tions are two other develop-
ments affecting Jerusalem—
a plan to bulid a 500-acre
industrial zone in the Anatot
area just east of the city and
another to link Jerusalem
with Bethlehem by a con-
tinuous suburb to be built
between the two cities.
The Anatot plan for which
the Kollek administration
had been pressing, was ap-
proved by the cabinet Sun-
day. The land lies in the ad-
ministered territories and is
in the government's posses-
sion. It will not be annexed
to Jerusalem.
The Bethlehem Plan, also
involving land in the admin-
istered territories, was pre-
pared by planners from the
interior ministry, West Bank
military headquarters and
the Jerusalem municipality.
There was some criticism
that the plan would create
too dense an urban area be-
tween the two cities, mini-
mizing their distinctive qual-
ities.
Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan complained, on the
other hand, that the proposed

builtup area was not dense
enough. A compromise was
building" between the two
cities, although the term was
not precisely defined.
K o 1 1 e k, meanwhile, has
warned against building new
suburbs in East Jerusalem
without allocating funds to
rebuild urban slums. He also
warned that new suburbs
will impose a heavy burden
on the municipal budget
should the government ig-
nore the city's demands for
additional funds.
It was noted at Tuesday's
meeting that the Jewish
population growth rate in
Jerusalem is 2.8 per cent per
year compared to a 3.6 per
cent Arab growth rate. But
the Jewish population is ex-
pected to be increased by
51,000 in the next five years
through immigration, com-
pared to an increase of 35,000
during the last five years.
Non-Labor Alignment Finds
Adjustment Is Impossible
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Efforts
to form a broad non-Labor
alignment to confront Pre-
mier Golda Meir's Labor
Alignment in the Oct. 29
Knesset elections appeared to
have collapsed last week.
They foundered on a bitter
dispute between Gahal, the
largest and most powerful of
the opposition parties, and
the tiny Free Center faction
over the number of candi-
dates the latter was to have
on the non-Labor election
lists.
Some observers said the
non-Labor front was doomed
from the start—a promising
idea whose time had not
come. Shmuel Tamir, of the
Free Center, said the failure
simply proved that Gahal
was never serious about
unifying the op p o s it ion
parties.
Two retired generals—Ezer
Weizman and Arye Sharon—
of Gahal who thought they
had reached a compromise
with Tamir only to have it
rejected by the Gahal execu-
tive, indicated they were dis-
illusioned with politics.
Negotiations to form a non.
Labor alignment of Gahal,
the Free Center, the State
List and other factions were
tortuous from the start.
But the practical issue of
election lists proved the new
alignment's undoing. Tamir
demanded that his faction,
which has two seats in the
Present Knesset, be given
four places among the first
32 on the alignment's election
list.
Under Israel's system of
proportional representation,
the candidates closest to the
top of the list are most
assured of election.
Gahal objected, but Weiz-
man and Sharon took it upon
themselves to negotiate pri-
vately with Tamir. The latter
finally agreed to accept three
places among the first 30
names on the list but insisted
that the places be near the
top. Then the Gahal execu-
tive voted 11-3 against the
deal. Gahal leader Menahem
Begin accused Tamir of dic-
tating ultimatums.
Weizman said that if the
Free Center is not in the
alignment t h e alignment
would be a fiction.
Deny Rumor of Plan
to Drop Eban from Cabinet
JERUSALEM (JTA) —

Rumors that Premier Golda
Meir plans to drop Abba
Eban from her cabinet after
the Oct. 29 elections were
described as "unbased
gossip" by Aharon Yadlin,
secretary general of the
Labor Party. Rumors con-
cerning the future of Israel's
foreign minister have ap-
peared in the press recently.

According to one story,
Mrs. Meir told some of her
closest cabin et associates
that she was resolved not to
include Eban in her next
government and wished to
appoint a new foreign minis-
ter. Yadlin accused the op-
position Gahal Party of cir-
culating "baseless gossip" as
fact as part of its election
propaganda campaign. He
said Mrs. Meir has said
nothing about Eban's cabinet
tenure.

premier and Eban are known
to have been tense for a
considerable time. Eban was
not happy with Mrs. Meir's
selection of her former polit-
ical secretary, Simha Dinitz,
for the key ambassadorial
post in Washington. Eban's
relations with her were said
to have deteriorated recent-
ly when the foreign minister
was accused of disapproving
Israel's Aug. 10 interception
of a Lebanese airliner.

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