THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Political Parties Begin Election Maneuvering

(Continued from Page 16)

Chaim Zadok Finance
Minister {ehoshua
Rabinowitz and the inf-
luential Labor veteran
Israel Galili, Minister-
Without-Portfolio.

All of them apparently
agreed that the time had
come to drop the NRP, an
increasingly unreliable
coalition partner. More

ZEVULUN HAMMER

important for Rabin's fu-
ture leadership of the
party, they all appeared
prepared to support the
Premier against such chal-
lengers for his office as
Defense Minister Shimon
Peres and former Foreign
Minister Abba Eban.

little in the way of com-
mitments from the U.S.
Many observers are
deeply concerned over
the condition of political
flux in Israel at a time
when pressure is sure to
mount from the U.S. and
other friendly Western
. nations for Israel to enter
into full-scale negotia-
tions with the Arabs at
the earliest possible date.
_ The Egyptian-Syrian
peace offensive and Saudi
Arabi's move last week to
link oil prices to Middle.
East negotiations may
well erode Israel's sup-
port in the West.

Analysts are wonder-
ing, therefore, why Rabin
precipated a government
crisis at this time. At the
Labor Alignment meet-
ing the Premier stressed
the principle of collective
responsibility. He said
that a government that
acquiesced when one of
its partners refused to
support it on a no-
confidence motion was a
government headed for
disintegration.

But the Labor Align-
ment has had similar dif-
ficulties with the NRP in
the past and often yielded
to it to preserve the coali-
ton at times when the
political situation at

But there are problems.
Before the elections Is-
rael's faltering economy
might worsen since no
caretaker government
would be able to take de-
cisive measures to control
inflation and stem the ris-
ing tide of unemploy-
ment.

The new budget, due to
be submitted to the Knes-
set next month, would
have no chance of ap-
proval with elections.
pending. The Treasury
would have to present an
interim budget, a move
the Finance Ministry is
anxious to avoid.

0

There are also dangers
in the foreign policy field.
Rabin is due to go to
Washington next month
for meetings with Presi-
dent Carter and officials
of the new Administra-
tion. He hopes to return
with political gains.
But fears were expres-
sed here that as the leader
of an interim regime or
even of a minority gov-
ernment, he could expect

* * *

Rabin Resignation
Won't Hurt Talks

YITZHAK RAPHAEL

home and abroad was
much less urgent. Some
political observers be-
lieve Rabin is deliber-
ately seeking early elec-
tions.

For one thing, he would
like to go to the polls be-
fore the recently formed
opposition factions have
an opportunity to con-
solidate their positions.

Furthermore, accord-
ing to these observers,
with elections imminent,
the Labor Party is likely
to cancel its internal elec-
tions. Thus Rabin would
be assured that the same
party leadership that
elevated him the Pre-
miership three years ago
would continue to hold

No Hatred

JERUSALEM — Is-
raeli officials said
Wednesday that the res- May this be your will, 0
ignation of the Rabin Lord my God and God of my
government will not slow fathers:
progress towards Middle that hatred for us overcome
no man,
East peace talks.
An official said that and hatred for no man over-
starting the diplomatic come us;
momentum "can harm no that jealousy of us overcome
no man,
one."
In Washington, U.S. and jealousy of no man over-
State Department come us;
spokesman Robert Fun- that your Torah be our life-
seth said that Rabin's ' long vocation,
resignation was unlikely and our words supplications
to affect the Mideast before you.
peace efforts.
—The Talmud

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Is Happy To Announce That

gress is not likely to be
held before 1978 as a re-
sult of the government
crisis.

YOSEF BURG

the positions of power.
They are considered more
likely to support Rabin
than his most serious
challenger, Defense
Minister Peres.

* * *

Zionist Congress
Unlikely Before 78

TEL AVIV (JTA)— The
next World Zionist Con-

The World Zionist Or-
ganization Executive
that was to have met
Monday to set a date for
the Congress postponed-
its meeting. Jewish
Agency and WZO circles
said the various political
factions now anticipate
early general elections
and have no time to dis-
cuss Zionist Congress
problems.

If early elections are
called, possibly for April
or May, Israel's political
parties will be fully oc-
cupied campaigning for
Knesset seats. Also corn-
ing up are municipal elec-
tions, Histadrut elections
and internal elections
within the parties.

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