'! THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16 Friday, August 11, 1979 Rabin's Attack May Solidify Peres' Hold on Labor Party lished this week by Maariv, Rabin accuses Peres as "constantly undermining" his rule, at all costs. Details of the- new book were publicized by Israel Television. Rabin wrote that Peres JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Premier Yitzhak Rabin has launched an all- out political war against his long-time rival, Labor Pary chairman Shimon Peres. In a new book, whose first two chapters were to be pub- BUCKLES aiis IMITED FREE BUCKLE! WITH EACH PURCHASE OF $30 OR MORE YITZHAK RABIN HAND CRAFTED TOOLED LEATHER BELTS $8 & $10 BUCKLES $ PEARL SCISSORS 3 FOR $11 4 was determined to become premier, and for that goal, everything was permissi- ble, including leaking state secrets to the press. Accord- ing to Rabin, this reached a climax when the press pub- licized the story of a secret visit by Soviet emissaries. 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Rabin re- called that he did not con- sider Peres the suitable candidate for Defense Minister in his Cabinet, but was forced to appoint him by the implied threat of the ex-Rafi wing that it would not support the government unless Peres was appointed. In an interview with Is- rael TV, Peres said he had served in the Hagana, the Israel De- fense Force and the de- fense establishment from his early youth. Peres noted that the ele- ment of revenge was some- times much stronger in political autobiographies than the historical record, "but I am sure that the truth will come out one day . ." He added: ". . I am at peace with myself. My memory is intact." Rabin alleged in the book that "53 hours after the Air France airliner was hijacked to Entebbe (Air- port in Uganda in July, 1976). Peres had not fulfilled the minimum requirement of a defense minister, to as- certain from the command- ing officers the military op- tions." But Peres had a totally different version: ". . . I am happy that. on the eve of the operation, Rabin joined in the decision to carry out the raid, and the Cabinet ap- proved it." On the illicit Rabin Washington bank ac- count, which finally brought him down, Rabin wrote that six months before the ac- count was exposed, a "well-known" Israeli journalist had informed one of his aides that cer- tain circles in the Labor Party knew of the ac- count and planned to use it to discredit him. These circles even sent an investigator to Wash- ington. Rabin ignored the warn- ing, and this was, he wrote, his "tragic mistake." Romania Mideast Meeting Unlikely TEL AVIV (JTA) — President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania in- tends to initiate an interna- tional conference on the problems of, the Palesti- nians with the participation of the Soviet Union and the United States, according to reports from Bucharest where Ceausescu met with former Israeli Premier Yit- zhak Rabin. The Romanian president also told Rabin he intends to invite Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Arab countries and "other states" to that con- ference. According to reports from Bucharest, Rabin told Ceausescu he did not be- lieve such a conference could materialize. Rabin has reported on his talks in Romania to Premier Menahem Begin. has helped Premier Menahem Begin's govern- ment. The Rabin charges left Is- raelis bewildered and won- dering who was running Is- rael and who could run Is- rael. Israelis were troubled by an ailing, though re- covering Begin, and an ail- ing Cabinet in which per- sonal and ideological rifts repeatedly sparked fights between the ministers, a situation publicly criticized by Foreign Minister Mos Dayan last week. The Likud Knesset mem- SHIMON PERES bers comprising Herut, Lib- Peres said he thought Ra- eral Party and La'am, held a bin's book would do its stormy meeting last week to author a great deal of harm, assess the state of their coal- and indicated that Rabin ition in the wake of Dayan's must realize that if Peres harsh criticism. The Likud members ever became premier, he would not make a place for conducted a searing Rabin in his government. critique of the govern- Rabin, in his book, said that ment. Most speakers at he would never want to the meeting confirmed serve under Peres as pre- Dayan's assessment that the government seemed mier. Rabin was lambasted by to be paralyzed, espe- Labor Party leaders Sunday cially in the economic night, but the party bureau field which he had de- decided not to pass a resolu- scribed as chaotic. The meeting ended with tion rebuking him. The only Labor Party the adoption of a resolution leader to defend Rabin dur- calling on Begin and Likud ing the four-hour meeting ministers to convene in two was former Foreign Minis- weeks and bring to that ter Yigal Allon. "The party meeting a detailed plan to needs both Peres and Ra- improve the situation. The stormy nature of the bin," Allon declared. He criticized the all-out as- meeting and the self-critical saults against the former statements were made, ac- cording to some of those in premier. Rabin appeared to take attendance, because most of the ordeal philosophi- the Likud Cabinet minis- cally although the out- ters were not present, nor come left no doubt that was Begin. Peres emerged the un- challenged leader of the party despite Rabin's, , hopes to replace him. INVITATIONS? 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