THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6 Friday, March 1, 1980
Jews Worldwide Mourn Israeli Leader Yigal Allon
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Galin eulogized Mr. Allon
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President Navon dwelt
on the three main sub-
jects Mr. Allon devoted
himself to in recent years
— strive towards a peace-
ful settlement through
ensuring Israel's security
and respecting its
neighbors, creating a de-
eper link with Diaspora
Jews and finding new
paths for the Isareli
youth.
At the gravesite, former
Israeli Premier Yitzhak
Rabin spoke of Allon as the
"pillar of fire that led the
way of the Palmach then
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and now." "Allon," said Ra-
bin, "has proved the anthem
of the Palmach — we are
always first — to be true, in
his original way of think-
ing, in his original planning
of battles and in going with
his soldiers."
Attending the funeral
were many Druze notables
and villagers, Arab nota-
bles and chieftains, Chris-
tians from South Lebanon
headed by Major Haddad,
and kibutzniks from all over
the country. There were
flowers from many foreign
legations and from settle-
ments and organizations.
Mr. Allon was one of the
giants of the younger lead-
ership that fo,unded the
state of Israel and governed
it for most of its existence.
A leader of. Labor
Zionism, a hero of Israel's
War of Independence
and one of the major fig-
ures of the Labor Party in
government and in oppo-
sition, Allon never
achieved his goal of be-
coming premier.
Born in Kfar Tabor, Allon
(nee Paicovitch) attended
agriculture school and
helped his father farm until
he joined with others in
founding Kibutz Ginossar
overlooking the Sea of
Galilee, where he remained
a member until his death.
As a young man Allon
areas of the West Bank to
Jordan while retaining
paramilitary settlements
on the Jordan River.
In 1968, he became the
first Cabinet minister to
move his official residence
into the old city of
Jerusalem.
Levi Eskhol named Allon
deputy premier in 1968 and
he also moved him from
labor to the education
ministry. He held these
posts under Premier Gi -
Mein
When Rabin, who had
served under Allon in the
Palmach, became premier,
Allon became foreign
minister, a post he held
until Labor was ousted by
the Likud. government.
Since 1978, in addition
to being one of Labor's
chief opposition spokes-
men in the Knesset, he
was also chairman of the
World Labor Zionist
movement.
The day before his death,
world statesmen were
entertained at Kibutz
Ginossar by Mr. Allon, the
last being Gen. Kamal Has-
san Ali, Egyptian Defense
Minister. Upon hearing the
news of Mr. Allon's death,
Gen. Ali expressed shock
and sorrow and phoned his
condolences to Mrs. Allon.
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YIGAL ALLON
joined the Palmach and was
a member of the special
squad organized by Orde
Wingate. By 1948, he had
risen from private to gen-
eral and commander of the
Palmach. Allon withdrew
temporarily from the Pal-
mach when the Jewish
Agency adopted the policy
of hunting down the Irgun.
He returned to head it dur-
ing the War of Indepen-
dence..
He fought on all fronts
and was the first Israeli
commander to push into
the Sinai after Egyptian
forces going , as far as the
outskirts of El Arish be-
fore Premier David
Ben-Gurion ordered him
back under pressure
from the United States.
One of his prisoners,
whom he personally in-
terrogated, was a young
officer named Gamel
Abdel Nasser, who later
became president of
Egypt. Later Allon was
relieved of the southern
command while on an of-
ficial visit to France.
He was replaced 'by
Moshe Dayan, which prob-
ably began the rivalry be-
tween the two generals who
for most of Israel's Labor
Party rule were considered
the two government mem-
bers who could talk to the
Arabs.
In 1950, Allon went to Ox-
ford to study philosophy and
history and worked to-
gether with the noted mili-
tary historian B.H. Liddel
Hart. In 1952, he returned
and was appointed secre-
tary general of Achdut
Haavodah of which he con-
tinued to be a leader
throughout his life.
In 1961, he became minis-
ter of labor after being re-
called from England where
he was taking courses in
Near East studies.
After the 1967 war,
Allon was the first
Cabinet member to pro-
pose a settlement with
Jordan. His plan, which
became known as the
Allon Plan and for which
he is best known outside
Israel, proposed restor-
ing most of the populous
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