44 Friday, December 19, 1980
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Entebbe Rescue Becomes Battleground for Labor Party Leaders
By MOSHE RON
zhak Rabin.
Zadok, who is a partisan
of Shimon Peres in the
TEL AVIV — A new con- Labor Party contest be-
troversy about the 1976 tween Peres and Rabin for
Entebbe rescue has erupted candidacy for the next pre-
between former Minister of miership, accused Rabin of
Justice Haim Zadok and being hestitant about a
former Prime Minister Yit- military action to free the
Israeli hostages held in
Entebbe, Uganda.
The
After he stated this in a
TV interview, Rabin sent
ORCHESTRA
him a sharp letter, saying
that he was the first who
proposed a military action
in a meeting of Cabinet
members on June 29, 1976.
"Up till then the military
forces did not consider such
an option. I argued that
preference should consider
negotiations with the hi-
jackers," Rabin wrote. "I
asked the chief of staff if
such an action is possible,
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but the defense minister,
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Shimon Peres, asked for a
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"Professional Entoftalnmint"
postponement of the discus-
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The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent
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had not yet considered such
a possibility."
Rabin said, that in
other meetings of
Cabinet members on
June 30 and July 1, 1976,
he asked the chief of staff
again, if he has a pro-
posal for a military ac-
tion, which he could
recommend, but his an-
swer was negative. In the
latter meeting it was de-
cided to act in two direc-
tions: Making prepara-
tions for a military action
and carry on negotia-
tions for freeing the pris-
oners.
In a meeting with the de-
fense minister and the chief
of staff on July 2, 1976,
Rabin received for the first
time a proposal for a mili-
tary action, which the chief
of staff was ready to recom-
mend. On July 3, the chief of
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showed Rabin's letter to tide, which was published
former Chief of Staff Mota in Maariv on Aug. 17, 1979,
Gur and reminded him of a different opinion about
what he said after the suc- the credit for the Entebbe
cessful Entebbe action: action.
Rabin said, "The prime
That Peres was the man to
whom we owe this success, minister has a higher re-
as he pushed and acted in- sponsibility than any
cessantly for the execution member of the government
for all successes and failures
of the military action.
Zadok said that he of the government. If there
knew of Rabin's critical would have been a failure in
attitude towards Peres, the Entebbe action, there is
but he expected from him no doubt who would have
an unbiased description had to bear the responsibil-
of Peres' part in the ity for it."
Entebbe action. The
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negative description
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does not add to the credi-
HAIM ZADOK
entertainment for
bility of Rabin,' he said.
your organization.
staff recommended that the
In his answer, Rabin re-
actions should be carried peats that he was the first to
club or private party.
out during the night of July propose at the Cabinet
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4, 1976. "I decided to call a meeting on June 29, 1976,
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Cabinet meeting to confirm the possibility of a military
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this proposal," Rabin said.
action. Until this moment
Rabin added that he had nobody, including the chief
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acted to the best of his of staff, had raised such an
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knowledge and conscience option. The former chief of
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as prime minister, who took staff had expressed in an ar-
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upon himself the responsi-
bility in such a serious case.
He accused Zadok of not
studying the necessary
documents before he ap-
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peared on TV regarding the
aubusson and Israeli tapestries
facts of the Entebbe action.
ceramics
"If he would have done so,
wearable art
he would not have said what
paintings
sculpture
he said," Rabin stated.
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In his answer, Zadok re-
jected Rabin's statement
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Zadok said that in the
first consultation the chief
of'staff informed the mem-
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who was most active in the
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this step, but emphasized
that he saw in the negotia- fp\
tion only a diversive action
in order to prepare the mili-
tary action," Zadok said.
"On July 2, 1976, Peres
came to me in order to con-
vince me to support a mili-
tary action to free the pris-
oners. Only after I heard his
reasonings and the plan of
the chief of staff, I decided to
support the plan."
Zadok reveals that he
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