Rabin's Resignation Culmination of Dissension Cdttofl NoU: At Of prcu time Taejday morning the news available to the JewisbPresrwu that Israeli Prime Minister Yltzak lUbto bad resigned but would remain at the bead of a caretaker - government. Rabin hm called (or •arty election*, probably in the tprlng. Elections had been scheduled for October 1977. The following JTA release provides the backround to Rabin's decision. v
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his Cabinet Dec. 19. and opened the way for early elections. The Rabin coalition is now in the minority, commanding only 57 of 120 Knesset seats. It faces a motion of noconfidence whlcfi the- Likud opposition was expected to introduce in the Knesset fpr action Tuesday. Rabin's move was approved JERUSALEM (JTA) - by a majority of Uie Cabinet Premier Yitzhak Rabin but It came as a surprise even abruptly dismissed the Na- to his Labor Alignment coltional Religious Party from leagues. At the opening of the
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weekly session and without political changes in Israel prior debate,- be Informed almost a year before the elecReligious Affairs Minister Yit- tions set for October 1977. zhak Rafael and Welfare It was clear that Rabin did Minister Zevulun Hammer not fire the NRP ministers in a that they could no longer serve moment of anger over their In bis government. breach of coalition discipline. Both had abstained when He apparently concluded that the Orthodox Aguda bloc the religious.faction was no presented a motion of no-, longer a reliable partner and confidence in the government would increasingly oppose on Dec. 14 for alleged Sabbath government policies as elec.desecration. The motion was_ tion day neared. He is known defeated by a vote of 55-48 with to have sought the advice of nine abstentions. But ac- Justice Minister Halm Zadok cording to Israeli law, a who felt that the strongest member of the government measures had to be taken who falls to oppose a no- against the NRP lest Its deconfidence motion is subject fiance make a farce of the to dismissal by the Premier. coalition government. Rabin had not asked for the Gen. (Res.) Ariel Sharon resignation of the third NRP who recently quit Likud of member of his Cabinet, .In- form' the Sholmzion faction terior Minister Yosef Burg, which hopes to win Knesset who had voted against the seats in the next elections, Aguda motion. Burg said, said Rabin's action' marked however, that the ouster of his a n o t h e r s t a g e in t h e colleague gave him no choice disintegration of the system but to resign. / '\'..: that has governed Israel since These events ended the long, its independence^. "One should uneasy partnership. between welcome the developments the Labor Alignment and the because they bring closer the NRP, the larges.^fand, * moment of truth, we are relatively, the most moderate • waiting for, , the elections of ' the various religious which will overthrow the prepolitical factions. More Impor- sent system," he said, tant, it set the stage for major Some observers here, ex-
pressed the view that Rabin deliberately provoked a government crisis in order to have early elections that, be hopes, will give Labor a strong new mandate from the people. These observers say that the present government Is too weak to go to Geneva to negotiate a peace settlement that Inevitably will require substantial territorial concessions by Israel. They point to the Dec. 14 vote In the Knesset which came uncomfortably close to toppling the Rabin regime on" a parochial issue that was of importance only to the religious minority. Rabin, of course, will run serious ( risks In early electlons, c o n s i d e r i n g t h e precarious state of the economy, the recent exposure of high level corruption in Labor ranks arid the rising, wave of labor unrest. On the other' hand, heavy political pressure Is expected to be brought to bear on Israel to negotiate with the Arabs next year. This can only be done if the government has a united electorate behind It and Rabin has taken the first step to bring it about, the observers say.
. WASHINGTON, (JTA) r- tlncl, i The Blumenthal family Bendlx Corporation Chairman Michael Blumenthal, who was came to the United States In Blumenthal w a s designated Dec. 14 by 1947. Family Released President-elect Jimmy Carter reported by dose friends as In an unprecedented move, to be his Secretary of the being a good friend of tity and philanthropy started By Barbara Simon the Soviet authorities released Treasury, is the second Secretary" of State-designate Deenie on her way to becomOMAHA - Deenie MeyerBoris Cbemobllsky, his wife refugee from Hitlcrlsm to Cyrus Vance. He also was said . Ing a more aware, committed and two daughters. Charged reach.a pinnacle of politlcil-. tobejtclose friend joliorxikr; son is joining! She is jplnlng Jewess. ;' ' • • ' • ' • " - '••• •'' •-as a "Soviet Jewish dissi- power In the United States.; Undersecretary t.! State • Marleffe vHechtma'rrfahd "This work Is for me" says: Mickey Sturm co-chairmen, In dent," Chernoblisky faced the George Bail, who for a time Like Secretary of State Deenie. "It's real Work; It's possibllty of up to five years in Henry A. Kissinger who fled was considered a front runner planning and executing the creative and exciting. I live in Women's division of the 1977 prison for peaceful protests In from Germany with his as Kissinger's successor. Omaha, I am Jewish — I feel • Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Moscow in October, according parents and brother In the late However, Blumenlhal's own honored to have been asked to to the National Conference on 1930s, Blumenthal and his position towards such matters Campaign, domyshare." What docs this mean? For Soviet Jewry. parents and sister departed as the Arab "boycott, trade "We're very pleased to have Deenie, chairman of workshop five years alter the Nazis took with the Soviet Union hinging Deenie working with us," says training meetings, it means on Soviet emigration policy over Germany's government. Marlene. "She's young, that she is arranging five The Blumenthal family In and other matters have not workshops over a two-day vibrant and enthusiastic — Berlin w a s "completely been specified by those close period for 150 leaders and just the sort of person we're s e c u l a r i z e d ' a n d n o n - to Blumenthal. reaching out to this year. workers. The workshops will religious," an aide to Blumen"We feel It's a privilege to be held Jan. 19 and 20 and will Jewish Leaders thal told t h e J e w i s h work on this campalqn, and be filled with information, WASHINGTON, (JTA) PARIS (JTA) - Nachum Telegraphic Agency, "Until we know Deenie does, too. entertainment and education Goldmann, president of the the Nazis came along to re- Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal of We're hoping that all Omaha about Omaha's needs, what's New York has been named to' C o n f e r e n c e on J e w i s h mind them they w e r e Jewish women will feel this two of the most Important happening In Israel and with Material Claims Against Ger- Jewish." The aide said ,way — and Join us in that Jews around the world. many,-said here he has In- Blumenthal is Jewish, "no positions In the leadership of Deenie Meyerson privilege * as workers and Ruth Lack, a dynamic the Democratic Party .in the structed Benjamin Ferencz, question about It— culturally donors." Deenie met Ruth Lack by woman from Houston, Tex.,* House of Representatives. The. representative of the and ethnically Jewish" but "Dozens of fresh, new faces Claims Conference "Jewish activities are not In Rep. Henry Wasman of will be at the workshops for accident six years ago in a will be with us this year," negotiating with the East Ger- t h e c e n t e r o l b i s California also has been the two days, says Deenie. hotel in Paris. They became signally honored by his col- "She's so-terrific — I can't friends on that trip, and adds Mickey. man Committee of anti- prfroccupations." Ruth's own personal feelings As the planning for the camFascist Resistance Fighters, 'However, major news leagues in the' leadership waittosee her again and to be about Jewish solidarity, idenwithher." (Continued on Page 2) ' to refuse to accept Si million media reports described his .hierarchy. offered by the Committee. ' parents as non-practicing The Bast Germans made Jews and Blumenthal as a the offer "on humanitarian "baptized Presbyterian." It grounds, as a.pne-tlme finan- was also reported that the . , . , fcAbboEbon cial payment'fU) needy U.S. family converted to ProAmerican Jewish organizations will reject any advice to Editor'* Not.: The Soviet Jemy dropout toue l i currently under Intently* dlscutcitizens of Jewish faith who testantism, when the Nazis withhold aid and compassion from Soviet Jews who reach a free>, •lon ond orielytlt In In* Jtwltn community throughout in* world.'A (pedal committee of Mraell end American Jewlth leaden, We tnteroreanlzotlonoJ Commitwere persecuted by the Nazi were rising to power. haven anywhere hi the world. The deepest Issues of Jewish «— — » - J ~ . «—-•»«• ' " • • • ; " ; • j - ^ j ^ j ^- «*— « H y i .ti'"*!r? regime." . fraierniiy are here ni issue, o'unx viir Jewish fcintiGiiSiiip is Blumenthal, who was born In ell HiramWIcetlon*.•ecoute of the Uportonce of lhe~:Siiier«fie JeWlih Telegraphic Agency hot published en article written by former Israeli Foreign fraternal it imposes an unconditional solidarity. In view of the great wrong In Berlin in 1926, Is the son of Mlnfiler Abbotbone«cluilv«lyforlheJTA. Zionism has an absolute obligation to the interests of every done to tens of thousands of Ewald and Rose Balerie Mark Jewish victims of Nazi Blumenthal.'The family left JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Israells and American Jews alike Jew, In rectitude or in errror, for better or for worse. The obligapersecution in Bast Germany, Berlin in late 1938'or early believe that Jews who emigrate from the Soviet Union to the tion is transcendent and all-embracing. It springs to our conscience from the depths of our tragic history. And it is sustained a«Mi«inn «»H ttw nllor at t l 1339, the side said, andjnadfi, United Spates with Israeli vlsas'do great disiervlce to the cenby memories too poignant to discard. ""' .> million to not to be taken their way to Shanghai where, tral interests of the Jewish people. . . Aliyahis is a unique and a translatable idea. But it is totally Inseriously, especially In view of. "they were stuck" through They exchange the idea of a Jewish homeland fpr-the opcompatible with any concept of coercion. If it lacks the volun- , the (act that West Germany World War II. While in portunistic notion of individual welfare. They bring discredit on tary impulse it becomes drained of Its nobility. Nor is there has provided until now about Shanghai, they were sheltered the powerful historic theme in the name of which, their much prospect of durability in a sojourn in Israel engendered by (23 billion In reparations to In a camp conducted by the d e l i v e r a n c e w a s s e c u r e d . '•'-'. ' • • '•''•'••• Nazi victims. , Joint Distribution Committee. They reward the State of Israel for their own redemption by the pressure of deprivation Imposed by a docile but reluctant Another reason for the re- Shanghai was the locale for a reducing the dignity and authenticity of the very statehood American Jewish decision. The moral implication is intolerable. jection, Goldmann said, was large German-Jewish com- which has served them in their ordeal. Every resource of per- . American Jews who have shown an infinitely smaller tenden-. that It Is only for Jewish vic- munity of refugees In that suasion and Incentive should be put to work to bring this moral cy towards aliyah than Soviet Jewry have no right to compel ' Soviet Jews to fulfill an obligation that American Jews ignore period. It began disintegrating paradoxtoan end. tims now II vlng In the U.S. •• v (ContinuedonPage2) ^V (ContlmiedonPage2) _ _ after the war and is now exYet with all the severity of this Judgement, 1 Hope that
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