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...York, where he was attending the U.N. General Assembly, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban branded the Arab contention that Israel had started the war as "the most odious lie in the history of international relations." Noting that Yom Kippur is the most revered holiday in the Jewish calendar, Eban said that the Arabs' decision to use that day for their invasion was cynical and blasphemous. "In Israel there is inevitably a relaxation of normal tensions during Yom Kippur," he said. "All the logistics of a complex society are on a low pulse. Even in the armed forces the general...
...nationwide effort began in response to the appeal of Abba Eban, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, at a meeting of national Jewish leaders, in New York City last Sunday...
...desert sands. Last week he scored a notable triumph in a meeting of the Secretariat, the governing body of Israel's ruling Labor Party. By a vote of 78-0, the members approved a Dayan-originated plan-long and bitterly opposed by such doves as Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir-for Israeli economic penetration into the occupied Arab territories. The Secretariat vote enormously enhanced Dayan's position within the Labor Party and quite possibly established him as the man most likely to succeed Golda Meir as Premier...
...escape across the field. Although they have been disowned and denounced by all established Palestinian organizations, they are probably part of an autonomous offshoot of the fedayeen movement. In the past, Libya has dealt leniently with Palestinian terrorists; this time may be different. Even in what Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban calls the "pathological capital of the world," this skyjacking may be too much to stomach...
...most Israelis, the parade was a thoroughly satisfying-and justified-demonstration of their nation's sophisticated war machinery. Not everyone, though, was all that happy about it. Dayan and Foreign Minister Abba Eban initially opposed the idea of a military parade during the celebrations. Dayan argued that it was a needless expenditure of $6,000,000. Both, however, closed ranks with the rest of the Cabinet once the decision was made...