Word: allon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser expressed "dismay" that "Arab bullets were directed to the wrong target, whatever the reason." Reportedly on instructions from Premier Golda Meir, Israeli officials said nothing. Only Deputy Premier Yigal Allon broke the silence to warn that Israel would not sit on its hands if the status quo were disturbed...
...differ is on the question of what to do about the occupied territories that Israel shows less and less inclination to relinquish. One faction of the ruling Labor Party, represented by Deputy Premier Yigal Allon, argues for the establishment of paramilitary settlements in the occupied territories. Moshe Dayan favors an interlinked economy to benefit Jew and Arab. A program advocated by Gahal, a right-wing nationalist party led by Cabinet Minister Menahem Begin, is for outright annexation. Though she generally favors Allon, Mrs. Meir has publicly refused to commit herself to any of these approaches?until and unless negotiations with...
...Meir is in good health and plans to serve the four-year term to which she is almost certain to be elected. Nevertheless she is grooming Deputy Premier Allon, 50, a loyal, Oxford-educated party man, as her successor. Dayan, 54, will undoubtedly fight for the job too, but Mrs. Meir considers him a maverick unsuited for the top. To broaden Allon's experience, Mrs. Meir is thinking of making him Foreign Minister, a job now held by the mellifluous Abba Eban. In turn, Eban, 54, would become Information Minister, charged with improving Israel's image...
...neighbors" (see box). In strategic translation, that means that Israel intends to retain part of Jordan's West Bank, at least a measure of Syria's Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and as yet unspecified portions of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Last week Deputy Premier Yigal Allon promised Israelis that "if our frontiers are made secure, they will eventually be recognized." Defense Minister Moshe Dayan added a carefully worded warning: "If the Arabs keep up their hostilities,' it is doubtful whether our forces can remain on the defensive...
Less formal discussions, however, have been held. Israeli Deputy Premier Yigal Allon held three secret meetings with Hussein between Sept. 25 and 29 in London. Eban was present at one of these sessions. At one point in this period, Allon also met fruitlessly with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad. It is likely that Eban and Hussein held more private discussions in London in October and January...