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Siege of Jerusalem. During Israel's war of independence, he was a deputy commander of the Palmach under Yigal Allon (now Israel's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister). Some of Rabin's exploits-including his command of the brigade that lifted the 1948 siege of Jerusalem, and countless raids that he led to liberate detainees who had immigrated illegally-were later attributed by Author Leon Uris to the fictional heroes of his novel Exodus...
...earlier this year to work out an Arab-Israeli ceasefire, the Secretary of State has switched the procedure. Since July he has been standing still in Washington while a procession of Middle Eastern diplomats shuttles in to see him. So far, the roster has included Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, Prime Minister Zaid Rifai of Jordan, Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy of Egypt, Jordan's King Hussein, Foreign Ministers Abdel Halim Khaddam of Syria and Omar Saqqaf of Saudi Arabia. This week the latest shuttler, Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, arrives to spend four days conferring with Kissinger and President Ford...
...hoped that Mr. Allon could have worked out his problems within the Department, but the Commission of Inquiry is the next logical step," he continued...
George F. Carrier, chairman of the Commission of Inquiry, Coolidge Professor of Applied Mathematics, said yesterday that the commission will look into Allon's case in the fall...
Lawrence could not be reached for comment on Allon's charges