Word: eban
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Leaders of Israel's Labor opposition are now beginning to speak out against Menachem Begin's handling of the peace negotiations. Among the most eloquent are former Premier Yitzhak Rabin and former Foreign Minister Abba Eban. In interviews with TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff and Correspondent David Halevy, they explained their views...
...Eban is not overly worried about Sadat's present demands, since he is convinced that even Sadat does not believe in "100% restoration of Arab land." Eban maintains that Sadat obviously does not expect the Israelis to surrender the Wailing Wall, that holiest of Jewish shrines, to Arab sovereignty. So if there is one exception, he reasons, there can also be others. Eban's advice to Sadat: "He should remember the proverb 'The best is the enemy of the good.' Those who say 'All or nothing' are more likely to get nothing than...
...called it a verbal maneuver for public consumption." In an emotional conclusion directed to "the people of Israel," Sadat besought them to "teach your children that what has passed is the end of suffering and what will come is a new life." Said former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, an Arab linguist, when Sadat had finished: "The speech itself was predictable. I could have written it myself. But the Middle East can never be the same again...
...Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, 58, might contest Peres for the nomination. Allon, whose strength lies with the dovish left-wing Mapam faction of the party, eventually decided not to do so. Thus the path was cleared for a party-unifying compromise: Peres would run for Premier, his ally Abba Eban would be nominated for his old post of Foreign Minister, and Allon would be offered Defense. On Sunday, the Central Committee voted overwhelmingly for Peres to head the Labor Party slate...
...leads to the conviction that Labor will not head the government any longer." Not quite. Likud Leader Menachem Begin is still in the hospital after a severe heart attack, and Yigael Yadin, head of the upstart Democratic Movement for Change, is fighting libel charges. Even so, Labor Stalwart Abba Eban confessed to doubts that the party "can still turn the wheel and gain momentum." If not, the sad end of Yitzhak Rabin could be followed by the demise of the Labor government he has suddenly ceased to lead...