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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...
While his indignation was understandable, Eban's rhetoric was overblown. The fact is that the Arab attack did not come as a surprise. Israeli intelligence reported having observed the Egyptians and Syrians reinforcing their border units...
...spokesman for Eban admitted as much when he told reporters: "The likelihood of such an attack became apparent some hours before, and information was given to the U.S. and other governments together with an assurance that Israel would not make any preventive move and would favor action by interested parties to warn Cairo and Damascus against carrying out what was clearly their intention...
...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...