Word: mapai
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fighting mood." The letter itself was full of cloudy references to "the rule of law, the separation of powers . . . the call of my conscience." But everybody in Israel knew that Ben-Gurion's real purpose was to demolish the challenge of his ambitious Mapai Party rival, Pinhas...
...most nations, when the head of state takes a holiday the people relax. But not in Israel. Bushy-haired, brittle-tempered Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion habitually uses the threat of a holiday to intimidate his opponents and bring dissident leaders of his ruling Mapai Party back into line. Last week Ben-Gurion did it again...
Four of the eight Mapai members defied Ben-Gurion; three others-including Moshe Dayan, one of the accused-said they would abstain. Foreign Minister Golda Meir, a potent force in Mapai, grew so angry that she wrote out her resignation, was persuaded to withdraw it, and then stalked out of the meeting. So did angry Prime Minister Ben-Gurion. By a vote of no, the remaining ministers cleared Pinhas Lavon...
...decision brought a prompt announcement that Ben-Gurion would take a four-week holiday from his job. The Prime Minister's aides whispered loudly enough for everyone to hear that the vacation would be followed by Ben-Gurion's resignation if the Cabinet did not reverse itself. Mapai Party leaders went into a desperate huddle and promised to think of something that would pacify their chief...