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...Incorruptible leaders are in short supply. There are few men who qualify, and even fewer women. India has its Indira Gandhi and Israel has its Golda Meir, but whom do we have...
...trouble was caused by the Agranat Commission of Inquiry that had been appointed to clear the air and provide an authoritative answer to the question of who was responsible. Instead, the commission's interim report raised more questions than it answered and threatened to engulf Premier Golda Meir's shaky coalition government in yet another struggle for survival only a month after she had successfully patched up differences in her divided Labor Party. Also caught in the uproar was Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who returned from negotiations on the Middle East in Washington to face fresh demands...
...commission laid complete blame for Israel's poor showing in the early days of the war on the military and exonerated Israel's political leadership-namely, Dayan and Mrs. Meir. Its harshest judgments were reserved for Lieut. General David Elazar, Israel's tough, professional Chief of Staff, and his top intelligence officers. It charged Elazar with "failure to make a real effort to reach his own assessment as a commander" and noted that "he even failed to tour the front lines during the tension in the last week before the war." Elazar's worst mistake...
...found any real fault with these findings. But the commission, which concluded that Mrs. Meir had "used her authority properly and wisely," also went on to state that it had seriously weighed the role of Defense Minister Dayan. It noted favorably that Dayan had toured the Golan Heights a week before the war and had called for reinforcements there. The commission concluded that "the Minister was not required to issue orders adding to or different from those proposed to him by the Chief of Staff and Chief of Intelligence...
...telling point. There were immediate charges that the report was a whitewash and Elazar was being made a scapegoat. The Tel Aviv daily Yediot Aharonot declared that both Premier Meir and Dayan were "full partners in the blunder," and should resign. The most serious threats came from within the ruling Labor Party. Deputy Premier Yigal Allon, who was upset by the humiliation of his old comrade-in-arms Elazar, told Knesset colleagues that Dayan must go. There were rumors that Allon would back up his demands by threatening to resign himself...