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...annual three-day field trip through the scenic hills of western Galilee. In all, 180 students were eligible for the trip. In light of the alert, the families of 77 refused to let their children go. Principal Shimon Ben-Lulu was upset over their recalcitrance. "The route has been examined," he insisted. "We have authority from the army, and guards will be along. Everything will be all right." One student said later that he had been warned his report card would be withheld if he did not make the trip...
...Premier-designate, Yitzhak Rabin, selected to succeed her two weeks ago, was still trying to form a coalition government. Thus Kissinger's initial discussions involved a strange coterie of old and new Israeli power wielders. They included both Mrs. Meir and Rabin, along with Information Minister Shimon Peres, who narrowly lost to Rabin in the party vote for Premier and as a result will probably become either Defense Minister or Foreign Minister in a Rabin government, if one can be formed...
...unpretentious Tel Aviv movie theater last week, Israel's dominant Labor Party gathered to complete a momentous political shift. By a close (298-254) but generally amicable vote, the party's central committee chose Labor Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 52, over Information Minister Shimon Peres, 51, to become Israel's fifth Premier. Rabin will have six weeks at most to put together a coalition government to succeed the present caretaker Cabinet of Premier Golda Meir. If he fails-as some believe he will-new elections will likely be called...
...predicted a new general election would soon have to be called. The test of her survival came in the shape of a commission that investigated Israel's lack of preparedness for the October war (TIME, April 15). Two weeks ago, the commission, chaired by Supreme Court Chief Justice Shimon Agranat, issued a report sharply criticizing Israel's military leadership; Lieut. General David Elazar, the chief of staff, and five other high-ranking officers were forced to resign. But the Agranat Commission cleared Israel's civilian leaders, including Dayan and Mrs. Meir, thereby raising a storm of protest...
...Which was chaired by Supreme Court Chief Justice Shimon Agranat. Also on the commission were former Chiefs of Staff Yigael Yadin and Haim Laskov, Supreme Court Judge Moshe Landau and State Comptroller Yitzhak Nebenzahl...