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...Obligated from both a moral and political viewpoint," as he put it, Israel's Deputy Premier Yigal Allon last week publicly admitted that Israeli planes had dropped bombs on the southern Lebanon town of Hasbaya two weeks ago. The raid, labeled a "preventive" strike, had been aimed at the Palestinian fedayeen encamped in the hills around the village. But because of a technical failure in a jet bomber, said Allon, a number of bombs were dropped on Hasbaya itself. "We never intended to harm peaceful civilians," he said...
...reason for the drastic move was Egypt's feeling that the Hussein proposal is virtually identical with the Allon Plan-a peace settlement put forward in 1967 by Israel's Deputy Premier Yigal Allon. Although there are major differences between the plans, both envision the creation of an autonomous Palestine federated to Jordan and the return of Jerusalem's Arab sector to Jordanian control...
...next move in any peace negotiations between Israel and Jordan will probably occur this week, when Hussein is expected to visit Washington to detail his plan. He will soon be followed by Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon, the author of an Israeli plan for the West Bank that also calls for Jordan's recovering most of the occupied territory. Washington worried that both sides would like the U.S. to act as middleman, and is wary; mediation would not only infuriate other Arabs, but could also complicate U.S. relations with Israel. The U.S. will instead...
...Quds commented, it was difficult to believe that Hussein would have proposed so far-reaching a plan "without some behind-the-scenes activities." In fact, high Jordanian and Israeli officials have held a series of secret meetings over the past few months. Hussein and Israel's Deputy Premier Yigal Allon had lengthy talks in Amman in November. Mrs. Meir and the King followed these witha private meeting at which they discussed the prerequisites for peace between their nations...
...Israel? Not Golda Meir, 73, the incumbent, who said yet again that she will not be a candidate in the 1973 elections. Not Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, 64, who says, "I've been in the Cabinet 15 years; that's more than enough." Not Deputy Premier Yigal Allon, 53, who is ailing and wants to go back to his kibbutz...