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...multigroup Palestine Liberation Organization, was designated "sole" representative of the Palestinians at the upcoming Geneva conference, despite Jordanian protests. Thus the eventual lineup of Arabs at the peace table will include Egypt, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinians. The list is bound to irritate both King Hussein and Israeli Premier Golda Meir. "He doesn't represent a country," she said of Arafat last week. "I don't know how you negotiate with somebody who tells you that you are doomed...
Israelis are confused by the setbacks that their armed forces suffered in the early days of the war, and depressed by the loss of at least 1,854 lives on the battlefield. Premier Golda Meir admitted last week that in the first days of the Yom Kippur War, even she feared that Israel would be defeated and annihilated. Attempting to still the cries of critics who charge that her government was unprepared for the war, she appointed a nonpartisan five-man commission, headed by Supreme Court President Shimon Agranat, to investigate the army's errors...
WHEN THE EGYPTIAN ARMY crossed the Suez Canal on October 6, Israel was in the midst of one of the most crucial political campaigns in its history. It was generally acknowledged that Golda Meir's Mapai Coalition, Israel's labor party, would win the elections at the end of October and continue in power. Mapai has never failed in an election in the 25 year history of the state But it also appeared that Likud, a rightist ultranationalist faction, had a strong chance of gaining a solid foothold in the parliament, due in part to the support it hoped...
...emerged. Public outrage has forced the implementation of a judicial inquiry into Israel's lack of preparedness for the war. The victims of this inquiry may well turn out to be Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, the most popular politician in Israel before the war, and even Prime Minister Golda Meir. The general staff has already admitted totally misreading intelligence reports about Arab mobilization, and Prime Minister Meir has conceded that she denied the requests of top generals for a pre-emptive strike against the Arabs. Meir's resignation has been called for several times on the floor of Parliament...
...boycotts and the energy crisis make a Middle East settlement all the more imperative. Between now and the Israeli elections we may find Nixon taking an unusual step, interceding on behalf of the leftist Mapai and strengthening their position, perhaps by making a grand statement of American support for Golda Meir and the people of Israel. Should this be the case, it would be a rare first in foreign policy: President Nixon sabotaging the chances of nationalist faction, and aiding the socialist incumbents...