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...Falling into the same old-Socialist habit of exaggerated informality, he greeted Prime Minister Golda Meir with a hearty "Hullo, sister," embraced her as her astonished staff members gaped, and, after an 80-minute talk, parted with '"Bye, lovey." During a dinner party, he reportedly told Mrs. Meir that she need not speak so possessively about Palestine because "you are merely a Jewess from Russia who came to Israel via America...
...Party is determined to seek a law redressing the Supreme Court decision. One suggested solution would simply define a Jew according to Halakha. (No such law now exists.) Another might be to by-pass the question entirely by dropping the nationality and religious section from the registration rolls. Should Golda Meir's government fail to press for such action, the Religious Party will likely resign from the coalition-a prospect that prompted Religious Affairs Minister Dr. Zerah Warhaftig to note drily that "the court's decision certainly does not contribute to unity...
...well-publicized visit to the Suez Canal front. The next day an Israeli armored force thundered off into Jordan in search of guerrillas who had attacked a vital chemical plant on the Dead Sea. Next day, while Israeli planes attacked ammunition dumps near Cairo, Dayan and Prime Minister Golda Meir were visiting the Jordan River valley (after the visit, Dayan fractured his ankle in a leap from a helicopter...
Libyan Wealth. The Israelis make no secret of their desire to get rid of Nasser. As long as he is President of Egypt, Israel's Premier Golda Meir said in Jerusalem, "I cannot say when there will be peace." A high-ranking Cabinet minister added: "Nasser has imprisoned himself in a position where he cannot make peace and he cannot make war. He can only maintain the status quo, and the status quo will only lead eventually to war. He must be weakened, but it would be better if he went altogether...
...risk of censure has not deterred brainy, diminutive Arie Eliav, newly elected Secretary-General of the ruling Labor Party. He has been speaking out more forcefully than any other major political figure in Israel. As top executive of the 300,000-member party, a post once held by Premier Golda Meir, Russian-born Eliav, 48, feels that he now has "the channel to disseminate my ideas." In Tel Aviv last week, he told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin about those ideas, which include some radical proposals for unilateral Israeli concessions to the Arabs...