1977-02-18 - Israel Prepares for an Election

Approved For Release 2006/07/03: CIA-RDP79-00927A011500070001-9 -SEeRET--- Party politics will dominate the domestic scene in Israel as the country moves toward a national election in May. Caretaker Prime Minister Rabin faces a stiff challenge from Dejense Minister Peres for leadership of the long-dominant Labor Party; the question is to be settled at the party conven- tion next week. Israel Prepares for an Election parently has already begun to cut into a national unity government with Likud...