1977-04-15 - Israel; Lebanon, Egypt-Libya

Approved For Release 2008/07/02: CIA-RDP79-00927A011500150001-0 ISRAEL The already uncertain prospects of Israel's long-dominant Labor Party in the " national election next month were dealt a new blow by the exposure last week of * 4- financial irregularities on the part of caretaker Prime Minister Rabin and his abrupt withdrawal from the top position on Labor's electoral list. The party's new candidate for prime minister after the election, Defense Minister Peres, man- ' aged to win the grudgin...