Labor Zionists Warn Likud on Limits of Its Election Mandate

The Coordinating Committee of the Labor Zionist Movement, issued a statement here calling upon “the new government of Likud” in Israel “to remember that the elections did not in any way endorse any radical changes in the foreign or domestic policies of Israel.”

The statement, signed by Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, president of the Labor Zionist Alliance, Mrs. Charlotte Stein, president of Pioneer Women and Prof. Allen Pollack, chairman of the Coordinating Committee, said the LZM “opposed any attempt from any quarter to create divisiveness between Israel and the American Jewish community.” The statement said however that “The recent Knesset elections has resulted in a major political upset disturbing to many in the American community. . . As certain as we are that Israel remains a liberal and democratic society, so do we believe that the majority of the American Jewish community shares our ideological feeling and rejects the right-wing reactionary forces in its midst. We call on the hundreds of thousands of American Jews who inherently are not part of the reactionary group and who rightfully belong in our camp to join us in support of Israel’s progressive society.”