Israel Galili, Minister-Without-Portfolio and an influential Labor member of Premier Golda Meir’s coalition Cabinet, assured Israelis tonight that they would have the final say on a “map” of the country’s recommended borders. He stressed that the time for such mapmaking had not yet arrived and that the government will not put the issue to the populace at the convenience of the political opposition. Galili, addressing the political committee of the Labor Alignment, said he was convinced that Israel’s strength, coupled with political acumen, would enable the nation to retain those captured Arab areas it deems essential for security. Labor Party secretary Aryeh Eliav told the meeting that the policy being followed by the government does not require new elections, as recommended by Gahal, the leading opposition party. Whatever the government has done, he said, was in accordance with its mandate from the last elections.
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