The convention of the Herut party decided today by a close vote to establish a Herut faction within the Histadrut, Israel’s Labor Federation. The vote was 320 to 546.
Just before the vote was taken, Menachem Beigin, party leader, made a strong address to the apparently deeply divided delegates on the importance of the proposal. Threats of an enduring split were forgotten after the vote, when the delegates embraced each other with assurances of unity within the party.
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