Two former political advisors to the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy visited Israel recently to assist a grassroots drive aimed at making Defense Minister Moshe Dayan the next Prime Minister of Israel, the newspaper Yediot Achronot reported today. The paper described the two as members of the late Senator’s “brain trust” but said their identity and details of consultations they held with Israeli supporters of Gen. Dayan were kept an “absolute secret.”
According to the report, the visitors proposed introducing American campaign methods on behalf of Gen. Dayan. These would include automobile stickers with the slogan “Dayan for Premier” and lapel buttons with a picture of the Defense Minister and the slogan, “Moshe Dayan in ’69,” the newspaper said. According to the report, the Americans were invited to Israel by a leading member of the Dayan movement who was formerly an American but is now an Israeli citizen.
In recent weeks, supporters of Gen. Dayan have been collecting signatures on public petitions urging his accession to the Premiership. Gen. Dayan has said publicly that he has had nothing to do with the movement but has refused to disavow it. He has also stated publicly that he was unhappy in the Israel Labor Party and was considering whether to leave it before next October’s national elections and run for office on a separate list.
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