More Palestinians by far were deported from the administered territories by Labor Party defense ministers than by their Likud counterparts, according to a review of deportations during the past 20 years, published Monday in Maariv.
Moshe Dayan deported 850 during his tenure as defense minister in Labor-led governments from 1967 to 1974. Shimon Peres, as defense minister from 1974 to 1977, ordered three deportations.
The current defense minister, Laborite Yitzhak Rabin, has deported 19 Palestinians since 1984 and ordered nine more deported Sunday Three other cases are being processed for possible deportation.
In contrast, Ezer Weizman, as defense minister in the first Likud administration from 1977 to 1980, ordered four deportations. His Likud successors. Ariel Sharon and Moshe Arens, ordered none during their combined tenure from 1980 to 1984.
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