Stung by Herut Party charges that the governments led by the Mapai Party had wasted millions of dollars received from abroad, the Mapai ran large advertisements in the newspapers today to defend the administration.
The advertisements, directed against Menahem Beigin, who is leading the Herut election campaign, said that “Beig in knows” that the Sinai campaign cost Israel “several hundred millions. ” They stressed that Beigin knew full well that a jet plane cost one million dollars, that a single flight wing of Vauture fighter-bombers cost twelve millions, and that the training of a single jet fighter pilot cost $500, 000.
“Mr. Beigin certainly knows how many hundred millions Operation Kadesh–the code name for the Sinai campaign–cost, ” the advertisement declared.
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