Mapam, which is in the throes of a debate over the future of the Labor Alignment of which it is a member, was urged today by its veteran leader Yaacov Hazan to carefully discuss with the Labor Party the need to find a common line in order to continue the alignment. He cautioned that if the alignment breaks up it might also lead to the splintering of Mapam.
Over the past few months a growing number of Mapam members have been urging the leadership to break with the alignment and to run an independent slate of candidates in the next national elections. Their feeling is that Mapam is losing its identity and independence by remaining in the alignment. Hazan also urged a peace policy “as if peace depends only on us” (Israel), but at the same time to prepare for war and be ready.
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