The leftwing Mapam faction of the Coalition decided last night to remain in the Government for another year as a trial period in spite of strong objection by party leaders to the Coalition’s handling of labor relations, wage policy and unemployment problems.
After two days of deliberations, the Mapam Council voted to stay in the Eshkol Government with a majority of that body’s members contending that it was easier to fight from within the Coalition than from the opposition benches of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament.
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