Mapam refused Saturday night to close all doors to better relations between Israel and the Soviet Union. The Party’s General Council rejected an outright anti-Soviet resolution which appeared certain to pass, and adopted a more moderate one. The resolution, following three days of debates by Mapam leaders, expressed only strong reservations over the present character of the Soviet regime and the Soviet attitude toward the Jewish question. A clean break with Moscow was averted after Meir Yaari, Mapam’s leader, declared: “I consider that we should not entirely denounce the Soviet style of Socialism. I want to leave a window open to that world and not shut it altogether.” Another Mapam leader, Yaacov Hazan who favored a break with the USSR, modified his position.
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