Mrs. Leah Rabin appeared in District Court here today to pay the IL250,000 fine imposed on her for retaining a bank account in the United States in violation of Israel’s currency laws. The wife of Premier Yitzhak Rabin made the payment by personal check one day before the deadline set by the judge was due to expire. She was accompanied by her lawyer, Shimon Alexandroni.
Disclosure of the joint account in a Washington, D.C. bank which the Premier and Mrs. Rabin had failed to close when Rabin’s term as Ambassador to the U.S. ended four years ago precipitated Rabin’s resignation as leader of the Labor Party. Mrs. Rabin was found guilty of the violation. The Premier was not charged.
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