The Mapai Party leadership decided today to postpone “for technical reasons” a previously announced hearing before the party’s Court of Honor against ex-Premier David Ben-Gurion and six other leaders of his Israel Labor List.
The “big seven” of the secessionist group had been ordered expelled from the party. However, they claimed that the order was not valid because it referred to them as members who had “expelled themselves” by forming an opposition list for the forthcoming elections to Israel’s Knesset (Parliament). In response to those claims, the leadership had planned to bring the seven before the party’s Court of Honor for final action.
The postponement of bringing Mr. Ben-Gurion and his six leading followers before the party’s Court of Honor reflects the feeling among leading members within the Mapal to abstain from holding a public trial against the “big seven” of the secessionists, Mr. Ben-Gurion insists on public hearings if his case is brought before Mapai’s Court of Honor.
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