Informed sources here reported today that Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin has been asked to remain at his Washington post for another year–until March or April, 1973. Rabin has said recently that he would not continue as Ambassador to the US beyond next Nov. and would retire from public life if he is not appointed to the Cabinet.
The proposal reportedly made to him would have him return to Israel a year from now to head the Labor Alignment’s election campaign. That would postpone his appointment to the Cabinet until after Israel’s next national elections.
Although Rabin was slated to join the Cabinet late this year or early next year, the Labor Alignment is believed unable to name another Labor minister without granting at least one more portfolio to its coalition partner, the National Religious Party. On the other hand, several incumbent Labor Party Ministers are expected to resign after the elections which would leave a portfolio vacant for Rabin.
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