The question of whether the forthcoming World Zionist Congress will again be postponed was raised here today following a decision of the Central Elections Committee–by a majority of 6 to 4–requesting the World Zionist Executive to postpone the elections for Israeli delegates to the Congress which are scheduled to take place April 30. The Congress itself is now scheduled to open at the end of July.
The decision still requires the approval of the plenary election commission and the Jewish Agency executive. It stipulates that elections to the Zionist Congress should take place only after the Parliamentary elections in Israel are over. The Cabinet this week suggested that the Parliamentary elections be held on July 10.
The demand that the elections to the Zionist Congress be postponed was raised at the Central Elections Committee by a Mapam representative. Other groups which voted for it were: the General Zionists; Herut; Mizrachi; and Poale Mizrachi. The representatives of the Mapai and the Progressive Zionists opposed.
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