The United Zionists-Revisionists who are linked with Menachem Begin’s Likud Party in Israel, accused the Labor Zionist Movement today of “Jewish anti-Semitism.” A statement released by the UZR referred to a statement by the Coordinating Committee of the Labor Zionist Movement last Friday warning Likud that its election victory “did not in any way endorse any radical changes in the foreign or domestic policies of Israel.”
The UZR noted that in his post-election statements, Begin “issued a clarion call for a government of national unity embracing all factions and Zionist parties loyal to the State of Israel. In light of this forthright articulation of political principles, we are appalled by the unconscionable and irresponsible statement of the Labor Zionist Movement Coordinating Committee that reeks with Sinat Hinam, Jewish anti-Semitism of the first order, and that perforce attempts to drive a wedge between Israel and the American Jewish community,” the UZR said.
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