Yigal Allon, Israel’s Labor Minister, urged today that Zionists stop complaining about Israel’s attitude toward the movement and reorganize with special stress on youth and intellectuals for its historic mission. He spoke at a festive Israel Independence Day rally, attended by a crowd of 6, 000, including 2, 000 youth in a colorful pageant. He also said, in a reference to West German scientists working on weapons systems for Egypt that “it looks like they have not had enough Jewish blood.” He will meet tomorrow with Federal Government Ministers in talks at Australia’s capital at Canberra.
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