ISRAEL: GENERAL DAYAN CAMPAIGNS FOR VOTES IN NEXT WEEK'S GENERAL ELECTION

Record ID: 328492

  • Title: ISRAEL: GENERAL DAYAN CAMPAIGNS FOR VOTES IN NEXT WEEK'S GENERAL ELECTION
  • Date: 21st October 1969
  • Summary: 1. GV AUDIENCE APPLAUD 0.03 2. SV OPENING SPEECH BY OFFICIAL 0.08 3. SCU DAYAN SEATED LOOKING AT PAPERS 0.11 4. SV & CU DAYAN WALKS TO ROSTRUM 0.21 5. SCU PAN AUDIENCE 0.24 6. LV & CU DAYAN SPEAKS (3 SHOTS) 0.37 7. GV AUDIENCE APPLAUD 0.43 Initials AH/VS/PN/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th November 1969 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVAA8DSM00E5EI9R5MJ2DTXKBPKO
  • Story Text: ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER MOSHE DAYAN BEGAN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR VOTES IN THE COUNTRY'S GENERAL ELECTION YESTERDAY (OCTOBER 20) - ONLY EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE ISRAELIS GO TO THE POLLS. GENERAL DAYAN ADDRESSED HIS FIRST ELECTION SPEECH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO AN AUDIENCE IN KFAR WARBURG, AN AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE TO THE SOUTH OF TEL AVIV.

    LAST MONTH, A THREATENED SPLIT IN ISRAELI'S RULING UNITED LABOUR PARTY PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS WAS AVERTED BY THE ACTION OF GENERAL DAYAN. HE REFUSED TO CONTINUE LEADING THE RAFI FACTION OF THE PARTY IF IT BROKE AWAY FROM THE LABOUR MOVEMENT.

    OBSERVERS BELIEVE THAT, IF HE IS RE-ELECTED AND THE LABOUR PARTY RETURNED TO POWER, GENERAL DAYAN WILL CONTINUE IN THE POST OF DEFENCE MINISTER.

    HOWEVER, WITH 400,000 NEW VOTERS AMONG ISRAELI'S 1,750,000 ELECTORATE, THE OUTCOME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION ON OCTOBER 28 IS CONSIDERED HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE.
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