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Thatcher and Friends by John Ross Over our Dead Bodies -Women Against the Bomb Introductory offer for new readers: Eight issues for just f2! EARLIER PRESS predictions of sweeping gains for Israel's Labour Party in the general election held on Monday have not borne fruit. If the Labour Party is able to form a new government it will be in alliance with several right wing religious parties.
returns to power or the Likud government under Shamir is able to continue, is that there will be no change in the fundamental Israeli policy towards the Palestinians.
sought popularity during the campaign by pledging Israeli troops Hom canon wilin six months which undoubtedly gained it support among Israeli But Israel's Lebanese occupation has become a financial military nightmare in any case. Withdrawl Lebanon will not alter the fundamental foreign policy of the Israeli state. The chief result of the election, whether Labour On the crucial question of the Israeli occupation the West Dall the Labour Party has already made clear it will not abandon any settlements established by the Likua governmeal.
favours negotiations with the Hussein government of Jordan to try to reach an agreement behind the backs of the Palestinians Even however, what Labour has to offer amounts to almost The would agree to is some form of joint control with Jordan - a control which would completely exclude all the Israeli settlements and military bases in the al ca.
Labour totally rejects any Palestianian state on the West Bank or any with accuration. recognised leadership of the Palestinians the Liberation Organisation.
During the campaign the press, the leadership, Jordanian government all attempted to present Israeli Labour as the 'peace' parHussein - a spokesperson for declaring 'We somehow feel the road to shorter the Labour Party wins'.
Deep-rooted The 'Labour' Party is in fact the party of the Israeli establishment. The federation the Histadrut, it is linked the second largest The chronic economic crisis in Israel, with 400 pel cent inflation, is created by the enormous military build up supported equalls by Labour and the Likud was Labour which waged Israel's full-scale of 1949, 1956, 1967, Wals Whoever forms the government in the next weeks, nothing fundamenlal Is going to change is Israeli policy.