NIGEL WARD spoke to him. There is a great deal of confusion lection results in Israel. Can you egin by explaining the differ ences hetween the Likud and the TOTEL SHIEL TOO LELUG SHE HIE Labour Party represent different Interests within the ruling class. The Labour Party based belon the state buresucracy and estabshed iself with the expansion of tate sector of the economy By comparison, the Liku Interests. That is, they are interinvestment and business, with the state encouraging this develop A good example of these wards Arab labour. The Labour Party defends the concept of exclusivels Jewish abour, whits the Likud determines its attitude to assure the maximum profit, an s0 i prepared to us road labour.
Boorgeois commentators have looked upon the Likud victory us a setback for the US peace plans for the Middle Eas How do rou ore is no substantial differes on the alliance with imperialism with Israel as the bridgehead for underdeveloped, Naturally, their policies towards the Arabs are very silE What then are the differences in the parties" policies?
The main differences between THE PALLICS AIC OVEr LOC PPODOU policies to be pursued in Israel The reasons for this are obvious guestion. The Labour Party wants to maintain sbe strength of amy (about half of the economy is state owned), whilst the Likuc of the private sector.
Because of this, the Likud is control inflation which will mean further attacks on workers interneighbours, are the hasis of the WOKERRES percent support.
Party over workers has been Jeelings prepon derance of Israel over its Arab The vote for the Likud was particularly hiph amonest youth and the oriental Jews, who being 50-55 pe cent compared to the general 30 There is a MENACHEM BEGIN, the new Israels reason for these defec to the Likud they were the only niernarive 1o the La bour Party, so their victory can he regarded in this sense as a How do you see things develop ing in bruel under the Likud!
Within the occupied territories the repression is likely to increast but this will not be a gualitative simply because the pre sent level of repression is so bigh The state will intervene more quickly ta suppress and unemployment, which is almost nob-existent al present, ail in rease, particularly amongst A Tab workers. However, ans can flicts or strikes will become more obviously political.
Presses s the THIS OUTH (supposedly a Zionist trade union organisation. but torally inteorated into the shale and one o the major employers in Israel) was used as ал "independent workers aad employers. This body has a strong working class hase and is dominated by the Labour Party. From 00W onwards the state will intervene more dietly in discores and the Histradut will not be usod to block worker struggles in the Ir is in this context that the Socialist Organisatioo in (Matapen) to which E bolong 15 developing its present intervendon in the working class struggle and in the Pasta StrEe for liberation.
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EMMANUEL FARJOUN, a member of the Socialist Organisation in Israel (Matzpen), visited London recently.