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Begin won an initial vote of confidence in the 120-seat Knesset with a tenuous majority. He can count on the support of 63 members: 43 from his own Likud bloc, 16 from Israel's two right-wing religious parties, former General Ariel Sharon and a colleague who represent the conservative Shlomzion Party, new Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and one independent. Begin had hoped to build a sturdier and broader-based coalition by getting the support of the centrist, 15-member Democratic Movement for Change. Talks between the parties bogged down on foreign policy. To the dismay...
...Likud's occupation policies-and the shape of the new government itself-awaits the lengthy consultations that will start this week when Begin formally accepts President Ephraim Katzir's invitation to form a new government. Begin picked up more political support last week: retired Major General Ariel Sharon, a hard-line nationalist, announced that the two Knesset members of his Shlomzion party would support the new government...
...Staff Yigael Yadin, won 15 seats, most of them clearly at Labor's expense. Expectations are that Likud will be able to form a fragile, right-wing coalition government with the support of Israel's three religious parties (16 seats in the new Knesset) and of retired general Ariel Sharon, an ally of Begin whose group won two seats in parliament. Begin asked for Labor's help in forming a unity government, but a disappointed Shimon Peres, who replaced former Premier Yitzhak Rabin in mid-campaign (TIME, April 18), said no. "The platform of the Likud does not permit...
...Ministry portfolio himself?although he may offer it to Yadin, to attract support from the D.M.C. Simcha Erlich, 57, leader of the Liberal Party (one of the six that make up the Likud coalition), is a strong candidate to become Finance Minister. As his price for joining the coalition, Ariel Sharon would like to become chief of staff, a job now held by Lieut. General Mordecai Gur, a longtime ally of Moshe Dayan. Members of the religious parties will undoubtedly demand the Religion and Education ministries. Other possible Cabinet candidates include M.I.T.-educated Moshe...
...Barrie wrote, "Every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead." He thus upended the truth (people need fairies) and propagated a late Victorian myth (fairies need people) that must have grounded Puck and Ariel. The rest of the century was no kinder. Thanks to Peter Pan's continuing popularity and Disneyfication, Tinker Bell & Co. were ultimately reduced to trademarks or synonyms for homosexuals. The supernatural was obviously not long for this world. Until now. In Kingdoms of Elfin, Author Sylvia Townsend Warner...