Word: benjamin
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Nasrallah: This war was waged for the electoral purposes of [Prime Minister Shimon] Peres. He thought if it happened before the election, it would save him. Experience has shown very clearly that there is no difference between Peres and [Likud's Benjamin] Netanyahu--except that Peres lies more than Netanyahu. Most of the wars launched against Lebanon and Arabs were launched by Labor governments...
...sending Katyusha rockets into the Galilee. And despite extensive damage to Lebanon's infrastructure and the death of some 160 civilians, support for the guerrillas was growing in Lebanon. With general elections just four weeks away, Peres' polls have slipped slightly--he now leads his rival, the Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu...
...nervous to get out because it could lead to a disastrously violent situation. On the other hand, he wants to get out to show Israelis the peace process is moving ahead under his leadership. "Beyer says the pullout also could give Peres a strategic advantage over his opponent, Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party is calling for the withdrawal to be canceled on security grounds. "Peres is daring the Likud, which is trying to sound moderate and pro-peace, into coming out in opposition of the pullout," Beyer says. "He wants to show the Likud as being extremist and against...
...after the May 29 election, but the mess in Lebanon has raised doubts on all sides. Is Assad really interested in a peace agreement? If so, shouldn't he being keeping Lebanon quiet to avoid causing problems for Peres, who is more interested in peace treaties than opposition candidate Benjamin Netanyahu and his rightist Likud? Does this outbreak mean, as Israeli Cabinet minister Yossi Beilin suggested in Washington last week, that Assad is not really committed to a negotiated agreement...
...unresolved status of Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and jurisdiction of Jerusalem if the PNC did not remove the clauses. PNC inaction might also have dealt a blow to the reelection bid of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who faces a stiff challenge from Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in national elections May 29. With the PNC vote, the ball is now in Peres' court. The PLO is hoping Israel will hasten the redeployment of troops in Hebron and ease the closure restrictions on Gaza and the West Bank, but that may not happen until after Israeli elections...