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...immediately named him a Minister Without Portfolio, thereby minimizing the damage to himself and to Sharon. As predicted, Begin then appointed Moshe Arens, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. for the past year, as Sharon's replacement at the Defense Ministry. The result, as Interior Minister Yosef Burg put it, was that Begin had made no concessions "to the Americans or to the Arab world" or otherwise changed his government's policies...
Helms rode in the car behind Hitler in a motorcade through Nuremberg, where the frenzy spilled down every street. At the Burg, a medieval castle, Hitler came out on the battlement for one of his rare interviews. Helms was seized by conflicting emotions. He looked down on Hitler, who was smaller than Helms had thought. Hitler's handshake was firm. But his personality was not hypnotic. His eyes possessed no power, as the myths had it. Hitler's skin was coarse and his mustache slightly gray. His bottom teeth were goldplated, which made Helms suspect they were false...
Overnight, ethnic agitation broke out in Tel Aviv. Demonstrators called Mayor Shlomo Lahat a murderer and threatened revenge. Swastikas appeared on the Jerusalem residence of Yosef Burg, the German-born Interior Minister who has authority over the police...
Some of the heaviest pressure on Begin was coming from within his Cabinet. Interior Minister Yosef Burg, Welfare and Labor Minister Aharon Uzan and Minister Without Portfolio Mordechai Ben-Porat publicly announced that they would demand a full commission of inquiry at a formal meeting of the Cabinet. The implication was clear: the government would fall if those ministers withdrew their support. Even Begin seemed to realize that defiance was hopeless. On the eve of the crucial Cabinet meeting, his aides passed the word that he was receptive to the idea of a judicial probe...
...Israelis and Egyptians are scheduled to renew the autonomy talks next week in Israel, but Israeli Interior Minister Yosef Burg said last week there had been "no change" in Jerusalem's position. Indeed, Israeli officials were incensed by the suggestion made by former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter that the U.S. would eventually have to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Though Reagan reaffirmed his policy against talking with the P.L.O. until it recognizes Israel's right to exist, the Administration is fervently hoping that Begin will make a gesture of accommodation at next week...