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Over the past 3½ years, the Begin government had survived seemingly more daunting challenges, including the resignations of its two most prominent personalities, Moshe Dayan as Foreign Minister in 1979 and Ezer Weizman as Defense Minister last spring. When Begin last November survived by a mere three votes a no-confidence motion in the Knesset on his handling of the economy, it was an indication to many that time was running...
...directions last week, there were serious doubts about how long the Begin government could continue to hold that last vote. The economic outlook was so gloomy that in the Knesset voting, Begin was deserted by two old allies, former Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan. In an unrelated and dangerous development, the occupied West Bank exploded in a round of angry demonstrations that left eleven Arab students, most of them teenagers, shot in the legs by Israeli soldiers...
...also thwarted Gazit's academic ambitions. Although he received his mater's degree in archaeology from Hebrew University--like fellow Israeli diplomat Moshe Dayan--escalating hostilities with the Arabs led Gazit to conclude that he had to "continue serving the new state rather than minding my own little shop...
...increase in the cost of living since Begin came to power in 1977, a huge foreign debt and a soaring emigration rate. But then the Knesset defeated the opposition's call for elections by a vote of 60 to 54. Neither Weizman nor former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan supported the government; Weizman stayed away, after telling newsmen he was going fishing, and Dayan voted with the opposition...
...Miller and Jimmy Connors. Members of the Israel Philharmonic like to tease him about the three-minute orchestral introduction in the Beethoven Violin Concerto, which leaves Stern, as soloist, with nothing to do. The musicians say they cannot understand why he does not use the time to phone Moshe Dayan...