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...attack only two months ago, was well enough to head a new government. The Likud leader, however, quickly recovered from what turned out to be exhaustion and a mild bout of angina pectoris, and astonished his countrymen by dropping bombshell No. 2: he said that former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, a longtime Labor Party maverick, had "agreed in principle" to become Foreign Minister in a Likud government...
...announcement was political dynamite. In the first place, it shook up the already volatile Likud, which won 43 seats in the elections but needs the support of at least 18 members of other parties to have a fragile but workable majority in the 120-member Knesset. Begin apparently chose Dayan without consulting any of his colleagues, and many were furious. In addition, one of Likud's potential coalition partners, the new Democratic Movement for Change, temporarily broke off talks with Likud. With the possibility of a revolt on his hands, Begin called a weekend meeting of the Likud executive...
Much of the controversy springs from Dayan's flamboyant personality and reputation. Although widely criticized for Israel's unpreparedness at the start of the October War, the former Defense Minister, now 62, is still favorably remembered, particularly by older Israelis, as the daring, one-eyed hero of the wars of 1956 and 1967. Outside Israel, Dayan is probably better known than any other Israeli except former Premier Golda Meir, 79. "Whenever he walks into the State Department in Washington," says one Dayan supporter, "he will command respect...
...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...
...Dayan (in Hebrew to Eban): This conversation...