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...what it was -- a government of national disunity and incapacity. The crisis he sparked underscored the need for a new electoral system that will yield a Prime Minister who is free of crippling alliances. To their credit, many Israelis were in the streets last week, venting their exasperation with deadlock democracy. From now on, the U.S. Government should encourage not just diplomacy between Israel and its Arab neighbors, but political reform within Israel as well. So should the American Jewish community -- including the one in Brooklyn...
...wing. Should Peres fail to form a government, Shamir will try to cobble together his own majority. If he succeeds, the path to peace will be thoroughly mined by a Cabinet laden with extremists. Should both leaders be unsuccessful and Israelis have to return to the polls, another parliamentary deadlock is expected. The fourth option, which has already been suggested by former Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a Laborite, may prove the least desirable: the formation of yet another government of national unity...
Meanwhile, Washington and the Vatican were trying to find a way out of their diplomatic deadlock. A Vatican statement asserted that Laboa was "doing his best to convince General Noriega to abandon the nunciature on his own," though it added that the legate "cannot force Noriega to leave." The White House for its part declared its "appreciation" of Vatican efforts and reassured the papacy that "there are no fixed deadlines...
...country. But the shape of the new order is far from clear. -- In Timisoara, cradle of the revolution, people ricochet between agony and elation, fear and hope. -- Panama's strongman has fallen, but Manuel Noriega takes refuge in the papal embassy, sending Washington and the Vatican into diplomatic deadlock. -- As a military operation, the U.S. invasion gets a glowing assessment from the brass and the experts...
They fast-forward through 90 minutes of regulation, which ended in a 1-1 deadlock. They keep going through 26 minutes of scoreless overtime...