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...Erlich, 57, leader of the Liberal 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...
Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who maintains that the Arabs plan to spend $14 billion of their petrodollars on arms, wanted at least $560 million more than Rabinowitz was prepared to give him. Chief of Staff Mordecai Gur said serious cuts in defense spending might impair Israel's "chance to win a clear victory in a new war within a reasonable time." But some Israeli doves, who have been relatively silent since the October War, surfaced to protest that line of reasoning. Argued Jacob Arnon, a former Finance Ministry director: "There comes a point when defense spending becomes so enormous...
...drawing on lessons learned in the October war-are revising their tactics to get more punch for the Israeli pound from a smaller army using more advanced technology. Even as Israeli forces in the Sinai began their preparations for a pullback last week, Chief of Staff General Mordechai Gur talked about the new positions they will take up. At a briefing at Bir Gifgafa in the Sinai, attended by TIME Correspondent Donald Neff, Gur said: "I would like to remove the word lines from our lexicon. If in the future we see that the agreement has substance, I believe...
...Middle East rise and fall as erratically as the Dow Jones averages. Last week the peace market suddenly turned bullish. Failure to agree on a Sinai pact would simply be "unthinkable," said an Egyptian official. "Let's get it over with," Israeli Chief of Staff Lieut. General Mordechai Gur added gruffly...
After consulting by phone with Cabinet members in Jerusalem, as well as with Peres and Gur on the scene, Rabin decided that not only would there be no deal but that the attack on the guerrillas would be quick and decisive. Using darkness as their cover, two specially trained assault teams crept into the alley near the Savoy. At 5:13 a.m., shortly before sunrise, two short bursts of automatic weapons fire signaled the Israeli attack. A few moments of quiet passed; then the assault troops opened fire on the hotel from all directions. The sound of grenades and mortars...