Word: harish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...control. But some younger party members were arguing that Labor should let Begin have the job again and then stand back and watch him fail as he tried to cope with the country's mounting economic problems, like an annual inflation rate of 130%. Predicts Michael Harish, 44, an energetic Labor member of the Knesset: "Soon all those who are shouting 'Begin, Begin' will be demonstrating in the streets...
...debate on Begin's recently revealed 1978 commitment, taken without parliamentary consent, to commit Israel's air force to help Lebanon's right-wing Christians in the event of attack by Syrian airpower. The debate grew so heated at one point that Labor Opposition Member Michael Harish jumped from his seat and yelled at Begin, "You are lying to the Knesset...
...uproar, Harish finally retracted the word lying but continued to charge that Begin had not told the full truth about Israel's agreement with the Christians...