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...that way. The new Prime Minister initially snubbed Dan Meridor, a Likud veteran who was the preferred choice of a dump-Netanyahu movement within the party last fall. Under pressure from key Likud members, Netanyahu named Meridor as Finance Minister. Netanyahu also tried to humble Ariel Sharon, the hawkish and outspoken former Defense Minister, offering him the housing ministry. Sharon, expecting something grander, declined. The party closed ranks behind Sharon, and Netanyahu offered him a new and powerful infrastructure ministry. By the end of last week, Sharon was still sulking and hadn't given an answer...
...form a Cabinet. He has already said he will respect the achievements in negotiations. I am convinced that no leader in Israel can simply stop the peace process; it is irreversible. So many people here were afraid [last week], because they don't remember that Begin was as hawkish as Netanyahu seems to be. It was after all Begin who signed the first peace agreement with Egypt--he was the one who gave up the entire Sinai. So let's not start coming out with statements of fear; there is no reason to panic...
ARIEL SHARON Phoenix-like, hawkish ex-general is likely to rise again, just behind Bibi's throne...
...circumstances like these, the White House would typically urge all sides to show restraint. Not this time. Peres has a reputation for softness on security, and he faces a nasty election fight with the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu on May 29. The U.S. supports Peres, who has led the peace process, and it essentially gave him a green light to burnish an image of toughness...
...armed forces are obviously not up to the job. In any case, their commanders should have learned in Afghanistan that conventional armies do badly when pitted against highly motivated guerrillas. If Yeltsin chooses to fight, by election day in June he could be under political attack from both sides: hawkish rivals criticizing the unsuccessful conduct of the war and doves calling for negotiations...