Word: knesset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Israel's slow recovery from the war and its eroding image abroad have caused some Israelis to question his leadership. If Rabin's fragile coalition majority in the Knesset were to collapse, there are several men who are not only willing but eager to succeed him. One potential future Premier is articulate Defense Minister Shimon Peres. Another is former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who was recently cleared by a fact-finding of responsibility for Israel's poor showing at the outset of the October...
These positions are only official political platforms, however, and most Israeli politicians prefer to speak for themselves. In interviews last month, six members of the Knesset from five different parties spoke about the issue of war and peace and presented a collage of views on Israel's future...
Aviad Yafeh is an optimist. As party whip for Mapai, the foundation of the Rabin government, it is his duty to urge agreement on party issues. In the argumentative Knesset, this task requires an infinite reservoir of hope...
Ehud Olmert and Yoram Avidor are members of the hawkish opposition block, Likud. Olmert, at 29 the youngest Knesset member, belongs to the Free Center party and Avidor, 42, is a member of the somewhat more conservative Cherut party...
Shulamit Aloni leads the new Citizens' Rights Party, whose social and political reform platform gave it enough voter appeal to gain three Knesset seats. "For 15 years," she says. "I was the only one in this country who fought for real human rights. I gave free legal aid. I wrote in newspapers about red tape in the bureaucracies and about constitutional rights...