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...Religious Party, has been included in almost every Labor government coalition since 1948. Four days after the ceremonies, Rabin's government narrowly survived a vote of censure instigated by the tiny Aguda Israel Party, another religious group; instead of supporting the government, the ten N.R.P. members in the Knesset, including two of its three Cabinet members, abstained. Infuriated by this act of disloyalty, Rabin read their party out of the parliamentary coalition and fired the three ministers from the Cabinet. The loss of the ten N.R.P. votes left Rabin's coalition with only 57 seats in the Knesset...
What Happens Now? "I did not start all this," Rabin insisted. "I did not want to dissolve the Knesset and call early elections. General elections are not some kind of sports event; you don't play around with them." The Premier accused the Religious Party ministers of not adhering to "the basic principle of collective Cabinet responsibility, which is fundamental to our constitutional law. They had undermined my ability to maintain a coalition and a working Cabinet. Now that the action has been taken, I am at peace with myself. What happens now?" Rabin asked rhetorically...
...delay, the nine Common Market countries last week pledged to prosecute terrorists or extradite them for trial. Bonn is seeking an international convention to combat terrorist acts that involve the taking of hostages. Israel has begun taking steps too. Israeli Minister of Transport Gad Yaacobi told the Knesset that he is going to propose a law to bar from Israel's airports all airlines lacking sufficient anti-terrorist security measures. Jerusalem also plans to propose the creation of an international agency to exchange information on skyjacking and to agree on guidelines for the handling of terrorists if a skyjacking...
Jerusalem's tough action in Galilee last week was denounced by many Israelis. The Communists, as could be expected, called for a no-confidence vote in the Knesset (it was overwhelmingly defeated) and screamed that the government was "a regime of murderers." Tel Aviv's independent daily Ma'ariv called the violence the "blackest day in the history of relations between Jews and Arabs in the state of Israel." Although the government probably overreacted in Galilee, it faces a continuing dilemma: it must be able to respond effectively when troops are harassed by Israel's own citizens; at the same...
...these communities were under military rule. There are relatively few Arabs in top government jobs or in the military?partly for security reasons and partly to spare them a crisis of conscience during war. Although they comprise 13% of Israel's population, Arabs hold only six of the Knesset's 120 seats and constitute only 3% of the students at Israel's universities...