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...result of the talks' collapse, Rabin became something of an instant hero, largely because, as a political columnist for the newspaper Yediot Aharanot explained it, "he has proved he is not America's man." The Knesset overwhelmingly approved a resolution upholding the Premier's actions; even the conservative, antigovernment Likud bloc joined in. A post-deadlock poll by Israel's Institute of Applied Social Research showed that 91% of Israelis supported their Premier (although 58% also expressed hope that the government would work toward a negotiated settlement...
...maneuvering. Intentionally or not, the Palestinians by their attack refocused the Israelis' concern for security. If Rabin appears willing to give away too much, he will be sharply attacked by hawks within his own Labor Party and by the opposition. Ironically, Rabin's sharpest critic in the Knesset, Likud Bloc Leader Menachem Begin, had a curious tie to the Savoy Hotel. Begin used the hotel as a hideout in the days before Israeli independence, when he battled the British as leader of the Jewish terrorist organization Irgun Zvai Leumi...
...what Jerusalem called a thirty-fifty deal-a military pullback in the Sinai (see box) of 30 kilometers in the south broadening to 50 kilometers in the north. This withdrawal would include neither the Abu Rudeis oilfields nor the vital Giddi and Mitla passes. In a speech to the Knesset last week, Rabin promised that these would be exchanged only for a clear-cut declaration of nonbelligerency on Egypt's part...
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...
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...