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...Knesset, Netanyahu retains only the slimmest of majorities; a single defection would bring down his government, says Beyer. "And many members of his own party have openly conspired against him," she says. "Netanyahu has a knack for surviving. But this is his deepest crisis...
...Peres, could be elected as Labor leader. Barak's first task will be to find the cracks in Netanyahu?s constituency and position himself for the next general election, which is scheduled for 2000 but could be called as soon as Labor can secure a majority vote in the Knesset. One way to do that could be recruiting one of his primary opponents, former ambassador to Spain Shlomo Ben-Ami, who claims to have support among the Sephardim, or Middle Eastern Jews, who have traditionally leaned toward Likud. Considering Netanyahu's hair's-width victory over Peres...
Israel's legal system presumes innocence, but in politics there's no such protection. If Netanyahu had become the first Prime Minister ever to be indicted, he would probably have been driven from office, even though the law does not require that he resign. The Knesset could impeach him with 80 votes of the 120 members or could force new elections for parliament and the post of Prime Minister with a simple majority...
...police report, may be enough to send Sharansky's immigrants' party and the centrist Third Way Party heading for the door. With 11 seats between them, their departure would topple the government, which has a majority of six. "If a harsh report is submitted," says Third Way Knesset member Yehuda Harel, "our tendency is to demand new elections...
...committee to oversee future high-level appointments. The panel will be led by Finance Minister Dan Meridor and Trade Minister Natan Sharansky, two Cabinet members who reportedly had considered resigning over the scandal. The move should help Netanyahu preserve his fragile six-seat hold on power in the Knesset. Two centrist parties, the Third Way and Sharansky's Israel Be'Aliya, said Monday that they would remain, along with two Cabinet members from the Likud Party. Netanyahu can count on the loyalty of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party whose leader, Arieh Deri, was charged with extortion and fraud...