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Soviet immigrants, for their part, are aware that the situation could lead to a nasty backlash. Says Yuri Stern, a Soviet immigrant and adviser to the Knesset: "We are worried that the homeless problem may create divisions. Either we are going to solve it or it will create unrest, and that could be damaging to everyone...
...adamant position even if he wanted to. Any softening of his line toward negotiations with the Palestinians would be sure to be rejected by hard-line minor parties and could easily destroy his coalition. That government, which squeaked through to confirmation with only 62 votes in the 120-seat Knesset, is unlikely to last until 1992, when elections are scheduled. Its fall might be the only thing that could bring better U.S.-Israeli relations. If Baker cannot wait to see whether and how soon that happens, Shamir's number...
...true that every Soviet Jew who has emigrated to Israel this year has been met at the airport by the entire Knesset. But the welcome mat has been impressive enough. Israel State Television briefly added Cyrillic subtitles to its evening newscasts, and the daily newspaper Ma'ariv plans to start a Russian-language edition this summer. Banks place Russian-language ads in their front windows and offer special inducements to newcomers. Ryzshinka, a yogurt-like Russian drink, is now available, packaged in a bottle sporting (yes) red and gold, the colors of the Soviet flag...
...this year, 41,578 Soviet Jews have arrived in Israel; by year's end, the total may reach 150,000. As acting Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir seeks Knesset approval of his new right-wing government this week, he faces the growing dilemma of how to house and employ the largest flood of immigrants to Israel since the early 1950s. Meanwhile, Moscow's decision to lift the gates on Jewish emigration has so infuriated Arab leaders that their outcry no doubt prompted President Mikhail Gorbachev to utter a veiled threat at his final press conference in Washington last week. If Israel...
...coalition after the collapse of the national unity government two months ago. Shamir's prospects may depend on the cooperation of a far-right party headed by Rehavam Ze'evi, who is demanding the sensitive post of Police Minister as the price for his support. Ze'evi informed the Knesset last week, "Arabs only understand when they are clubbed on the head." Palestinian leader Faisal Husseini, one of 46 Palestinians who launched a hunger strike to protest last week's killings, was no more encouraging in his assessment of the situation. "This is our last attempt to defend our program...