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Instead of deflating the scandal, the Shalom pardon heightened it. Small parties in the Knesset made five separate calls for no-confidence votes, forcing Peres to give in to a gale of protest from members of his own Labor Party and agree finally to the establishment of an official probe. "I am prepared to be questioned before any judicial commission," he said. "I acted in a straightforward and responsible manner...
...Israeli authorities have detained as many as 20 Palestinians in connection with the shooting, but have apparently made little progress in solving the murder. Prime Minister Shimon Peres told the Knesset's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee that the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine or the notorious Abu Nidal group was "probably" responsible for the killing. Both Syrian-backed, anti-Arafat groups accused al Masri of being an Israeli collaborator, and Abu Nidal also called the assassination "a warning" to Arafat and Hussein. Some Israeli sources, however, did not rule out Arafat's own Fatah organization...
Perhaps, perhaps not. In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres emerged with a slightly strengthened political hand from a bout of squabbling that enveloped his national unity government. By an 86-to-6 vote of the Knesset, Peres easily survived a no-confidence motion brought by Tehiya, a tiny right-wing splinter party. The motion was intended to force Peres to withdraw an offer that he had made a week earlier before the United Nations General Assembly. The Israeli leader told the U.N. that Israel might concede a role in the peace process to a vaguely defined "international forum...
During the eight-hour session, Peres was adamant that the U.N. speech violated no such policy. On Monday in the Knesset, he railed against anyone who would "pile obstacles on the road to the peace process." Legislators apparently were impressed. By a 68-to-10 vote of the 120-member chamber, they endorsed a resolution in support of Peres' U.N. speech before voting down the Tehiya no-confidence motion...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Minister without Portfolio Moshe Arens both served in the Knesset and retained their U.S. citizenships. American born Queen Noor of Jordan retained her citizenship when she was crowned...