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...other side was Education Minister Zevulun Hammer, a rising figure in the National Religious Party, which is a major partner in Begin's four-party Likud coalition. Supporting the teachers, Hammer insisted that the government had already agreed to abide by the recommendations of a blue-ribbon committee that had taken up the teachers' demands after a strike two years ago. Besides improved fringe benefits, the committee had endorsed pay increases that ranged from 30% to 60%. The teachers presently earn an average of $200 a month. The panel recommended that their pay be upgraded to the level...
...government had survived more than 20 no-confidence votes before, but this time Prime Minister Menachem Begin could feel his Likud coalition shaking. Cutting short a visit to the U.S., Begin flew back to Israel and rushed straight to the Knesset, where a seven-hour debate on his economic policies was already under way. As the gallery buzzed with excitement, a roll call of the Knesset kept Begin in power by the slimmest margin yet, 57 to 54. Afterward he tried to be philosophical: "As Winston Churchill used to say, in a democracy, one [vote] is enough...
...shootings and the economic crisis are bound to create further fissures in Be gin's fragile government. Hurvitz already has hinted that he might pull out of the Likud coalition and take his tiny La'am Party with him. Says one Begin aide...
...views of the four Israelis at the Sofia meeting have practically nothing to do with mainstream Israeli thinking. Many members of Prime Minister Menachem Begin's ruling Likud coalition were furious over the meeting, and one member, Deputy Minister Yoram Aridor, charged that a "grave felony" had taken place. Said one Israeli official: "When a Communist Party member who is loyal to Moscow meets with Arafat, it has no significance except for its public relations value to Arafat...
...anyone committing a "violation of allegiance" to the state of Israel. The measures were directed at Israeli dissidents and at Arab university students who have demonstrated for Palestinian rights. In a separate development, Begin's Justice Minister, Shmuel Tamir, resigned last week as the erosion of the Likud coalition continued...