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Last month, after repeated attempts to pull together a new coalition, Meir announced that because of opposition from the National Religious party--a traditional partner in all previous Israeli governments--she was forming the first minority cabinet in Israel's history. The new cabinet represented only 58 of the 120 parliamentary seats...
...yesterday's executive council meeting, Meir announced the formation of a new minority cabinet, with Yitzhak Rabin, former ambassador to Washington, replacing Dayan as defense minister...
More than 50 Laborites attended the session and 11 voted against the new cabinet. Following the vote, Meir said that she would not head the cabinet, Israel's state radio announced...
Among chief candidates to replace Meir as premier are: Dayan, Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, Deputy Premier Yigal Allen, and foreign minister Abba Eban...
Kissinger very much needs a diplomatic breakthrough on the Golan Heights disengagement; otherwise, his fragile design for a Middle East settlement may fall apart. The problem is not made significantly easier by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's difficulties in putting together a viable government (see following story). "Let's face it," said an Israeli foreign ministry official last week, "we do not have very much to gain from a withdrawal on the Syrian front." While Jerusalem has, in fact, indicated some willingness to compromise on territory that Israel captured in October, it has vowed not to surrender...