Word: menachim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resolution as means of bringing the Palestinians into negotiations. If the autonomy talks fail, they contended, a U.N. resolution endorsing Palestinian rights could serve as a fall-back position, a basis for subsequent negotiation. Eventually, the two sides settled down, but in truth the negotiators are merely shadowboxing until Menachim Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat hold their next meeting in early September...
...Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin is being challenged by the somewhat more conservative Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who will probably be a strong opponent to Rabin before the next elections scheduled for September '77. In addition, the threat of the right-wing opposition party is real. The party, headed by Menachim Begin, has recently shown a gain in popularity and could be a strong contestant for power. Rabin, therefore, will have to be extremely careful in his political endeavors...