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...Rose Garden strategy, emphasizing his official duties as Prime Minister rather than electioneering. He underscored his world status last month during a high-profile lovefest with Bill Clinton in Washington--where the Administration, concerned about the health of the peace process, made abundantly clear its preference for Peres over Netanyahu...
...Peres through a career that has included stints as Defense Minister (twice), Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (also twice). To counter Peres' reputation for meekness on security issues, he is shown, as commander in chief, in the company of Israeli military officers. In its ads attacking Netanyahu, whom nearly all Israelis call by the nickname Bibi, Labor seeks to exploit the widespread perception of him as a glib, empty suit. One commercial features ordinary people, presumably Likud voters, commenting on Netanyahu; they say over and over again, "Bibi's good looking," and "Bibi speaks good English...
...Likud campaign responds by painting Peres as Pollyannaish, irresponsible and apt to sell out Israel's interests to the Arabs. One ad shows him walking hand in hand with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and calls the two "a dangerous couple." As for convincing undecideds that Netanyahu is up to the job, the Likud's greatest obstacle is his relative inexperience; his only public service has been as charge at the Israeli embassy in Washington, U.N. ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister and Knesset member. To make the 47-year-old candidate appear more statesmanlike, Likud ads place him in a wood-paneled...
...matters of substance, both parties have shifted toward the political center in an effort to seduce voters in the floating middle. Suddenly, Peres was making security his first priority, peace his second. Uncharacteristically, Netanyahu was talking about the importance of peace, albeit one that ensures security...
...finally and officially buried old threats to undo the peace agreements that established Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. According to the party's new platform, a Likud government would "honor international agreements" and "recognize the facts created on the ground by the various accords." Netanyahu, having said he would never meet with Yasser Arafat, was compelled to concede that he might...