Word: rabin
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Begin has fared better. According to the same poll, the Prime Minister's support declined from 54% in August to 42.9% in September, but then increased to 44.8% in October. His closest rival is President Yitzhak Navon, with 18.4%, followed by former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, with 11.1%. Opposition Leader Shimon Peres is a distant fourth, with only 3.3%. Reason: the Sephardic Jews who support Begin approve of his hard line toward the Arabs, massacre or no massacre, and the Sephardim now make up more than half of the Israeli population. -By William E. Smith. Reported by David Halevy/Jerusalem...
From 1974 to 1977, Peres was Defense Minister in the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a bitter personal and professional rival. Feuding between the two Labor leaders sapped the party's strength in the 1981 elections, preparing the way for Begin's victory over Peres. The Peres-Rabin struggle continues to pose a threat to Labor's electoral chances. Already, polls show the combined support for the two Labor leaders to be far behind Begin's. Asked who was best suited to be Prime Minister, nearly 2,000 Israelis canvassed by the Jerusalem Post...
When Paul Widerman started the meet with a solid victory over all Ivy wrestler Joe Rabin, 5-3, he thought the Crimson was wrestling for pride Next Saturday, they will be wrestling for the championship...
Another person who had his mark in Mid-East affairs, former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, visited Harvard last week for a faculty luncheon at the Center for Jewish Studies...
...interview with The Gazette, Rabin criticized statements by former U.S. presidents Ford and Carter urging direct talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and chided the Reagan administration for not doing all it could to further the negotiations between Egypt and Israel aimed at establishing autonomy for West Bank Palestinians...