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...Israel's three religious parties (16 seats in the new Knesset) and of retired general Ariel Sharon, an ally of Begin whose group won two seats in parliament. Begin asked for Labor's help in forming a unity government, but a disappointed Shimon Peres, who replaced former Premier Yitzhak Rabin in mid-campaign (TIME, April 18), said no. "The platform of the Likud does not permit the necessary opening for negotiations," said Peres. "The | Likud offers no alternative for peace...
...where he has been a caustic gadfly to several Labor governments. He can be a fierce debater: when Ben-Gurion's government supported German war reparations for Jewish property, Begin's rhetoric grew so rabid that he was suspended from the Knesset for three months. In 1974, after Yitzhak Rabin became Premier, Begin remarked, "We haven't seen a dovecot like Rabin's Cabinet since Noah's ark. I consider it a national duty to bring this government down...
...personal search for a new Middle East peace formula, President Carter has met with former Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Jordan's King Hussein and, last week in Geneva, Syria's President Hafez Assad. Carter's diplomatic approach, reinforced by heavy doses of his down-home charm, has drawn mixed reviews. The Arabs love it. The Israelis are almost as suspicious of Carter as they were of Henry Kissinger...
...scandals. After a brisk start, the new Democratic Movement for Change, led by Yigael Yadin, appears too elitist to many voters. The right-wing opposition Likud, whose ailing leader is onetime anti-British Terrorist Menachem Begin, was accused of maintaining an illegal bank account abroad-the issue that forced Rabin to step down last month. Last week all campaigning was halted as the country mourned for 54 soldiers who were killed when their helicopter crashed during maneuvers on the West Bank. It was the worst military crash in Israel's history...
...happens, that has been the view of Israel's Defense Minister and caretaker Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who, along with Saudi Arabia's Prince Fahd, is on Carter's future Middle East guest list. Peres, who became Israel's acting head of government when Yitzhak Rabin stepped down because of a family financial scandal (TIME, April 25), is expected to lead the Labor Party to a victory in Israel's mid-May general elections despite the Rabin embarrassment. In Tel Aviv last week, Peres stressed the complications involved in trying to hold Geneva talks this...