Word: rotenstreich
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...Prime Minister then appointed Yehoshua Rotenstreich, a prominent Tel Aviv attorney and former head of the Israel Bar Association, to conduct the investigation along with Zvi Tsur, a former armed forces Chief of Staff. Like the Knesset subcommittee, which began its own inquiry last week, the two- member committee will not have the right to compel witnesses to appear, and its conclusions will not be binding on the government...
...Israeli commission's first task will be to investigate the Pollard operation thoroughly. Rotenstreich and Tsur, the probers appointed by the Prime Minister, will presumably focus on the state of Israel's intelligence services, plagued as they have been by an unprecedented series of blunders (see box). Some Israelis believe the central problem is that almost four decades after Israel's independence, the country's vaunted security agencies have lost sight of their country's political objectives, of which the most important at the moment is continued close association with...
...government was "committing itself to nothing." But he quickly noted, "There is no doubt that the recommendations of a committee of such importance will be especially serious." The Prime Minister is certain to hear strong support for that sentiment this week from the visiting American Jewish leaders. And Attorney Rotenstreich has already put Shamir on notice: he vowed to the Jerusalem Post last week that he would resign if the panel did not receive the full cooperation of the government...