Word: shamir
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...spite of the unprecedented flak he was getting from the 65 U.S. Jewish leaders who visited Israel last week, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir still insisted that the Pollard affair had been a "rogue" operation undertaken without the government's knowledge. Two weeks ago, the Israeli Cabinet reluctantly appointed a two-member committee to investigate the case, but failed to give it the power to subpoena witnesses. Last week the committee appeared to be near collapse after an attorney for three Israelis implicated in the case advised his clients not to testify. In the meantime, a second official inquiry, conducted...
...Pollard affair has led to renewed criticism of Shamir and his Labor partners in the national unity government, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. One newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, published photos depicting the trio under the caption "Everyone covering up for everyone." In Ha'aretz, Commentator B. Michael wrote that the spy case, along with the Israeli role in Iranscam, was part of a pattern in which Israeli leaders have taken the position that "We did not know, did not hear, did not see, did not report, and we are not responsible...
...very least, the U.S. expects the Shamir government to fire the two Israelis who are believed to have played important roles in the Pollard affair. One is Colonel Aviam Sella, 41, an air force hero who was Pollard's "handler"; last month Sella was named commander of one of Israel's most important air bases. Similarly, Rafi Eitan, who masterminded the Pollard spy operation, was named chairman of Israel Chemicals, the country's largest government-owned company. Washington also wants Israel to return the 360 cu. ft. of American intelligence documents that Pollard stole from the Naval Investigative Service...
Having appointed the investigatory committee under pressure, Shamir insisted at week's end that the 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...
Under mounting pressure from the Reagan Administration and American Jewish leaders, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reluctantly names a panel to investigate the spy case. -- Stubborn support for a sales tax puts Japan' s Nakasone on a political hot seat. -- A new book presents an intriguing idea for solving the South African dilemma: cantonal government...