Word: shamir
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Both Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, his Likud-bloc partner in the ruling coalition, continue to oppose any investigation that might reveal the ( inner workings of the Shin Bet. "The Shin Bet," said Shamir last week, "can be examined," but "without revealing its secrets." Harish is shortly expected to appoint an investigator or a small commission of inquiry. One crucial question will be how much of the findings will be made public...
...rare show of unity, Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who heads the conservative Likud bloc in the coalition government, joined forces to oppose Zamir. Peres insisted that the "functioning of the Shin Bet would be undermined by the investigation, and sometimes considerations of state security override legal considerations." Shamir put it more bluntly: "The Shin Bet is a jewel in the crown of the state, and we can't murder it." By week's end several Israeli newspapers speculated openly that Shamir himself, who was Prime Minister at the time, may have had knowledge of the killings...
From the moment of its formation 19 months ago, Israel's coalition government seemed ominously fragile. The carefully crafted alliance called for Prime Minister Shimon Peres of the moderate Labor Party to rule for 25 months and then switch places with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, head of the rightist Likud bloc, for another 25 months. Last week an outbreak of name-calling and political pique showed just how delicate that arrangement could be by propelling the government into its latest crisis...
Infuriated by the charges, Peres last week sought to fire Moda'i, thus triggering a bitter standoff. Shamir, who is scheduled to become Prime Minister in October under the coalition agreement, blocked Moda'i's dismissal and accused Peres of seeking to scuttle the political accord. When Moda'i offered to resign Wednesday, Likud ministers closed ranks. If Moda'i goes, Shamir vowed, "all Likud will go too, and Peres should know that in contemplating sacking Moda'i, he is in fact bringing down this government...
...avert a collapse, coalition leaders devised a complex face-saving formula. Under it, Shamir and Moda'i would swap jobs, with Shamir taking over the finance portfolio and Moda'i becoming Foreign Minister. The assignments would last until next fall, when Shamir becomes Prime Minister. Moda'i could then return to the Finance Ministry...