Word: shamir
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Then, compromise Israeli style. Likud bloc leader and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir volunteered to switch jobs with his Likud cohort Modai. Negotiator turned money man, and vice versa. Peres will save face by playing tough guy with Modai, Shamir will patch together the coalition until the rotation agreement lands him the premiership this October, Modai will stay in the Cabinet and assume what is said to be his dream job. Everbody's happy. Unless conniving politicos get their way, that...
...personal power, Likudnik David Levy has been trying to sabotage the unity government. At last month's Herut party convention, which is the core of the Likud bloc, Levy formed an ad hoc alliance with Ariel Sharon to divert delegates' attention away from the agenda and undermine Shamir's leadership...
...Levy were to conquer the Likud camp, the guaranteed shift of the country's top position would be snatched away from any Likudnik, since the rotation agreement is dependent upon Shamir's heading the party. Now Levy is maneuvering to destroy the ministerial switcheroo agreement, since there is nothing...
...adversary Syrian President Hafez Assad. The breakdown in talks may precipitate a new round of violence by Palestinians, who see diplomacy failing once again to resolve their problems. And it vastly increases the likelihood that Peres will be obliged to exchange jobs in the fall with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, head of the Likud. Under the terms of the prevailing coalition agreement, each man is supposed to hold the top position for 25 months. If Hussein's peace initiative had succeeded, Peres might have been able to call elections to determine whether Israel should participate. But in the absence...
...outcome of Arafat's meetings suggests that the peace process still has a way to go before the kinds of talks that Peres envisages take place. "I don't see any dramatic turning point," said Israeli Foreign Minister Shamir. "The same obstacles still exist." Yes, but as Hussein told TIME, "we are continuing to explore all possibilities...