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...peace in the Middle East, then it guarantees another generation of conflict. Sooner or later we have to ask whether the U.S. is unfailingly committed to protecting Israeli conquest of the West Bank, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem." It would be a mistake, Saunders believes, to let Yitzhak Shamir, who is likely to replace Begin as Prime Minister, think he can write his own ticket with the U.S., as Begin did. Adds Saunders: "That would mean letting things drift, and when things drift in the Middle East, they get worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping to Hold the Line | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

Begin finally bows, and Shamir struggles to build a coalition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Nobody Waved Goodbye | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...Israel's 35-year history. The resignation was bound to be anticlimactic: Begin, 70, had announced his intention to quit three weeks earlier. At the urging of colleagues within his ruling Likud coalition, however, the Prime Minister agreed to put off officially notifying Herzog until Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, 67, could be certain of holding together the fractious group and thus bettering his chances of succeeding Begin as head of government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Nobody Waved Goodbye | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...days passed and Shamir wrapped up his back-room bargaining, Begin kept a low profile. He became a virtual shut-in at his home on Balfour Street in Jerusalem, never once venturing forth to his office. He uncharacteristically skipped Rosh Hashana services two weeks ago and missed a regular Sunday Cabinet session. Aides doggedly denied rumors that Begin was no longer eating or was gravely ill, but they hardly helped matters by issuing confusing statements about precisely what did ail the Prime Minister. First they insisted that he simply was not feeling well. Then he was said to be suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Nobody Waved Goodbye | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

Members of the opposition and unfriendly editorial writers accused Begin of stalling in order to give Shamir more time. But even after Shamir reached an agreement with the seven parties that make up the Likud coalition early last week, Begin stayed on. Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir declared that if Begin did not submit his resignation "within a reasonable time," then his intention to leave would be viewed as "canceled." By Wednesday, rumors buzzed around the Knesset. Begin was keeping his options open. No, he was starving himself to death. No, he had changed his mind and wanted to stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Nobody Waved Goodbye | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

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