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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir promised in a phone call that they would not allow the attack to threaten Israeli-Egyptian relations. But it could strengthen the hand of Israeli hard- liners at this week's crucial meeting of the Likud bloc's Central Committee. Industry and Trade Minister Ariel Sharon says the bus tragedy is proof that the Arabs want blood, not peace. He plans to load more amendments onto Shamir's already heavily encumbered plan for Palestinian elections...
...estimate that up to 700,000 Soviet Jews might make aliyah, the "ascent" to Israel, over the next three to five years. The prospect fills Israeli leaders with joy: immigration has slumped, and in some recent years it has been equaled and possibly surpassed by emigration. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir spoke for many of his fellow right-wing politicians when he said, "Big immigration requires Israel to be big as well." The Arab world is reacting with concern and anger...
...Soviet Jews have moved to the West Bank, what is the fuss about? The vital issue is the overall growth of Israel as a regional power. As Shamir put it, "In five years we won't be able to recognize this country. Everything will change, everything will be bigger, stronger." The Arab states correctly read this to mean that Israel is counting on the surge of immigration to ensure its domination of its neighbors for decades to come. No matter how clearly the Arabs see that threat, their pressure is unlikely to force Gorbachev to choke off Jewish emigration from...
...months the fragile Likud-Labor coalition has been heading for a showdown over how Israel should engage the Palestinians. Last week Likud Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir nearly precipitated the crisis by announcing that he was firing Science and Technology Minister Ezer Weizman for holding secret talks with the P.L.O. Israeli policy forbids contact with the P.L.O., but Weizman has long advocated -- and indirectly practiced -- a dialogue. Labor threatened to bolt from the government, but eventually both sides compromised. Labor stayed in, although Weizman was excluded from the foreign-policy-making inner Cabinet...
...skirmish came at a sensitive time for Shamir. Plans are under way for a meeting of Israeli, American and Egyptian foreign ministers to advance Shamir's proposal for elections in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. The Prime Minister's ulterior motive in attacking Weizman was to emphasize his determination never to accept any role for the P.L.O...