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Unfortunately, Israeli Prime Minister Shamir doesn't understand this. His political opponent, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, does, as he made clear last week at the Kennedy School. He has received assurances that the Soviet Union will play no formal role at the bargaining table and that Israel can leave the conference at any time. The U.S. has promised to support Israel by joining it in walking away from the table if the Soviet Union tries to exert its influence toward a solution Israel does not like...
Under the National Unity agreement reached in 1984, the Israeli Cabinet is divided principally between the liberal Labor Party and its allies and the right-wing Likud bloc. Peres served as prime minister with Likud leader Yitzhak Shamir as his foreign minister through September 1986 when, under the terms of the agreement, they switched roles...
...sentenced this year by a U.S. court to life imprisonment as an Israeli spy. But the panel declined to single out any individual for culpability. A second investigation, conducted by a parliamentary intelligence subcommittee headed by former Foreign Minister Abba Eban, then pinned blame squarely on Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Peres, who received particular criticism for mishandling the case as Prime Minister in 1985 when Pollard was arrested, stated, "I have nothing to apologize for." U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering quickly made clear that Washington expects those involved in the spy scandal...
...Napso. Attorney General Yosef Harish has launched an investigation into these acts. The probe may result in criminal charges being leveled against eleven former and current Shin Bet agents. In the wake of the week's three adverse judgments, the Cabinet deliberated whether to begin its own probe, and Shamir pledged to increase supervision over all national security agencies...
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' Labor Party failed last week to muster enough votes in the 120-seat Knesset to force Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to call early elections. As a result, Peres was thwarted, at least for the moment, in his drive to convene an international peace conference on the Middle East...