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...burly ex-general had been running the war more and more on his own, on this occasion he solicited the Cabinet's support for a series of tactical moves around Beirut as part of the Israelis' continuing effort to strengthen their military positions. Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich, who had generally supported Sharon in the past, immediately declared that the request was out of the question. Taking up the argument, the Moroccan-born David Levy, another Deputy Prime Minister, who has been a consistent critic of Sharon, declared, "The country is confused. Government decisions are being violated: steps...
...Begin's limited autonomy policy, which could conceivably be nudged toward a broader form of political self-expression for local Arabs but could never embrace the idea of a Palestinian state-militant or otherwise. "The next public debate in Israel," said former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Simcha Dinitz last week, "will not be over the possibility of annexing the West Bank or establishing a Palestinian state, but over reconciling Israel's wish for secure and recognizable boundaries with the interests of the Palestinians." That, indeed, has been the crux of the Middle East problem since 1948. Tanks...
...Israeli general. Begin had misgivings about awarding the powerful Defense portfolio to Sharon, who had a reputation for disobeying superiors on the battlefield. Begin, who held the Defense post himself for more than a year after Ezer Weizman resigned in May 1980, once remarked to Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich: "Sharon might surround the Prime Minister's office with tanks." Not even Sharon's military colleagues trust his commitment to free government. Says former Cabinet Secretary Arye Naor: "If ever, God forbid, he reaches the supreme position, I wonder what the fate of Israeli democracy will...
...favor?" And when Druckman quickly raised his hand, along with 57 other members of the Knesset, the 58-58 tie vote was inevitable. His bad leg propped on a hassock under the bench, Begin could not look behind him to see how Druckman had voted. His Deputy Prime Minister, Simcha Ehrlich, broke the news to him. Begin then turned in his seat, grimacing, to stare at Druckman for a moment. When Savidor announced the vote, Begin rose to his feet without using his cane. "Mr. Speaker," he said, "I must call a Cabinet meeting now, and therefore...
...Cabinet of Prime Minister Menachem Begin quickly rejected the proposal, particularly objecting to the call for a Palestinian state. Privately, however, a number of Israeli officials acknowledged that the plan seemed to represent some changes in Saudi thinking. Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich described the initiative as being "a turning point to a certain extent" Begin was on vacations and offered no commont on the Saudi proposal. But it is a safe guess that when he visits Washington on Sept. 9 he will emphasize to Ronald Reagan that he would prefer to stick to the Camp David format and bypass...