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Before making the statement public, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Philip Habib summoned Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz and handed him a draft. Dinitz read in stony silence. "The Palestinians must be involved in the peacemaking process," the document said. "Their representatives will have to be at Geneva for the Palestinian question to be solved." The statement went on to conclude that "all of the participants in the peace conference should adhere to the terms" of United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338, which call for secure borders for all Middle East states...
...announcements caused a stir in Israel, where the reaction seemed to be admiration for Begin's boldness mixed with some misgivings about what the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz described as "deepening our involvement in the lives of [the occupied] areas." Washington reacted angrily. Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz was promptly summoned to the State Department; there he was deliberately shuffled off to hear a stern lecture on the "illegality" of the newly announced settlements from Under Secretary Philip Habib, rather than from Cyrus Vance, with whom Dinitz usually deals. In Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis called on Begin...
...supply Israel with 18 attack helicopters and an undetermined number of F-16 fighters. As proof that the country was prepared to do a bit of belt tightening before making new requests, Begin's government last week sprang an unpleasant surprise on Israeli consumers. Finance Minister Simcha Ehrlich announced wide-ranging anti-inflation measures to reduce a $130 million budget deficit. By cutting subsidies on basic commodities, the government forced a 25% rise in the price of such staples as bread, cheese, milk and chicken; gasoline rose from $1.87 per gal. to $2.40. Although opposition politicians warned that some...
Apart from the generals, Begin's Cabinet is mostly lackluster. Finance Minister Simcha Ehrlich, for instance, is not an economist but a manufacturer of optical goods. He may well have a hard time coping with Israel's rampaging inflation and convincing the country to accept a controversial Likud program to counter it with planned unemployment...
Weizman, nephew of the first President of Israel, will probably be named Minister of Defense, succeeding Peres. Begin could decide to keep the Foreign Ministry portfolio himself?although he may offer it to Yadin, to attract support from the D.M.C. Simcha Erlich, 57, leader of the Liberal Party (one of the six that make up the Likud coalition), is a strong candidate to become Finance Minister. As his price for joining the coalition, Ariel Sharon would like to become chief of staff, a job now held by Lieut. General Mordecai Gur, a longtime ally of Moshe Dayan. Members...