Word: weizman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...domestic concerns (the primary one is triple-digit inflation) and because of his stand on the peace negotiations. Polls last week found that only 21% of the Israelis queried think he is the best man for the job, though no one else tops that figure. Moreover, Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, whose popularity is second to Begin's in the government, asserted in a bombshell interview on Israeli TV that because Begin's Cabinet had lost the confidence of the public, it should resign. Such a move would force new elections long before the term of the present Israeli...
Strained though the relations between them are, Weizman and Begin cooperated on one project last week that demonstrated the explosive tension in the Middle East. As Begin was flying back to Israel Friday morning, Weizman launched Israeli forces on a seaborne raid against a headquarters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafand. The Israelis blew up houses where they said terrorists were being trained. Palestinian sources reported that 18 people were killed: six P.F.L.P. fighters, three children and nine adult civilians...