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...unexpected defections of two members from the small party called the Democratic Movement. That left the Prime Minister with a majority of only three seats in the 120-member Knesset. Two of those votes belong to his former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and his recently resigned Defense Minister Ezer Weizman. Both men might well vote for early elections. In a speech to Haifa University graduates last week, Dayan declared, "The time has come for us to send the ball back into the people's court and have them decide whom they want as their leaders...
...Your former Defense Minister [Ezer Q. Weizman] has said he is hopeful your government will collapse...
...Weizman] didn't take that action on his own. He consulted me. If you ask me who is responsible for expelling them, I suppose I bear the main responsibility. If I had objected, he could not have done it. Those three men are P.L.O. men. Under the circumstances, the deportations were completely justified...
...Egypt, Weizman's resignation and the squabbling over a successor were seen as possible harbingers of early elections that could produce a more moderate Israeli government. Weizman enjoyed a close relationship with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. But he had long been recognized as a lonely voice of moderation in the Cabinet, unable to prevent Begin from pursuing the policies that the Egyptians argue have brought the Palestinian autonomy talks to a standstill...
...emotional guy," says Ezer Weizman, whose three-year career as Israel's Defense Minister has been a continuous exercise in emotion. Whether he is angrily accusing his government of not wanting peace, or embracing Anwar intensity after Israel signed a treaty with Egypt, Weizman's intensity is evident to friends and foes alike...