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...what were mere "problems of policy" to other countries were "problems of life, of existence" to Israel. Then he added cryptically, "I will put our house in order." As it happened, many Israelis were calling for new directions, and among them was Begin's own Defense Minister, Ezer Weizman...
...very day of Begin's return, two Israeli newspapers published interviews with Weizman calling for a "national peace government" to replace the present coalition headed by Begin. Though Weizman went to some effort to deny it, the maneuver appeared to be the opening round in a serious challenge by the popular former fighter pilot to Begin's leadership. A broad coalition government was needed, Weizman told the newspaper Ma 'ariv, because "we are at the height of a confrontation with the U.S. such as Israel has never experienced before." But, lest anybody think he was Washington...
...terrorist raid. Another Begin critic, former Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, concluded that the invasion took place ''at the right time, in the right place, with the right method." Jerusalem would "try to see to it" that its forces did not long remain in Lebanon, declared Defense Minister Ezer Weizman. But he added: "As long as we find it necessary to impose order and prevent hostile activity, we shall control the area...
...main concern is the 60 advanced F-15 fighterbombers intended for the Saudis. In hopes of getting both the Saudi and the Egyptian sales past Congress, the White House has included them in a package deal with the planes for Israel. But last week, as Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman was in Washington for talks on a big new Israeli arms request, the President received a letter signed by 21 of the 37 members of the House International Relations Committee. It urged him to reconsider his determination to keep the plane package all wrapped together. Earlier, opponents of the plane...
Before the terrorist attack, Begin had been having domestic problems of his own, stemming largely from the very issue that has most upset Carter: the Israeli settlements policy. As he arrived in Washington, Defense Minister Weizman got word that Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon had ordered work started on two new settlements on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River in defiance of Weizman's order that they be stopped. In a heated call to Jerusalem, Weizman pleaded with Begin to halt work on the settlements until after the Premier's own Washington trip. "If only one tractor...