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...government from Israel's other right-wing parties, it may take him more time to assemble a Cabinet; most of the Likud deputies have not had government experience. Begin himself has served as a Minister only between 1967 and 1970; and his campaign manager, former Air Force Commander Ezer Weizman, 52, has been a Minister of Transport...
...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...
...counterargument is that Begin, in emerging from opposition to leadership, may be drawn to what Walter Lippmann once called "the suction of the center." Campaign Manager Weizman puts it another way: "There is a great difference between the behavior of the main opposition party and the major political power which has to lead the country." As for Begin's supposed intransigence, Weizman insists: "Believe me, give him time and he will behave as the head of a government. He will negotiate more than all the Premiers before him. You will see him becoming more flexible than anybody believes...
Arab Threat. Now, however, some Israelis are questioning the government's interpretation of events. Ezer Weizman who was a deputy chief of staff in 1967 and is still Israel's most outspoken hawk, maintains that it was not so much survival as the credibility of the armed forces that was at stake. Faced with the Arab threat, they proved they would go to war; since they won so conclusively, Weizman argues, Israel will never be threatened again...
AFTER two planes carrying passengers and mail for Israel were torn by explosions, a newsman asked Minister of Transport Ezer Weizman what he proposed to do. "This is not a problem for a Transport Minister," Weizman replied. His meaning was plain: it was a job more suited to someone like his brother-in-law, who happens to be Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan...