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...HAWK, THE OTHER A DOVE. EACH HAS NOW soared to great political heights in Israel. Former Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 43, was elected chief of the opposition Likud bloc, and ultraleftist politician Ezer ) Weizman, 68, was chosen by the Knesset to be Israel's next President, a largely ceremonial post...
...Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will probably face a tougher time selling its policies. Trickiest will be Rabin's proposal to return at least part of the Golan Heights to Syria, a move opposed by Netanyahu and about half the population. Concessions for peace will have an eloquent advocate in Weizman, a former Defense Minister and chief of the air force and one of Israel's most flamboyant politicians. Once an avid hawk, Weizman now supports withdrawal from the Golan, direct negotiations with the P.L.O. and the establishment of a Palestinian state...
...months the fragile Likud-Labor coalition has been heading for a showdown over how Israel should engage the Palestinians. Last week Likud Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir nearly precipitated the crisis by announcing that he was firing Science and Technology Minister Ezer Weizman for holding secret talks with the P.L.O. Israeli policy forbids contact with the P.L.O., but Weizman has long advocated -- and indirectly practiced -- a dialogue. Labor threatened to bolt from the government, but eventually both sides compromised. Labor stayed in, although Weizman was excluded from the foreign-policy-making inner Cabinet...
...skirmish came at a sensitive time for Shamir. Plans are under way for a meeting of Israeli, American and Egyptian foreign ministers to advance Shamir's proposal for elections in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. The Prime Minister's ulterior motive in attacking Weizman was to emphasize his determination never to accept any role for the P.L.O...
...Labor Party campaign manager Ezer Weizman...