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...contrast in the styles of the two men so apparent. Animated, aggressive, sarcastic, Shimon Peres assailed his opponent, all the while calling him "Mr. Shamir" instead of by his official title of Prime Minister. "You have learned to make mistakes," Peres summed up. "We have learned from your mistakes." Yitzhak Shamir did his best to ignore the barbs. Serious, diffident, somewhat plodding, he pledged to tackle the nation's woes more aggressively. Said he: "Elections come and go, but the country stands forever... We must fortify...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, 68, who came to his position after Menachem Begin abruptly resigned ten months ago, found his fragile Likud coalition crumbling in March, forcing the Knesset to call the July 23 elections. Shamir faces Shimon Peres, 60, the Labor Party leader who lost twice to Begin (in 1977 and 1981). The two men share a quiet, unruffled style, but their views diverge sharply (see interviews). Neither candidate leaves any doubt as to what is at stake. "It is not that the ship of Israel fell apart, but that it is sailing in the wrong direction," says Peres...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, in full voice but visibly fatigued from the dual responsibilities of being head of government and a candidate on the hustings, welcomed Correspondents Kelly and Halevy to his Jerusalem office and talked at length about his government's prospects. Excerpts...
...influence completely waned: when Deputy Prime Minister David Levy considered challenging Yitzhak Shamir for the Herut Party nomination, Begin's son called Levy, presumably at his father's request, and urged him to withdraw. Levy did. The master politician may have given up his job, but not his touch...
...busing our children. We have about 25% mixed marriages," says Eliezer Shmueli, a Sephardi who is director general of the Ministry of Education. "There is a renaissance of Sephardic culture and ethnic pride." A record 29 Sephardim sit in the 120-member Knesset; three are in Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's 19-man Cabinet. Chief of Staff Moshe Levy is a Sephardic Jew, as is Israel Kesar, secretary-general of the 1.1 million-member General Federation of Labor. The second in command of both major political parties, Yitzhak Navon of Labor and David Levy of Likud, are Sephardim...