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...through another election." In all likelihood, however, he will still be able to form a new government by Aug. 4, the deadline he had originally set for himself. He could nevertheless be forced to take an additional 21 days before he would be obliged to report failure to President Yitzhak Navon...
...raid on Beirut. On July 17, aiming at Palestinian guerrilla offices in a crowded neighborhood, Israeli warplanes killed some 300 Lebanese and Palestinians and wounded another 800. Even many of Begin's own countrymen, especially those from the Western-oriented Ashkenazi community, were shocked. Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin declared that the Palestinian command posts and offices had been in Beirut for years but that, because of the political price involved, previous governments had felt that Israel could derive little benefit from attempting to destroy them. Said Rabin: "Israel used to have the moral right on its side...
...need to pay attention to U.S. concerns about Israeli military actions. They were more interested in demonstrating that there were no strings attached to their use of the F-16s. Indeed, late last week Israel condemned as "unfair" the latest delay in F-16 deliveries. Said Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir: "If this is the price Israel has to pay to defend its people, then we don't regret anything...
...projection showing Labor ahead, however slightly, brought a roar of delight from party politicians and supporters, who had been out of office since 1977. Peres was greeted with a thunderous ovation as he went to the podium at Labor headquarters in Tel Aviv, where he embraced his longtime rival, Yitzhak Rabin, a former Prime Minister, and received bouquets of flowers from children. An earnest, sad-eyed intellectual, Peres was uplifted by the acclamation of the crowd. Introduced as "the next Prime Minister of Israel," he declared, "I think we got a mandate to form a government...
...headed into this week's election, some polls showed Likud in the lead, 39% to 32%, but others called the race virtually even. Trying to pick up the large number of undecided votes, Peres offered the post of Defense Minister in his shadow cabinet to former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a longtime...