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Overnight, ethnic agitation broke out in Tel Aviv. Demonstrators called Mayor Shlomo Lahat a murderer and threatened revenge. Swastikas appeared on the Jerusalem residence of Yosef Burg, the German-born Interior Minister who has authority over the police...
Some of the heaviest pressure on Begin was coming from within his Cabinet. Interior Minister Yosef Burg, Welfare and Labor Minister Aharon Uzan and Minister Without Portfolio Mordechai Ben-Porat publicly announced that they would demand a full commission of inquiry at a formal meeting of the Cabinet. The implication was clear: the government would fall if those ministers withdrew their support. Even Begin seemed to realize that defiance was hopeless. On the eve of the crucial Cabinet meeting, his aides passed the word that he was receptive to the idea of a judicial probe...
...Israelis and Egyptians are scheduled to renew the autonomy talks next week in Israel, but Israeli Interior Minister Yosef Burg said last week there had been "no change" in Jerusalem's position. Indeed, Israeli officials were incensed by the suggestion made by former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter that the U.S. would eventually have to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Though Reagan reaffirmed his policy against talking with the P.L.O. until it recognizes Israel's right to exist, the Administration is fervently hoping that Begin will make a gesture of accommodation at next week...
...deep down, there was also fear, particularly among Israel's leaders, old and new. Observed Interior Minister Yosef Burg, who is also the chief negotiator with the Egyptians in the autonomy talks: "Now we shall find out if a man or an idea was killed." Moshe Dayan, the former Foreign Minister, suggested that Israel must continue to take part in the negotiations but must "check seven times over with seven eyes who is running the new Egypt and how strong is his commitment to peace." Ariel Sharon, Begin's Defense Minister, warned that Israel must keep itself strong...
...report that the Iraqis might be able to start manufacturing two or three small nuclear weapons within a year. Despite that, not all of the committee's Cabinet-level members were in favor of a pre-emptive raid. Among those opposed were Deputy Prime Minister Yigael Yadin, Interior Minister Yosef Burg and Education Minister Zevulun Hammer, who felt that the attack would damage relations with the U.S. But Begin prevailed with the support of such Israeli hawks as Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir. In October 1980, the raid plan was given the go-ahead. Thereafter, Begin...