Word: zeigerman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nose count of Knesset votes, othe Labor Party assumed that Likud Maverick Dror Zeigerman, on a fact-finding mission to Argentina, would be absent; if Zeigerman returned and Begin voted, the Likud would be able to defeat the bill. On Wednesday evening, however, word reached Jerusalem that Zeigerman was flying home. As the Knesset prepared to vote, photographers clustered at Ben Gurion International Airport awaiting Flight 332 with Zeigerman aboard, while another clutch of reporters stood vigil outside Begin's house...
...Zeigerman arrived in time to cast his ballot with the Likud, but Begin never emerged. As it turned out, his presence would not have helped: another Likud member defected and gave Labor its majority. Recent polls indicate that Labor, headed by Shimon Peres, would handily defeat Shamir's Likud bloc if voting were held now. When the election date is finally set, the campaign promises to be as fierce as any Israel has seen...
| 1 |