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...Israeli election offer was also politically motivated; but any points the ruling Likud Party, which faces June elections, scored with voters at home for its accommodating stand were offset by a scathing report from well- respected State Comptroller Miriam Ben-Porat. It charged Prime Minister Shamir's administration with widespread mismanagement, singling out Housing Minister Ariel Sharon's bailiwick as particularly plagued with malfeasance. Now the attorney general is considering whether to recommend an investigation of the ministry for possible criminal wrongdoings...
...preliminary army probe determined that 15-year-old Tirza Porat died from a bullet fired by Aldubi's M-16 rifle. Settlers claim she was shot either by an Arab who took the rifle or by an Arab with another weapon. Israeli officers have said they believe Aldubi accidentally fired the fatal shot in panic...
Army spokesmen originally said the girl, Tirza Porat, and several other teen-agers were shot but reported later that she was killed by a rock...
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...
...repressive treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two weeks ago, the Begin government barely survived a no-confidence motion that ended in a 58-58 tie vote. But for a budget vote last week, Begin gained the tacit support of an opposition member, Mordechai Ben-Porat of the TELEM party. Then at midweek, the Knesset took a five-week recess for the Passover holiday. The government thus seemed to be secure until the Knesset meets again in early May, and by that time the politically sensitive withdrawal from the Sinai will have been completed...