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...Palestinians by their attack refocused the Israelis' concern for security. If Rabin appears willing to give away too much, he will be sharply attacked by hawks within his own Labor Party and by the opposition. Ironically, Rabin's sharpest critic in the Knesset, Likud Bloc Leader Menachem Begin, had a curious tie to the Savoy Hotel. Begin used the hotel as a hideout in the days before Israeli independence, when he battled the British as leader of the Jewish terrorist organization Irgun Zvai Leumi...
...enemies called us terrorists, our friends patriots," wrote Menachem Begin, head of the Irgun, in words that could be used by any terrorist at any time. Begin has found his past associations no handicap in Israel; he now sits in the Knesset as leader of the opposition Likud bloc. Another Irgun member, Arie Ben-Eliezer, served as deputy speaker of the Knesset, and Nathan Yellin-Mor, a leader of the Stern Gang, won a seat in the Israeli parliament only a few months after the murder of Count Bernadotte...
...Lubavitcher leader, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the trucks are "Jewish tanks against assimilation" -a counterattack against the secularization of Jews in modern society. The immediate aim of the young men in the Mitzvah Mobiles is to persuade Jews to return to observance of five basic mitzvot that, they say, epitomize the 613 commandments of traditional Jewish...
...Meir was forced to bargain earnestly with Religious Party and Liberal Party leaders in order to form a governing coalition. In February she had to threaten resignation to keep the warring factions of her own party in line. Meanwhile, the right-wing opposition-led by onetime Irgun Terrorist Menachem Begin-banded together in a menacing bloc known as Likud (union...
...held last December 31. The Israeli voters swung decidedly to the right, raising the representation in the Parliament of Likud, the nationalist party, from 32 to 39 seats. This was clearly a reaction to the government's failure to anticipate the Arab attack, and since Likud and its leader Menachem Begin have traditionally been the only major opposition voices in the Israeli government, it can be interpreted in part as a registration of no-confidence in the Meir government. But it was also an expression of support for the hard line expounded unwaveringly by Begin throughout the campaign...