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There is not much doubt that if elections were held now, Begin's Likud coalition would be decisively defeated. A Jerusalem Post poll released last week showed that the opposition Labor Party would win 63 Knesset seats to 17 for Likud. In the present 120-member Knesset, Labor has 34 seats to Likud's 43. Another poll, this one by the independent newspaper Ha'aretz, suggested the depth of Israeli concern over the autonomy talks and where the nation is heading. According to the survey, 53% of Israelis either "do not believe...
...more Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the statement also condemned those who "advance the vicious cycle of extremism and violence" and concluded that "their way endangers and isolates Israel." The statement, in the view of Brandeis University Professor Leonard Fein, was "a vote of no confidence in the present Israeli government by a significant segment of the American Jewish leadership...
...desire for a speedy solution to Ulster's tragic and costly turmoil is reflected in Atkins' ambitious timetable: he plans to meet separately with the four main political parties in the coming weeks, reach a consensus on one of the proposed formulas by September and present a bill to Parliament before the Queen's speech in November. If the Ulster politicians cannot agree, as seems likely, the Thatcher government could submit its own plan to the people in the form of a referendum. That course runs the risk of further underlining the sectarian divisions in Ulster...
Reindustrialization at present is "a slogan searching for substance," says Jerry Jasinowski, co-chairman of a Carter Administration task force examining ways to help American industry. He has a point. And in their search, policymakers should remember that the most important way to strengthen the nation's industry is to pursue fiscal and monetary policies that will create the stable, predictable and noninflationary climate in which busi nesses can flourish...
HARVARD's sophistry, its whistling in the dark, seem to indicate that the University is actually very worried about losing its zoning exemption, as well it should be. The city's community development office is currently surveying present institutional land use throughout the city; by the end of the year, they will draw up guidelines showing precisely where the universities and colleges may and may not go. The guidelines are subject to amendment by the Planning Board and the City Council, and if recent anti-Harvard rhetoric is any indication the University may find a paper wall erected around...