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Kissinger has con- firmed occurred in Israel be- fore the war. Opposition leader Menahem Begin has already said in the Knesset that it is the politicians and not just the army who must bear responsibility for mis- assessments. Another important — per- haps even trump — card which Likud will have to play wisely will be Arik Sharon, the dashing general whose popularity will soar even higher as a result of this war. It was he who, scarcely out of uniform this summer, molded the Likud out of three feuding factions — in the face of reluctance and even some hostility on the part of those parties' leaders. Will Likud leaders — and especially Begin — be prepared to cash in on Arik's popularity, even at the ex- pense of their own images? Will they assign to him the central role in Likud which he must have if the party is to attract more voters of his own sabra mold? The third condition of Likud's success is not in Begin's hands: it is the ex- tent to which the Labor Party itself will tear itself apart in post-war recrimina- tions and fault-finding. If the attack by Justice Minister Yaakov Shimshon Shapiro against Defense Minister Moshe Dayan is anything to judge by, "the wars of the Jews" within the Labor Party are going to be bitter and virulent indeed — and the profit will be purely Likud's. Begin can be relied upon to keep the pot boiling with constant references to what went wrong during the "ten days of penitence." Dayan has many, many enemies within Labor who would not hesitate to drive him out. Whether he goes or not will depend on how far Premier Golda Meir and Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir will go to protect and defend him. Until now they seem solid enough. But fast changing events on the home and overseas fronts could change their attitudes. If Dayan goes, Chaim Barley (and 'not Itzhak Rabin) will be put up by Labor as future defense minister. There is another possible scenario against which we can anticipate the elections: that the present government will have had to make cru- cial political decisions before the polls. At the pace of Kissinger-prodded diplomacy this is by no means beyond the realm of possibility. In that case the country will be judging not only the govern- ment's military responsibil- ity and actions before and during the war, but also its performance at the nego- tiating table. Whatever the eventual backdrop, the elec- tions in December are sure to be the most dramatic, and perhaps the most bitterly fought, in Israel's short his- tory. I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every, form of tyranny over the mind of man. —Thomas Jefferson. Don Koehler, please stay away from our store. Saw you on. TV, Don. Imagine, the world's tallest man! We're impressed, but don't come to our store. 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