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Bitter Knesset Debate Rages Before Likud Takes
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Likud retained 10 of the
13 ministries for itself, with
the addition of Dayan. The
NRP, which had two min-
istries when it belonged to
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the Labor-led coalition, de-
manded three in the next
government and Begin gave
in, apparently in order not
to delay signing a coalition
agreement with the reli-
gious faction.
The major surprise was
Sharon's agreement to take
the Ministry of Agriculture.
He had been slated to head
a new ministry coordinat-
ing the various security
services. The DMC ob-
jected to the creation of
such a ministry and Begin's
abandonment of that por-
tfolio, for the time being,
was seen as a gesture to-
ward the DMC. Sharon told
newsmen that he had ac-
quiesced because the most
urgent task was to form a
new government without
delay.
Three ministries are
being held open for the
DMC—Social Betterment,
Communications, which
will include transportation,
and Justice.
Begin's government took
the oath of office in the
early hours of Tuesday
morning after nine hours of
angry, often bitter debate
in the Knesset. Begin won
the vote of confidence he
had asked for in his in-
augural speech to the Knes-
set as premier Monday af-
ternoon.
But his 63-53 margin was
strictly along party lines. that "we are not de- daring
Voting for the government here the independence of
were Likud, the NRP and the state of Israel. You
Aguda Bloc, Moshe Dayan seem to forget, Begin, that
and Samuel Flatto-Sharon. this was done over 29 years
Negative votes were cast ago and not by your party."
by the Labor Alignment, Begin made no reference
the DMC, the Sheli and to the West Bank in his
Rakah factions and the one- speech. "Our prime con-
member factions of Gideon cern," he said, "is pre-
Hausner of the Independent vention of a new war in the
Liberal Party and Shulamit Middle East. I call upon
Aloni of the Civil Rights King Hussein, President
Party. Four MKs were ab- Sadat and President Assad
sent. The debate was broad- to meet with me—whether
cast live on television. in our capitals or on neutral
Shimon Peres, leader of
soil, in public or away from
the Labor Alignment, led the spotlights of publicity—
in order to discuss the es-
the attack on the Begin coa-
tablishment of true peace
lition. He scored Likud for
between their countries and
making controversial con-
Israel.
cessions to the religious
"Should this plea encoun-
bloc to an extent unknown
in Israel before. He said ter refusal, we shall make
under a note of the Arab in-
agreements
the
which the NRP and the trasigence." The prime min-
Aguda joined the coalition ister said such refusals had
"gives cause for great con- occurred during the tenure
cern." Begin has conceded of his predecessors—David
to his coalition partners Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett,
"many demands which Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir
have many grave implica- and Yitzhak Rabin.
Begin said he would en-
tions" for our national life.
He accused Begin of hand- deavor "to deepen the
ing over to his religious friendship between our-
partners conduct of state af- selves and the United
fairs "according their par- States of America," work
ticular version of a rabbinic for a renewal of close ties
outlook." between Israel and France
and seek to normalize rela-
Referring to the more tions between Israel and
portions
emotional
of the Soviet Union, which se-
Begin's speech, Peres re-
vered relations with Israel
minded the new premier during the 1967 war.
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There was a good deal of
heckling from both the gov-
ernment and opposition
sides of the chamber during
the prolonged debate. But a
storm erupted when the
new foreign minister,
Moshe Dayan, mounted the
podium. Dayan, the last
speaker before the voting,
had remained in an anter-
room most of the night and
did not hear the attacks on
him by many of his former
Labor Alignment col-
leagues
As he began to speak, he
was drowned out by cat-
calls and shouts from the
Labor Alignment benches
demanding that he return
the Knesset seat to which
he was elected on the
Labor ticket.
When the speaker finally
restored order, Dayan said
the new government differ-
ed from its predecessor on
foreign policy matters on
only one issue—its objection
to the partition of the West
Bank. "If the Arabs ever
propose a partition we
always disagree
could
among ourselves and even
divide on it. But there is no
point in doing so now, when
they reject all our pro-
posals and insist on total
withdrawal," the new for-
eign minister said.
On Sunday, Likud signed
a 46-clause coalition agree-
ment with the NRP and the
Agudat Israel that gives the
religious factions a virtual
carte blanche in the enforce-
ment of their religious and
social precepts on the na-
tion.
One of the key points is a
promise that the premier
will, within a reasonable
time, take action to ensure
a parliamentary majority
to approve a law that would
invest rabbinical courts
with sole authority to ap-
prove certificates of con-
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in effect, resolve the "Who
is a Jew" question accord-
ing to Orthodox demands
and place in doubt the valid-
ity of conversions per-
formed by non-Orthodox
rabbis abroad.
Likud promised another
law that would prevent the
performance of autopsies
unless permitted by the
family or by a committee
consisting of two doctors
and a rabbi. It promised '
amend Israel's abortion 4.i.
to deny abortion for econom-
ic or social reasons.
The agreement calls for a
total ban on public transpor-
tation on the Sabbath and a
review of Sabbath work per-
mits to reduce work on Sat-
urday to a minimum. Sab-
bath work permits would be
denied on grounds of eco-
nomic hardship.
Under the agreement, a
certificate approved by a
rabbinical court, a civil
court or a notary to the ef-
fect that a woman of mili-
tary age is religiou would
be sufficient to obtain her
release from military serv-
ice.
Nine clauses of the coali-
tion agreement provide in-
creased power to the rabbi-
nical courts. They are in-
vested with the right to im-
pose and carry out
sentences.
The agreement also prom-
ises enactment of laws
against fraud in kashrut,
against marketing pork in
Jewish population centers
and against pornographic
films.
The independent educa-
tional network of the ultra-
Orthodox Aguda will be
given equal standing with
the state religious schools.
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