Friday, February 22, 1980 21 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Yitzhak Shamir: Menahem Begin's Rival Has Become a Protege By UZI BENZIMAN JERUSALEM (JTA) — Knesset Speaker Yitzhak Shamir will soon become Is- rael's new foreign minister. The Liberal Party Wing of Likud, by failing to put up a credible candidate of its own, has in effect removed its opposition to the ap- pointment of Shamir, a Herut hawk. By nominating Shamir as successor to-Moshe Dayan, Premier Menahem Begin, a man who delights in sym- bolic significance, em- phasizes the irony of history which has made him, the former Irgun leader, Israel's premier and his historic un- derground rival, Shamir, once the Lehi (Stern Group) commander, the new foreign minister. Begin and Shamir are of the same origin and milieu. Both were born in Poland; both are in their mid-sixties (Begin is 67, Shamir 65); both are products of Betar, the Zionist Revisionist youth movement. Their ways parted when they immigrated to Palestine. 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They differed in their tactical moves, their ideological motives and their operational actions though they were united in their goal: the termination of British rule in-Palestine. Lehi and the Irgun repre- sented different types of re- sistance movements. While Lehi comprised several dozen zealous fighters, who considered themselves mes- sianic revolutionaries, they regarded Irgun as a semi- military organization headed by an authoritative commander. They saw the Irgun as a spartan order governed by an absolute commander. Even in jail, prisoners of both movements main- tained their mutual rivalry. After the establishment of the state, Begin and Shamir turned to differ- ent ways of life. The former Irgun comman- der became the leader of the Herut Party while Shamir turned to busi- ness. In 1955, Shamir joined the Mossad (the Is- raeli intelligence agency) and made an impressive record during his 10 years of service. Only in 1970 did the two men become political allies. The former Lehi leader joined Herut. With Begin's blessing in 1975, Shamir was elected Herut's execu- tive chairman. For Begin, the inclusion of Shamir into the Herut leadership sym- bolized the reconciliation of the two former under- ground organizations and the unification of the "na- tional front." Begin, indeed, discussed the possibility of bringing Shamir into the Cabinet he formed after the 1977 elec- tions. But due to coalition difficulties, he had to drop this intention, and Shamir took the position of Knesset speaker. From this vantage point Shamir observed Begin's role in the peace negotia- tions. As speaker, Shamir chaired the historic sessions at which President Anwar Sadat, in November 1977, and President Carter, in March 1979, addressed the Knesset. Shamir also con- ducted the sessions at which the Camp David agreement and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty were approved. Throughout the peace process Shamir has had doubts about Begin's views. He expressed fear that the autonomy plan Now Third-Rate? TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Former Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon claims a Western diplomat was told by President Anwar Sadat of Egypt that "Israel is now, at best, a second- or third-rate military factor" in the Middle East. Sadat reportedly is using this assessment as part of the basis for his request for massive American arma- ments for Egypt. bears the seeds of a Palestinian state. When the Knesset endorsed the Camp David agreements and the peace treaty, Shamir abstained. Reportedly, he considered voting against Camp David but he decided to obstain, he told friends, because the pact had become an unchal- lengeable political reality. He expressed his firm belief however, that Begin would not countenance any further compromise in the Israeli position. Recently, Shamir has in - sisted that he was never "against the peace," but only had doubts about its terms. Shamir's confidence in Begin is indeed one of the most characteristic compo- nents of their relationship as politicians. Shamir feels that he owes Begin his polit- ical career which started late, when he was 55. Some political pundits describe the .relation between these two men as that of a patron and his protege, although there is only two years dif- ference in their ages. Dur- ing his service in Herut, Shamir never challenged Begin's views. He is not expected to differ from the premier when he becomes foreign minister, despite his doubts about the condi- tions of the peace treaty. Shamir is a worldly and bornly strives to implement his decisions once they are taken. Shamir is almost un- known to the international experienced man endowed with several talents. He is a balanced and practical per- son, whose honesty and in- tegrity have never been in doubt and whose authoritative personality and analytical way of think- ing was always praised by his subordinates. 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