THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 22 Friday, July 24, 1981 Israel Election: New Political Landscape? - -Inension. It should be noted As the political dust of the that Likud's support June 30 Israeli election set- primarily comes from the tles, six dramatic develop- "silent majority" — the ments have emerged, each Sephardic Jews — who, of which warrants special since 1948, have felt excluded from the country's attention. • The shift to the right socio-economic main- has now become an accepted stream. The Likud's victory, part of Israel's social and will, undoubtedly, contrib- political life. The view that ute considerably to the Prime Minister Begin's vic- mitigation of the plight of tory in May 1977 was an ac- the Sephardic Jews. cident, no longer holds. Al- More important, how- though the Likud and the. ever, Israel will assume a Labor parties each won ap- more Oriental character, proximately the same a development that may number of Knesset seats — eventually make it more 48 and 47 respectively — palatable to the Arab Labor merely regained the states. Hopefully, the seats lost in 1977 to Yigal Sephardic Jews will now Yadin's Democratic Move- have a greater voice not ment for Change. However, only in socio-economic the Likud not only retained matters, but also in polit- its 1977 margin, but further ical developments con- strengthened its repre- cerning the future of sentation in the Knesset by Judea, Samaria and the four members. Gaza District and the re- • The social conflict be- lationship between tween the Ashkenazi and Arabs and Israelis. 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In addition, despite the controversy regarding the settlement issue in the West Bank, greater impetus will be given to the whole con- cept of the Jewish right to settle in these territories. a "partner" in Israel's eco- nomic growth, the Reagan Administration will find a Begin government far more attuned to American eco- nomic doctrine. In sum, the re-election of the Likud Party augurs very well for Israel. Let us hope that Israel's friends and foes view Begin as the man of the hour who is pre- pared to make all the neces- sary sacrifices for peace and prosperity. • Israel's military pre- paredness and military build-up will increase con- siderably. A new Begin gov- • ernment can be expected to further strengthen Israel's armed forces, seeking some sort of military cooperation, if not a tacit agreement with Egypt, to meet any poten- Fredrick tial military threat. 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