THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
68 Friday, February 18, 1983
Sharon Expects to Rise Above Adversity Again
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JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Ariel Sharon officially re-
linquished the post of De-
fense Minister but it is too
early to tell whether he will
emerge weaker or stronger
from this latest crisis on his
flamboyant and fiercely
controversial career.
Judging from demonstra-
tions in his favor while the
Cabinet deliberated his fate
last week after the commis-
sion of inquiry into the Be-
irut refugee camps mas-
sacre recommended his res-
ignation or dismissal, Sha-
ron's supporters among
rank-and-file Israelis are
legion. But public opinion
polls have shown repeatedly
that not too many people are
sorry to see him go.
When Sharon first ran for
political office on his own,
on the Independent Shlom
Zion ticket in the 1977
Knesset elections, his fac-
tion won only two seats. But
that result is no measure of
his political power today
which resides within the
governing Likud coalition.
Sharon's close suppor-
ters are intensely loyal.
His press adviser, Uri
Dan, expressed confi-
dence Sunday that the
departing Defense Minis-
ter eventually will
achieve the highest
office. "Those who re-
fused to see Arik (Sha-
ron's nickname) as Chief
of Staff, had to see him
become Defense Minis-
ter. Those who refused to
see him as Minister of De-
fense will have to accept
him as Premier," Dan
said.
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fight its findings. He dis-
agreed vehemently with its
conclusions that Israel was
indirectly responsible for
the massacre and that he
was personally culpable for
not making an effort to
avoid it.
Until now Sharon has
won all of his personal
battles. He has known a few
setbacks but was always
triumphant in the end. One
of the few heroes to emerge
from the Yom Kippur War,
he expected to be appointed
Chief of Staff. When that
post was denied him, he
ARIEL SHARON
entered the political arena.
But Sharon seems to have
He was the prime
a talent for creating mover behind the al-
enemies. His uncompromis- liance between the Lib-
ing language and his self- eral Party and Herut
righteous defense of the
conduct for which he was
condemned by the inquiry Tel Aviv Plays
commission — "They are Now Presented
spilling my blood," he has
proclaimed repeatedly in With Translation
recent days — have been
TEL AVIV — A simul-
deplored by many. He has taneous translation from
succeeded in alienating Hebrew into English has
former army comrades. Few been introduced at shows of
if any of his opponents have the Habima and Cameri
been converted to suppor- theaters.
ters.
The translation project is
Among his aides and sub- being jointly sponsored by
ordinates, few have man- the Tel Aviv-Yafo Associa-
aged to work with him for tion for Tourism, the Minis-
very long. Some of his try of Tourism, Association
closest advisers have left, for Tourism, The Ministry
disenchanted. But within of Tourism, the theaters and
the army where the hierar- Bank Leumi Le-Israel.
chy is clear and un-
equivocal, Sharon still
commands considerable Jewish Woman
support.
on Space Shuttle
Even his critics conceded
INDIANAPOLIS — The
that he is a man of action, an
author of events. The trou- crew for the 12th flight of
ble, they say, is that he does the space shuttle will in-
the wrong things. The high- clude Dr. Judith Resnick,
lights of his 19-month te- the first Jew to fly in Ameri-
nure as Defense Minister ca's manned space program.
The 33-year-old electrical
were the war in Lebanon
and his unrelenting cam- engineer is scheduled to be
paign of massive Jewish aboard the "Discovery," the
settlements in the occupied third shuttle craft, for a
mission sometime next
territories.
Sharon is a career spring. Dr. Resnick will be
soldier. At the age of 20, the second woman assigned
in Israel's War of Inde- to a shuttle flight.
pendence, he was
wounded in the battle of Bet Din Leader
Latrun. While he was
NEW YORK — Rabbi
hospitalized he aban-
doned the idea of becom- Moshe S. Gorelik of Young
ing a farmer and was de- Israel of North Bellmore,
termined to return to the L.I. and assistant professor
of Talmud at Yeshiva Uni-
battlefield.
Right now, he is deter- versity has been elected
mined to remain in the president of Bet Din of
America of the Rabbinical
Cabinet.
Sharon is honestly con- Council of America.
_ The bet din deals with
vinced that he has been
wronged by the inquiry Halakhic matters relating
commission and intends to to the entire range of Torah
Law. However, today, most
cases concern laws govern-
ing the Jewish family such
$357.5 Million
as marriage, divorce, con-
Sent to Israel
versions and arbitrations in
NEW YORK (JTA) — business matters.
The United Jewish Appeal
collected a cash total of
$357.5 million in calendar Funds for Food
year 1982 to help provide
ELMIRA, N.Y. (JTA) —
humanitarian programs Some 100 persons raised
and services to the people of $2,300 in three weeks to aid
Israel and Jews around the the Elmira Jewish Welfare
world.
Fund's "Project Food Cup-
The 1982 cash collection board" for the needy.
total represents an increase
of $56.3 million — or 18.7
percent — over the $301.2
Toil, feel, think, hope; you
million transmitted to UJA will be sure to dream
in 1981 by 638 campaigning enough before you die,
communities throughout without arranging for it.
the United States.
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which produced first the
Gahal faction and later
Likud. He joined Premier
Menahem Begin's first
government as Minister
of Agriculture. But he
soon became a key
member of the coalition,
getting himself ap-
pointed chairman of the
Ministerial Settlement
Committee from which
he pushed for massive
Jewish settlement in the
territories.
When Defense Minister
Ezer Weizman resigned in
1981, Begin's reluctance to
name Sharon his successor
was a bitter pill. But the
general swallowed it
quietly.
After Begin's re-election
in June 1981, with a re-
duced Knesset margin,
Sharon presented-him with
a virtual ultimatum and
was named Minister of De-
fense.
The war in Lebanon last
summer was the result of
his own long preparation.
He was determined from the
outset not only to destroy
the Palestine Liberation
Organization but to change
the political infrastructure
of Lebanon.
During the war, he was
accused of presenting the
Cabinet with faits ac-
complis, but so far as is
known, none of his fellow
ministers rebelled.
Nevertheless, as the Is-
rael array pushed deeper
into Lebanon, disatisfac-
tion within the govern-
ment and in the army
grew.
When Sharon ordered the
siege of west Beirut —
round-the-clock heavy
bombardment of the city
from land, sea and air—one
young officer, Col. Eli Geva,
publicly expressed the
anger and misgivings felt
by some members of the
officers corps and within the
ranks. Geva asked to be re-
lieved of his divisional
command whicch had been
slated to enter the city. He
was relieved and sub-
sequently discharged from
the army.
After the massacres in
the Shatila and Sabra refu-
gee camps, a number of
senior officers threatened to
follow Geva's example un-
less an investigation was
ordered. Both Sharon and
Begin bitterly opposed a
judicial inquiry but backed
down under severe public
pressure and the commis-
sion was appointed.
The commission's report
forced Sharon's resignation
as Defense Minister. But
Sharon salvaged his politi-
cal career. He will remain in
the Cabinet. As he told De-
fense Ministry staff at his
ceremonial departure: "In
this establishment one does
not always know who comes
and who goes."
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