50 Friday, September 2, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ▪ Six Years of Activities Under Begin Administration Are Chroni cled after having been in the op- responsibility any longer." In the interim period, position for 29 years. Finally, at the age of 64, Begin led his country to a Begin felt that his political peace agreement with and social views had been Egypt and to a controv- vindicated and that despite ersial war in Lebanon. He the bitter attacks against handed back the entire him and his colleagues in Sinai to Egypt but the Knesset by the success- strengthened Israel's ive Labor Party govern- role in the administered ments the majority of the territories. Under his people of Israel were on his _premiership, Israel an- nexed the Golan Heights side. Begin felt exhilirated and but stopped short of an- exhuberant, filled with nexing the West Bank. Begin was a fighter, if not dreams of putting his re- visionist Zionist philosophy always a diplomatic one. He into practice. Six years la- took on President Hafez ter, at the age of 70, Begin Assad of Syria, Chancellor resigned from office, physi- Helmut Schmidt of West cally ill, psychologically de- Germany, President Valery pressed and and proclaim- Giscard d'Estaing of ing that "I cannot bear the France, Labor Party leader By GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA) — Menahem Begin won a stunning upset over the rul- ing Labor Party in the 1976 elections to become Israel's first non-Labor premier WC. Trojan "Son of C. Trojan" CUSTOM FURNITURE & CARPET CLEANING ON LOCATION FREE ESTIMATES Phone 576-1140 Det;cii Area Retail Kosher Meg Dealers Assoc. 21/2 Shopping Days to ROSH HASHANA Starting Sun., Sept. 4 thru Thurs., Sept. 8 TURKEY THIGHS 69c lb. 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While Begin be- with Jordan. lieved in "autonomy for the Begin's hardline image people, not for the land," also re-emerged when he Egypt viewed autonomy as ordered the bombing of the a stepping-stone toward a nuclear reactor in Iraq and Palestinian state. Egypt, in- the invasion of Lebanon. furiated with the stalemate The latter, which culmi- and the war in Lebanon, re- nated in the massacre at the MENAHEM BEGIN called its ambassador. refugee camps by Phalan- Shimon Peres, and derided Begin also leaves behind gist forces while Israeli and rejected President an Israeli society more di- troops were nearby, left Reagan's peace initiative. vided than ever: religious Begin with the political But at the end of his reign, against the secular, stigma that he headed a Begin seemed to have lost Sepahardim against government which did not that combztiveness and Ashkenazim, Jews against know how to prevent such began to acquiesce to most Arabs. These divisions have an atrocity. American requests, includ- caused violence: Sepahardic Neither Israel nor hiS ing the latest one that Israel Jews attacking Ashkenazic Herut Party and the Likud delay the redeployment of property and daubing them coalition he headed will its troops in Lebanon. with slogans reminiscent of ever be the same again Begin leaves his office as Nazi Germany; Ultra- without Begin. For six years a man who had grown Orthodox Jews attacking he was the cement that held weary of the petty infight- secular archeologists; the together the building blocks ing and bickering among murder of Peace Now ac- of diverse elements. In the the Cabinet ministers, tivist Emil Grunzweig dur- end, history was stronger especially in the past few ing a demonstration follow- than the individual, but the weeks, sparked by the ing the report of the Kahan individual — Begin — con- mounting toll of Israeli Commission of the mas- tributed strongly to that soldiers killed and wounded sacre of civilians in the story. in Lebanon and by an au- Sabra and Shatila refugee All the arts relating to sterity economic package camps; the killing and proposed by Finance Minis- wounding of Arab students human life are linked to- ter Yoram Aridor. Close at the Islamic College in gether by a subtle bond of associates of Begin said he Hebron; and the attempted mutual relationship. was grieved by the death of assassination of three West 517 soldiers and the wound- Bank Arab mayors. ing of more than 2,000. He At the beginning of his termed the war in Lebanon premiership, Begin a tragedy" and admitted seemed to go out of his that he had never antici- way to dispel his image as pated that the war would a hardliner. From his sick PATISSERIE become so complicated. bed (he suffered from a In the past year Begin heart condition) Begin suffered two tragedies: his called up Laborite Moshe "Delicious and beloved wife Aliza died last Dayan and invited him to unusual November while he was in become foreign minister. The move paid off — the United States, and his close friend and political Dayan was instrumental in partner Simha Ehrlich died achieving the peace agree- ment with Egypt. Begin's for in June. 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