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The former Finance Minister, Yoram Aridor, had authorized some short-term economic give-a-ways in the weeks before the last election. That led to a boon in the sales of color With deterioration in Israeli-Egyptian ties, Likud will not be able to point to Camp David and the peace treaty with pride. television sets and video recorders. That politically popular, yet reckless, step is unlikely to be accepted by his successor, Finance Minister Yitzhak Cohen-Orgad. • The war in Lebanon has pro- ven an especially divisive element within Israel. More than 550 Israeli soldiers have been killed and another 3,500 injured. Israeli troops remain entrenched in southern Lebanon. There is peace in the northern Galilee and the PLO infrastructure in Lebanon has been uprooted, but-- there remain the prospects of another full-scale war with Syria. This has been Israel's most unpopular war — by far. • Only days before the June 1981 election, the Israeli Air Force dramatically knocked out Iraq's nu- clear reactor in a daring and suc- cessful raid which recalled some of Israel's more spectacular military operations of earlier years. That pro- ved to be a popular vote-getter for the Likud. Israel is unlikely to pull off a similar operation between now and July 23. • Only days before the destruc- tion of the Iraqi reactor, Begin had met with the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Sharm ek-Sheikh. In those days, there was still considera- ble optimism in Israel over the course of Israeli-Egyptian peace. But with Sadat's assassination and the sub- sequent deterioration in Israeli- Egyptian ties, the Likud will not be able to point to Camp David and the peace treaty with much pride this time around. • Labor has managed to get much of its act together this year. There is less public bitterness be- tween Shimon Peres, the party leader, and his arch rival, former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. And with the inclusion of former President. Yitzhak Navon on the party list, the possibility of recaptur- ing some Sephardic voters opens up. Navon, who did not challenge Peres for the top slot because he feared it would divide the party, has been actively campaigning, especially among the Sephardim. Begin had a personal popularity among them which Shamir lacks. The one major achievement which the Likud is trumpeting right now is the close U.S.-Israeli relation- ship. Shamir is making the case that American-Israeli ties, so vital to Is- rael's security and well-being, have never been better, despite some con- tinuing differences. This will be a Likud campaign theme until July 23. Indeed, senior Israeli officials have been pressing the Reagan Ad- ministration in recent weeks to re- lease some of the details of the ongo- ing U.S.-Israeli strategic cooperation talks, which have been held behind closed doors. The Israeli argument to Washington has been that a highly publicized demonstration of U.S.- Israeli military cooperation might deter the Syrians (and their Soviet backers) from provoking another round of fighting. U.S. officials, on the other hand, suspect that Jerusalem's real objective 'might merely involve domestic politics. President Ronald Reagan shares a political interest with Shamir in publicizing the very strong U.S.- Israeli relationship of today. For Reagan — as for Shamir — this can be translated into votes back home. Some Labor leaders, in fact, fear that the Reagan Administration, U.S. officials profess a strong desire to avoid interference in Israeli politics. Privately, most of them would like to see Labor win. perhaps inadvertently, might make some statement or take some action which would benefit the Likud in the elections. U.S. officials, for their part, are sensitive to these fears. They pro- fess a strong desire to avoid any im- proper interference in domestic Is- raeli politics. Privately, most of them would like to see Labor win. The ballots have not yet been cast in Israel. There is still room for political jockeying. Certainly, the Likud will make a major effort to re- main in office. There are still many things which a government in power can do. A withdrawal from Lebanon, accompanied by genuine security ar- rangements for northern Israel, would probably go a long way in help- ing the government. But that will not be easy to achieve. Thus, Labor ap- pears to be in a very strong position today.