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Peres blasts Likud record,
rejects Shamir's coalition plan

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Pre- runaway inflation. "You
mier Yitzhak Shamir and have been premier for nine
Labor Party chairman Shi- months. In those months in-
mon Peres held the defini- flation has gone from 200
tive debate of the election percent a year to 400 per-
campaign on television cent. In any other demo-
cratic country, the prime
Tuesday night.
Likud and Labor each minister would have res-
conducted instant tele- igned." he said.
Shamir replied that the
phone polls immediately
after the pre-taped confron- government had made• a
tation was broadcast and tremendous investment in
each party, predictably, the industrial infrastruc-
claimed that its man had ture and social amenities
emerged the winner by an and ensured employment.
overwhelming majority.
He blamed inflation on
Shamir and Peres replied "local and external de-
to the same four questions, . velopments."
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put to them by veteran
Responding to Peres'
journalist Dan Pattir, deal- criticism of the govern-
ing with social problems, ment's heavy investment in
foreign policy, the economy settlements on the West
and security. Afterwards Bank, Shamir said halting
each had three minutes to settlements or withdrawing
sum up his political credo the Israel Defense Force
and convince the electorate from Lebanon'would not re-
to vote for his party on July duce inflation.
23.
With respect to security,
Peres, representing the Shamir said the IDF would
opposition, went on the at- be withdrawn from Leba-
tack and Shamir, the in- non only when conditions
cumbent, defended the guaranteed the security of
Likud record. On social is- Israel's northern borders.
sues, Peres claimed the gap He implied that Israel was
between haves and have- counting on the south
nots have widened under Lebanon Army (SLA) to
Likud rule, agriculture take over security eventu-
failed, industrial produc- ally, "but we cannot set
tion fell and slum renewal timetables for withdrawal,"
was halted because the he said.
budget ran out with the
Peres claimed the gov-
work onlythalf done.
ernment lost its chance for
Shamir insisted that the peace with Lebanon when
Likud regime made great in June 1982, it pushed be-
strides toward narrowing yond the 40-kilometer line
the social gap and eliminat- that was its officially stated
ing the barriers between the objective. He reiterated that
"first and second Israel," a Labor-led government
meaning the old timers and would .pull the IDF out of
newcomers, and that'it had Lebanon• "without a short
instilled a sense of dignity.. time," observing "It is our
With respect to foreign af- duty not only to give our
fairs, Shamir maintained youth call-up notices but
that the seven years of also the hope for peace."
Likud rule has seen un-
Shamir maintained that
precedented cooperation be- Israel's security on its east-
tween Israel and the United ern front depended on mass
States and improved rela- settlement of the West
tions with Europe, despite Bank and a strong
IDF.
Likud's oft stated position Peres reminded him that
it
that it would not trade terri- was under a Labor' regime
tory for peace.
that Jordan was pushed out
Shamir said his govern- of the West Bank. He vowed
ment has many times in- that no single Arab soldier
vited Jordan to negotiate in would ever be allowed to re-
the Camp David turn to the territory, even if
framework. He said it would part of it was returned to
try to improve relations Jordanian jurisdiction in a
with Egypt and, maintained peace arrangement.
that there were no problems
Summing up, Peres said a
with respect to Lebanon Labor government would
that cannot be dealt with. seek to unite the country to
Peres declared, "What rebuild the economy and
you promise for the future seek peace from a position of
could have been done in the military strength. Shamir
past." He accused Likud of promised that a renewed
spoiling the chances for mandate for Likud would
peace with Egypt and Lehi- see another "million Jews"
non. He accused Likud 'of settle in the country. He too
spoiling the chances for promised to unite the coun-
peace with Egypt and Leba- try and correct its economic
non. He said the govern- weaknesses.
ment did invite King Flus •
Shamir concluded with
sein or Jordan to negotiate
an offer to establish a na-
while telling him at the tional unity government
same time; there was noth- after the elections, an offer
ing to negotiate over.
he has made on many prev-
Peres blamed Likud for ious occasions eliciting

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neither negative nor posit-
ive responses from the
Labor camp. Peres rejected
Shamir's offer as "election
propaganda."
Likud's post-debate poll
declared Shamir the winner
by a 54-28 percent margin
among 415 respondents.
Labor's poll, among 534 re-
spondents, had Peres win-
ning the debate by a 70-30
percent margin and Peres
preferred over Shamir by
62-38 percent to be the next
prime minister.
In most public opinion
polls Likud continues to
trail the Labor Alignment
by a significant margin. The
latest, published last Friday
in Yediot Achronot, showed
Labor winning 53 Knesset
seats to 38 for Likud while
the number of "undecided"
voters has dropped from 34
percent in the third week of
June to 28'percent now.
Labor analysts say that
anything below 50 percent
of the vote would seriously
impair Labor's ability to
form 'any government in-
asmuch as the religious and
right-wing factions would
almost certainly continue
their alliance with Likud. A
56-57 percent margin, by
the same token, would put
Labor in a comfortable posi-
tion to forma Cabinet to its
liking.
Supreme Court Justice
Gavriel Bach, chairman of
'the Central Elections
Committee, was due to meet
with heads of the Likud Al-
liance and the Labor
Alignzhent this week to
reach renewed agreement
on a "clean electioneering
campaign."
Although both sides had
already agreement to avoid
personal animosities and
excessive mud-slinging,
Bach has deleted several
segments from the nightly
propaganda television pre-
sentations by both Likud
and Labor. .

Labor power
base intact

Tel Aviv . (ZINS) — The
Labor Party, though not
currently in power in Israel,
still possesses an enormous,
nearly-impregnable posi-
tion in the country; accord-
ing to political commen-
tator Yehosua Bidur in the
Israeli newspaper Maariv.
Various labor groups con-
trol a full third of the total
industrial enterprises in Is-
rael, the paper claims, and
they also run the 'second
largest Israeli financial in-
stitution, Bank Hapoalim.
Bidur concludes that this
situation is a defect in the
country's political system.

