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The major par- ties lost ten seats to the smaller par- ties and chief beneficiaries were the religious parties. But even there one could sense a new divisiveness. The National Religious Party used to dominate the religious political scene; now there are four religious parties dividing the same 12 seats in the Knesset. The electorate's move towards the smaller parties displays a dis- satisfaction with both Labor and Likud, which voters viewed as watered down in their ideologies. They opted instead to express sharper policies, but with the confu- sion of so many parties winning seats that sharpness will be blunted in the crazy-quilt coalition that seems likely to emerge. The election results are being seen in Israel as a defeat for Shimon Peres in his third attempt to lead Labor to victory and a personal triumph for Yitzhak Shamir, who had been regarded as a lackluster successor to Menachem Begin. Shamir will be trying to recon- stitute the previous coalition and then possibly claim the leadership of a more broadly-based national unity government, a political alternative that attracted growing editorial and public support after the election re- sults proved inconclusive. But Peres has until now rejected the proposal of having Labor join in a unity government. With both major parties falling well short of the 61-seat majority re- quired to form a new government in the 120-seat Knesset, they began bargaining for support from the smaller parties even while the votes were being counted election night. Both Likud and Labor were claiming that they had the best chance to patch together a coalition, but de- spite the fact the Likud won fewer seats it will have an easier time form- ing a coalition, though it certainly won't be easy and could take weeks. The Tehiya Party, for example, formed by Likud defectors who op- posed Begin's peace treaty with Egypt, got four seats and may get another after the military votes are counted. The party is seen as a "safe" coalition partner for Shamir, but it revealed its own demands. Shmuel Lewin, a spokesman for Prof. Yuval Neeman, the Tehiyah Party leader, who is Minister of Sci- ence and Development as well as chairman of the Cabinet committee on settlement of the administered territories, said, "We'll join a Likud coalition, but not if it includes Ezer Weizman." Weizman, whose Yahad Party won two seats, is the former Likud defense minister who was instru- mental in the Camp David agree- ment and now favors accommodation with the Arabs. "We're opposed to such accommodation," Lewin said. But Tehiyah said it would join a coalition that included the Kach Party, which won one seat for its leader, Rabbi Meir Kahane. At a news conference, Kahane said his condition for joining any coalition was amnesty for Jews charged with or convicted of terrorism. He has also called for expulsion of all Arabs from Israel and the territories. But Shamir has said that "it is completely unlikely" that Likud would admit Rabbi Kahane's ex- tremist party under any circum- stances. And so it goes. Much of the power rests with President Chaim Herzog who is free to choose whichever leader he thinks has the best chance to establish a workable coalition. Herzog himself is a member of Labor and he may very well first ask Peres to form a gov- ernment since it was Labor that re- ceived the most votes. Two of Labor's allies are the Shinui Party, headed by Prof. Amnon Rubenstein, and the Civil Rights Movement. But that Continued. on Page 28 The Vote Labor, led by Shimon Peres: 45 seats (1981, won 47) Likud, led by Yitzhak Shamir: 41 (48) National Religious Party, Dr. Yosef Burg: 4 (6) Communist Party: 4 (4) Sephardic Torah Guardians, former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: 4 Tehiya, religious party: 4 (3) Shinui, led by Amnon Rubenstein: 3 (2) Citizens Rights Movement: 3 (1) Yahad, led by Ezer Weizman: 3 Morasha: 2 Agudat Israel: 2 (4) Progressive List for Peace and Equality: 2 Tami: 1 (3) Ometz: 1 Kach, led by Meir Kahane: 1