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INC. 32940 MIDDLEBELT ROAD at 14 Mile Road FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN 48018 Phone 855-1730 CONCORD WATCHES Jerusalem (JTA) —Israel's Na- from the Alignment opposition it- tional Unity Government passed self. its vote of confidence in the Knes- Yossi Sarid, formerly a close set shortly after midnight last associate of Peres, now a member Thursday. of Shulamit Aloni's Citizens Eighty-nine Knesseters vote in Rights Movement (CRM), said the favor of the new government. agreement had turned Labor into Eighteen, representing Mapam, a second division of the Likud. He Tehiya, Civil Rights Movement, charged that in Israel there is dis- Hadash, the Progressive List for crimination against Arabs "re- Peace and Kach, voted against. miniscent of apartheid." Mordechai Virshubsky, member Labor's Jacque Amir dismissed of Shinui — which participates in the charge as "ridiculous and dis- the coalition — abstained. graceful." Amir said that Sarid Shimon Peres became Premier, ought to have resigned from the after a long and weary struggle Knesset and returned his seat to which lasted 10 years. He did so, the Labor Party. despite the disappointing election On the right wing, speakers results. Early Friday morning, he from the Tehiya Zomet list and his 24 ministers — the largest warned that the new government Israeli Cabinet ever — gave their posed a threat to the future of the oaths of allegiance. The new land of Israel. Cabinet was presented to Tehiya Knesseter Geula Cohen President Haim Herzog on Fri- suggested that under the day., guidelines of the new coalition the Under the coalition agreement, government would have to even Peres will serve for the first 25 discuss the future of Jerusalem if months as Premier, while his pre- that issue were raised by a Jorda- decessor, Yitzhak Shamir, will nian delegation to future peace serve as Acting Premier and talks. Foreign Minister. Then they will About 20 Knesseters of Labor, switch, for another 25 months. Mapam and CRM walked out of The new government was the chamber when Kach Knesse- formed about six weeks after the ter Rabbi Meir Kahane began his July elections. speech. The speech was cut short Summing up the eight-hour de- by speaker Shlomo Hillel when it bate, Peres said a national unity went on too long. government was no sin. He re- In a statement from Kenneth minded Mapam, which split from Bialkin, chairman of the Confer- the Labor Alignment because of ence of Presidents of Major the new partnership with the American Jewish Organizations, Likud, that it had participated in the conference declared: such a coalition in the past. He "We congratulate the people of said Mapam's secretary general, Israel on the formation of a na- Victor Shem-Tov, was deluding tional coalition government himself that Labor could have set which will give Israel increased up a government without the strength and resources to serve Likud. This would have meant the Jewish people. The difficult wholesale concessions to the reli- negotiations which produced a gious parties, he said, and Mapam government of national unity are would have been the first to com- testimony to the dedication of Is- plain. rael's political leaders to the wel- Peres rejected the allegation fare of its people. that Labor had sold out its princi- "We anticipated a strong gov- ples. He said the Likud had also ernment whose policies will re- made major concessions. flect the broadest consensus on Prior to criticizing his critics, major issues and which will pre- Peres outlined the basic principle sent a unified force in addressing of the National Unity Govern- the difficult problems which lie ment: The Likud has not given ahead. up its views, neither has the "We look forward to working Alignment. We did not come to with Prime Minister Peres, blur out differences, to fold flags, Foreign Minister Shamir and all not to surrender. We came to the other government ministers search a way, which despite the and extend to them our sincere differences, would exhaust the congratulations." possible common." Peres said that issues such as the withdrawal from Lebanon and the economic crisis could be more easily resolved with a National Unity Government. On the future Jerusalem (ZINS) — The final of the settlements, he quoted from the coalition agreement, saying results of the July 23 elections in Israel were: that the differences still existed, Labor, 44 Knesset seats but that the government would not take out settlements. Regard- (724,074 votes); Likud, 41 seats ing the development of the exist- (661,302 votes); Tehiyah (Gush Emunim, 5 (83,037); National ing settlements, this would be de- Religious Party, 4 (73,530); cided by the government. On the economic crisis, he said that Hadash (Communists), 4 (69,815); things could be done without Sephardi Torah Guardians, 4 hardships through mutual under- (63,605); Shinui (Prof. Rubins- tein), 3 (54,747); Citizens Rights standing. Movement, 3 (49,698); Yahad At the debate, Mapam Knesse- (Weitzman), 3 (46,302); Progress- ter Shem-Tov, now head of the ive List, 2 (38,012); Agudat Israel, largest opposition party (six 2 (36,079); Morasha (Gush Knesseters), charged that the new Emunim), 2 (22,287); Tami government paved the way for (Abuhazira), 1 (31,103); Kach Ariel Sharon to become Premier (Kahane), 1 (25,907); Ometz since he has won "rehabilitation" (Hurvitz), 1 (23,845). Vote tally