THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 28, 1984

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Government coalition back on track

Compromise reached in dispute between two religious parties

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Jerusalem (JTA) — A bitter
dispute over portfolios between
two religious parties that could
have brought down the Labor-
Likud unity government was re-
solved last week.
But the crisis atmosphere gen-
erated by the imbroglio, which in-
volved two marginal factions,
each with only four Knesset man-
dates, reminded Israelis of the
fragility of the three-month-old
unity coalition and raised concern
that it could founder easily if dis-
putes arise over more vital and
fundamental issues.
A compromise formula ham-
mered out by Labor and Likud
leaders at a meeting that began
last Wednesday and lasted into
the early hours of Thursday,
allows Shas, a client of the Likud,
and the Labor-backed National
Religious Party to share in the al-
location of funds to local religious
councils.
The sharing will be between the
Interior Ministry, assigned to
Shas, and the smaller Ministry of
Religious Affairs which the NRP
agreed some time ago albiet reluc-
tantly, to accept. The dispute
arose when the NRP demanded
that certain religious functions,
includng the allocation of funds,
be transferred from Interior to
Religious Affairs. Shas refused.
Shas leader Rabbi Yitzhak
Peretz submitted his resignation
from the Cabinet Dec. 16. It be-
came official last Tuesday. With
the compromise in place, he
agreed to return and was sworn
into office as Minister of Interior.
Previously, he had been a Minis-
ter Without Portfolio. NRP leader
Yosef Burg, who had served as
Minister of Interior in most prev-
ious governments, is now Ministr
of Religious Affairs.
But the entire episode, which
Labor Party Secretary General
Uzi Baram had termed "a storm in
a teacup," shocked Israel's politi-
cal establishment.
Likud, the patron of Shas, in-
sisted that its honor and credibil-
ity would be destroyed i if it failed

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Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, right, appeals to the Shas council
in an effort to settle the factional dispute which erupted earlier this
month. Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is at left.

to back up the small Sephardic
religious faction formed only just
before last July's Knesset elec-
tions.
Deputy Premier David Levy, a
powerful voice in Likud, hinted in
public statements during the
week that if the Shas-NRP dis-
pute wasn't satisfactorily re-
solved Likud would abandon its
coalition with the Labor Party.
Deputy Premier and Foreign
Minister Yitzhak Shamir, leader
of Likud, cut short a Latin Ameri-
can visit and cancelled an appear-
ance in New York to return to
Jerusalem last week to deal with
the crisis. Shamir, after a lengthy
meeting with Premier Shimon
Peres, the Labor Party leader,
told reporters that it was up to the .
Prime Minister to settle the mat-
ter or "he knows what we will do."

This seemed to be another hint
that Likud might break up the co-
alition. It was re-inforced when
Shamir summoned Likud minis-
ters to meet in caucus last Thurs-
day. But the compromise reached
prior to the meeting rendered
moot what action Likud might
have taken_

UIA re-elects Field

Irwin Green, left, newly elected trustee of United Israel Appeal, joins
UIA trustee Jane Sherman and Paul Zuckerman, who was re-elected
treasurer of the UIA board of directors.

Former Detroiter Irwin Field,
of Los Angeles, was re-elected
chairman of the United Israel Ap-
peal at the annual meeting of UIA
Trustees in New York this month.

Detroiters re-elected to the UIA
Board of Directors are Paul Zuc-

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Tauber, ZUckerman and Citrin.

Apart from tough public state-
ments on both sides, it appeared
that neither of the two major par-
ties was inclined to break up the
coalition at this time. The com-
promise was worked out by Levy
and Justice Minister Moshe Nis-
sim, representing Likud and De-
puty Premier Yitzhak Navon and
Energy Minister Moshe Shahal,
both of Labor.
Peretz of Shas and Rafael
Ben-Natan of the NRP remained
in the background. Levy repor-
tedly told Peretz afterward that if
he refused the compromise, Likud
might not continue its support.
Navon similarly lectured the
NRP, stressing that the crisis
must be ended so that the gov-
ernment can resume dealing with
the "really important issues fac-
ing the nation."
The priority issue is the eco-
nomic crisis. Also high on the
agenda is withdrawal of the Israel
Defense Force from Lebanon, im-
provement of relations with
Egypt and progress on the Pales-
tinian problem.
Shamir stressed last Thursday
that the unity government was
basically a union of two rival par-
ties for a national cause. Likud
and Labor, at the moment, appear
to be, in broad agreement over
conditions for pulling the IDF out
of south Lebanon.
With respect to the Palesti-
nians, Shamir did not rule out
contacts with King Hussein of
Jordan, though the two parties
are far apart on what Israel's
negotiating stance should be if
and when Hussein agrees to talk.
But there is a sharp rift over
relations with Egypt. Shamir said
he favored improved ties with
Cairo but added that Israel's polit-
ical initiative should not always
center on what Israel should give
up. He accused Egypt of violating
every clause of the 1979 peace
treaty dealng with normalization
of relations. He made it clear that
nothing would be done with re-
spect to relations with Egypt
without the approval of Likud.
Beyond these issues there is the
long simmering conflict between
Labor and Likud over settlement
policies on the West Bank. It has
been held in abeyance recently
because the economic situation
bars additional funds for settle-
ment activity.

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