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Is
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those of Levy to deprive Shamir
of the convention's endorsement
as leader of Herut.
The portly Sharon, a Yom
Kippur War hero and probably
the most controversial politician
in Israel, is the only Herut
figure who managed to emerge
from the stormy convention
politically stregthened.
The pandemonium had hard-
ly died down when he astutely
distanced himself from Levy,
identified his camp as the "third
force" in Herut and began a
round of "shuttle diplomacy"
between Shamir and Levy. Sha-
mir called on his supporters to
cease their war of words. Levy
What took place at the
convention was a
naked struggle for
power between
insiders and
outsiders.
contributed to the cooling off
when he declined to be inter-
viewed on the main televion
newscast. This was an act of
restraint since Levy is the only
one of the principles not to ap-
pear on television since the con-
vention broke up.
Sharon, building on the at-
mosphere of relative civility,
assumed the role of mediator
with a formula to heal the
lacerated Herut. His proposal is
a three-way division of power.
Shamir would be elected chair-
man of Herut. evy would become
chairman of the party's Execu-
tive. Sharon would assume the
chairmanship of its Central
Committee. The arrangement, if
agreed upon by all concerned,
would be put before the conven-
tion which would reconvene,
possibly in a week or so, for no
more than a half day.
Sharon's plan got a cold
shower from the Shamir camp.
The Foreign Minister was not
about to accept the largely
honorary title of chairman while
foregoing the key position of
chairman of the Executive. It
was pointed out that Menachem
Begin, Herut's founder, always
held both chairmanships, the
former giving him prestige and
the latter .effectiye control of the
movement:
Levy, too, according to his
aides, was Unlikely to accept the
thiee-way pn*ei-sharing scheme.
Levy supporters are convinced
that if the convention is resum-
ed, their man can defeat Shamir.
However, they concede they
Would need the backing of the
Sharon camp. ;
Sharon, is estimated to Om-
mand 10 to ,15„pereerit of the
2,000 convention delegates.
Levy's strenglit is estimated at
least 35 percent.,The balanCe are
Shamir piipiiinters, But Sharon's
political stock has risen. At the
convention, he overwhelmingly
defeated Binyamin Begin, son of
the former Prime Minister, for
chairman of the important cre-
dentials committee. That suc-
cess provided him with clout far
out of proportion to his numer-
ical strength.
Sharon's troika strategy*, ac-
cording to political observers, is
to establish himself as the equal
of Shamir and Levy at the par-
ty's summit. His strategy is aid-
ed by growing fears in Herut
that Labor is eager to exploit
the party's disarray. The Labor
Party opens its convention on
April. Unless Herut has put its
house in order by then, it will be
open to ridicule as a party un-
able go govern itself, much less
the nation.
At risk is the rotation of
power agreement whereby
Prime Minister Shimon Peres
must hand over his office to
Shamir next October 13. The
agreement which is the basis of
the Labor-Likud coalition, was
reached between Peres and
Shamir on a personal basis.
Peres is not required to relin-
quish his office to any other
Likud leader.
The Prime Minister has prom-
ised to carry out his part of the.
bargain. But Peres is under
pressure from within the Labor
Party to renege on grounds that
Herut has demonstrated its in-
ability to run the country.
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was extradited to Israel by the
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the Ukrainian-born former
American citizen fiom Cleve-
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Israel, travelled to Ayalon
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