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Menachem Begin leaves the hospital after a recent examination: His
biographer calls him "stubborn but weak."

What Ever Happened
To Menachem Begin?

New York — Why did
Menachem Begin decide sud-
denly, on Sept. 14, 1983, to
quit as Israel's prime
minister and retreat into self-
imposed exile in his
Jerusalem apartment? Why s
does he still keep silent in the
aftermath of the controversial
Lebanon War, which shook
and divided Israeli society as
no other war did?
Amos Perlmutter, author of
the just published The Life
and Times of Menachem
Begin, contends that contrary
to Begin's public image, he is
"a weak man" who "breaks
down under pressure."
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The 55-year-old Israeli-born
professor of political science
at American University in
Washington said that Begin
simply caved in under the
pressures of Israeli involve-
ment in Lebanon and the
disaster of the massacres in
the Sabra and Shatila refugee
camps.
"In addition to these
pressures Begin is manic-
depressive and has been go-
ing into periods of deep
depression," Perlmutter
asserted.
"Begin keeps silent because
he believes that he was
betrayed by his party (Herut)
and his political friends,"
Perlmutter said. "The 11
Herut members of the
Knesset voted against the
Camp David accords."
In addition, "Begin did not
receive the support he need-
ed from his party on the issue
of the war in Lebanon. And
most important, Begin believ-
ed that his friends would
come out against Ariel
Sharon (the Israeli defense
minister who directed the
Lebanon war). But none of

them did. So Begin caved in.
He is not a strong man. He is
a stubborn man, but a man
without stamina."
Contrary to reports that
Begin went into seclusion
because of the death of his
beloved wife Aliza in the fall
of 1982, Perlmutter said: "I do
not think that the death of his
wife influenced in any way
his decision to step down. In
my opinion Begin lives now
as a refugee in his own land.
No, I don't think he will ever
attempt to return to political
life," Perlmutter said.
According to Perlmutter, he
met with Begin often, the last
time in Begin's Jerusalem
flat a month before he step-
ped down.
"At the beginning, Begin
and his personal secretary of
many years, Yehiel Kadishai,
helped me in gathering
materials for the book. Later,
however, when they realized
that I was writing the story of
Begin's life the way I see and
understand it, they turned
cold to me."
Perlmutter claimed that in
his book he brings to light for
the first time the true nature
of Begin's relationship with
Zeev Jabotinsky, the leader of
Revisionist Zionism.
"Begin never gained the
recognition that he so longed
for from his idol, Jabotinsky,
incurring his wrath at the
last Betar conference in 1938
in Warsaw, when, even while
supporting his mentor, he
straddled the ideological
fence. Begin opted for
military Zionism, the kind
that was openly preached by
the Sternists, who called for
a war against the British Em-
pire.

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