YEAR IN REVIEW 5747 YEAR IN REVIEW
ARIEL SHARON gave his version of the events of the Lebanon war for the first time, though
former cabinet members disputed his assertion that the military plan was known and approved by the
entire cabinet. Sharon appears ready to seek the position of Shamir's successor as leade* of the
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MOVIES ON THE SABBATH in Jerusalem became a major
religious-secular controversy this summer, with numerous protests
involving thousands of demonstrators and charges of police ag-
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• ,20 YEARS LATER, the Six Day War was recalled with media
reports focusing more on the continuing problems of the Arab
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occupation than the reunification of Jerusalem.
ISRAEL'S PAINFUL DECISION to scrap the Lavi fighter jet project, after seven years and $1.6
billion, was the result of U.S. pressure and increasingly high costs.. The 12-11 cabinet vote touched off
demonstrations by Israel Aircraft Industries workers and caused the resignation of Moshe Arens from
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the government.