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For all that, he did see some
potential for developing a
joint peace strategy with the
Likud based on three areas of
apparent consensus:
Firstly, though Likud re-
jected an international con-
ference under the auspices of
the five permanent members
of the UN Security Council,
Novik said Peres would pur-
sue an earlier suggestion by
Shamir that talks be held
under the more limited spon-
sorship of the United States
and Soviet Union.
Secondly, Labor would join
the Likud in exploring the
idea of instituting autonomy
on the West Bank and Gaza
Strip for the million-and-a-
half Palestinian inhabitants.
And finally, Labor would
seek to convince Likud to
agree to non-political
municipal elections among
the Palestinians, giving them
the opportunity to elect
"authentic representatives"
with whom Israel could
negotiate.
Achieving even these
modest goals, however, will be
a formidable task, given the
Likud's profound suspicion of
any process that might lead
Israel to relinquish control
over the administered ter-
ritories and the likelihood of
a PLO veto over Palestinian
acquiescence in the autonomy
plan or in the proposal for
local elections.
Fresh elections
will be necessary
if one of the
parties chooses to
opt out, a clause
prompted by Peres'
1987 humiliation.
According to Ha'aretz, the
coalition agreement also in-
volved a detailed four-point
secret appendix, which is bas-
ed on lessons learned from
the previous government.
This appendix has the effect
of closely binding the party
leaders, making them accoun-
table for all decisions and
preventing them from pursu-
ing unilateral initiatives. Ac-
cording to Ha'aretz, Shamir
and Peres agreed that:
• All major political and
defense decisions will be
made jointly by the Likud
and Labor leaders;
• Peres will be entitled to
attend the Prime -Minister's
preparatory meetings before
cabinet sessions;
• All written and oral
material prepared for the
Prime Minister pertaining to
political, defense, intelligence
and strategic issues will be
available to Peres;
• Shamir and Peres will
provide each other with full
reports on meetings each
holds with heads of state.
One major structural dif-
ference between the new na-
tional unity government and
the old is the agreement that
fresh elections will be
necessary if one of the parties
chooses to opt out, a clause no
doubt prompted by the
humiliation visited on the
Labor leader last year.
After Peres and King Hus-
sein of Jordan met in London
under the auspices of U.S.
Ambassador Thomas Picker-
ing and hammered out their
secret April 1987 agreement
on the modalities for
negotiating peace, the Labor
Party leader vowed that he
would pull out of the national
unity government if the
cabinet failed to support the
pact.
The Likud element in the
cabinet duly opposed the
agreement, which called for
negotiations under the um-
brella of an international
peace conference, and Peres,
knowing that he would not
win a majority, declined to
push for a vote.
When the crunch came, he
knew that Shamir could rely
on an "invisible majority" of
right-wing and religious par- .
ties which would enable him
to limp on for long enough to
kill the plan. Given the choice
of leading his party into the
opposition and eating his
words, Peres ate up.
The new government,
which has the support of 84 of
the 120 Knesset Members,
was not greeted with any en-
thusiasm by Israelis, who
view it as something of a soap
opera which, lacking the
glamour of "Dynasty" or the
plot of "Dallas," has run out
of steam.
According to one poll
published last week, more
than 60 percent of those ques-
tioned favor fresh elections in
the hope of producing a clear-
cut winner. At the same time,
though, some 75 percent said
they would still vote as they
had on Nov. 1.
Public disenchantment
with the prospect of another
four years of personal
acrimony and political
paralysis is likely to be mir-
rored by the movers and
shakers within the major
power blocs.
Both Shamir and Peres
have already been criticized
by leading members of their
own parties for agreeing to
another installment of the na-
tional unity government
saga.
No one is laying bets that
either man will lead his par-
ty into the next general elec-
tion — whenever it is held.
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• Transfers easily to a new
car at trade-in time. Auto-
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13 to 15 minutes.
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choke for cold starts.
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