V NEWS At BUDMAN'S Remodeling is BEAUTIFUL, We can create a room to fit your most demanding personal needs. Peres' Influence Wanes While Rabin's Rises ENERGY EFFICIENT, Add a dramatic difference to almost any room in the house. HIGH QUALITY We custom make all windows to your specifications. WE ALSO INSTALL: • Roofing & Siding. • Additions & Dormers • Garage Doors Imam Quality Home Improvements Since 1907 • Kitchen Remodeling • Bathroom Remodeling • Recreation Rooms • Awnings & Enclosures • Skylights_ • Insulated Replacement Windows & Doors 16983 West 10 Mile Road Southfield 559.6364 Authorized Dealer For Mother's Day Jerusalem (JPFS) — There is now general agreement within the Labor Party that the cooperation on for- mulating Israel's peace plan between Prime Minister Yit- zhak Shamir and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin is an indication of Vice Premier Shimon Peres' waning in- fluence both in the govern- ment and in the party — and of Rabin's gradual rise to prominence. "Peres has been completely left out of the present round of talks and is very frustrated," one Labor minister said. For the past several weeks, while Rabin's idea of pro- ceeding toward an interim settlement that sidesteps the question of territories for peace — and is therefore ac- ceptable to both the Likud and Labor — • has been adopted by Shamir and suc- cessfully presented to the United States as a viable peace plan, Peres has been telling his political allies that he now opposes the idea of a two-stage solution. Instead, Peres prefers a plan that will deal directly and im- mediately with the final set- tlement — on which there is - a bitter disagreement bet- ween the two parties — which would almost inevitably lead to the collapse of the current unity government. "It is an understatement to say that Peres wants the government to break up," said the minister. "With every day that passes, Rabin gets stronger in the party," said one Labor Knesset member. "Rabin understands that the current support for Peres is very tem- porary, and he almost certain- ly is considering a try for the party leadership." If Rabin decides to challenge Peres at the party convention in 1990, the general feeling in Labor is that the declared candidates, Moshe Shahal, Gad Ya'acobi and Mordechai Gur, will withdraw from the race and each will try to form an alliance with Rabin with a view towards becoming his number two and probable successor. But if Rabin resumes the political leadership of the Labor Party (which he held from 1974 to 1977), he and Shamir may then find their alliance to be a temporary one. Shamir Reveals Family Perished In Holocaust See our expanded line of custom jewelry, name brand watches, fine crystal and accessories. All merchandise is offered at outstanding discount prices; Gift wrapping is free. All sales can be exchanged or refunded. Receive a free gift when you visit. WEINITAUIE JEWELERS "Sunset Strip" 29536 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, Michigan 48034 Hours: Monday - Friday 10 - 5:30, Saturday 10 - 5 Phone: 357-4000 AMERK • • 1.1, Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354-6060 22 FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989 Jerusalem (JTA) — Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's recent revelation about the death of his family in Nazi Europe was met with much surprise, as well as armchair debate on the psychological nature of the Israeli prime minister's motivations and fears. While reading out loud the names of his family members killed by the Nazis, Shamir disclosed that his father was killed by Polish childhood friends in his own village, after he succeeded in escap- ing from a German death train. "My father, Shlomo Ysernit- zky, who escaped before the train left for a death camp and while seeking shelter among friends in the village where he grew up, they, his friends from childhood, killed him," Shamir said in a trembling voice. Shamir revealed this on Holocaust Remembrance Day last Tuesday, while par- ticipating in a day-long public reading of names of Holocaust victims at the Knesset. He also listed other members of his family who died at the hands of the Nazis. His mother, Pearl, and a sister apparently died in death camps, while another sister was shot dead by the Nazis. Shamir's family ex- periences have often pro- mpted conjecture about his political motivations. In this week's New York Times Magazine, the paper's former Jerusalem bureau chief writes that Shamir's pur- ported intransigence is the result of an obsession with the Holocaust. Shamir "exemplifies those Israeli leaders whose vision of tomorrow is yesterday," wrote Thomas Friedman. An aide said he was unsure what prompted Shamir to go public with the information about his family. Shamir, 73, was born and raised in the village of Rozinoy. He left in the early 1930s to study, going first to Jewish high school and later to university in Warsaw. He left for Palestine in 1935.