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Jerusalem (JTA) — Acting
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir is expected to ask
President Chaim Herzog for
an extension when his man-
date to form a Likud-led
government expires this
Thursday.
He is allowed by law up to
21 more days for the task.
Although Shamir is said
now to have the support of at
least 61 Knesset members,
the requisite minimum,
there was strong speculation
here last week that he
prefers not to present his
government to the Knesset
for approval this week.
For one thing, he would
like a healthier margin of
support.
To achieve it, he has to
persuade the ultra-Orthodox
Agudat Israel party to break
the alliance it entered with
Labor when Shimon Peres
was trying to form a coali-
tion last month.
Shamir is also trying to
solidify the support of the
National Religious Party
and Shas, both of which have
been striving for a new
Likud-Labor unity coalition
in preference to a narrow
regime.
They have made little
headway so far because
Labor insists on parity bet-
ween the two major parties
in the Cabinet, as it existed
in the previous unity
government.
Shamir has intimated he
would accept Labor only as a
junior partner.
NRP continues to demand
that a new government state
in its guidelines that it
hopes to revive a unity
regime.
Senior Likud officials said
last week that if Shamir
failed to overcome those
problems, he would ask the
president for an extension
Thursday, if only to signal
his potential coalition part-
ners not to put too many po-
litical difficulties in his
path.
Shas, for example, says it
would support Shamir but
not join his government for
two months in order to test
its peace policies. Shas
subscribes to the land-for-
peace formula, which is close
to Labor's position but re-
jected by Likud and the
right- wing factions.
The guidelines of a new
Likud-ledgovernment state
that the pursuit of peace
will continue in light of the
Camp David accords and the
peace initiative of the outgo-
ing government."
That, in theory, leaves the
door ajar for a future unity
government.
Meanwhile, Shamir is said
to be facing the dilemma of
too few Cabinet offices to
distribute among the
aspirants within his Likud
bloc plus those in the re-
ligious and right-wing par-
ties who would be his coali-
tion partners.
There are four candidates
for the portfolio of foreign
minister: David Levy, Ariel
Sharon, Moshe Nissim and
Moshe Arens, who is the in-
cumbent.
Arens and Sharon are
possible competitors for
defense minister, an office
both have held in the past.
Yitzhak Moda'i has been
offered the post of finance
minister, which he held in
the 1984 unity government,
when Shimon Peres was
prime minister.
Sharon, Arens and Levy
also may be in line for the
Ministry of Construction
and Housing, presently held
by Levy.
The Justice Ministry could
go to incumbent Dan Me-
ridor or former Justice Min-
ister Moshe Nissim.
Nissim, Sharon or Moshe
Katsav could wind up as
Minister of Industry and
Trade, the portfolio resigned
by Sharon in March.
Sharon or incumbent Yit-
zhak Peretz could be the
next Minister of Immigration
and Absorption.
Rehavam Ze'evi of the far
right-wing Moledet party,
who advocates the expulsion
of all Arabs from Israel and
the administered territories,
is one of two candidates for
Minister of Police. The other
is David Magen of Likud.
$7 Million Given
To Palestinians
Washington (JTA) — The
United States has provided
another $7 million to the
United. Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestin-
ian Refugees in the Near
East, to meet the needs of a
growing refugee population,
the State Department has
announced.
Richard Boucher, the
department's deputy
spokesman, said this brings
the U.S. contribution for
1990 up to $57 million to
support UNRWA's programs
in education, vocational
training, medical and relief
services. The United States
is the largest donor.