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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1990
"It's a hopeless struggle,"
said Haim Ramon, one of the
leaders of the Young Turks.
"It will destroy the party,
and even after it's over, it
will continue to be destruc-
tive." Ramon warned Peres
that he would not support
him in such an effort. "If
there is a contest, I'm going
to the beach," he said. "I
won't be dragged into an
agenda of destruction." By
contrast, the Rabin camp
seemed to be spoiling for a
fight. The former defense
minister, who has publicly
blamed Peres for the party's
disasterous miscalculation
in the recent coalition
negotiations, authorized his
lieutenants to push for a
leadership contest.
Rabin would prefer an all-
party primary election, but
he is also prepared to take
the matter to Labor's Central
Committee, a body which,
heretofore, has had a solid
Peres majority. According to
sources close to Rabin, he be-
lieves that he would win
such a show-down handily.
The timetable for any con-
frontation is important.
Rabin, who enjoyed virtual
immunity from Likud
criticism during his six year
tenure as defense minister,
fears that his public stan-
ding might slip during a pro-
longed battle. Thus, he is
pressing for a confrontation
in mid-September.
Peres, on the other hand,
hopes to play for time, and to
allow the rough-and-tumble
of party politics to tarnish
his rival's luster. He argues
that he has been elected to
head the party until the next
election and that dropping
him in mid-term could be
dangerous.
"A contest -right now
means choosing a new leader
for the next six years," he
said.
Some Laborites believe
that both Rabin and Peres,
who have shared power in
the party since the mid-'70s,
should step down. The prob-
lem is that there seems to be
no viable alternative.
Several mid-level politi-
cians, such as former army
chief-of-staff Mordechai Gur,
ex-energy minister Moshe
Shahal and long-time ac-
tivist Gad Ya'akobi have
floated trial balloons, but
none seems to have any real
support in the party, or
among the general public.
A suggestion earlier this
week that one of the younger
MKs, such as Haim Ramon
or Nissim Zvilli, come for-
ward, was greeted with ridi-
cule by party pros and com-
mentators.
For better or worse, it ap-
pears that either Rabin or
Peres will continue to lead
Labor. Should Peres fight off
the present challange, he
would be a badly wounded
figure, capable of little more
than holding on until the
next national election.
A Rabin victory, on the
other hand, could have im-
mediate significance. The
former defense minister is
on record as favoring a
renewed partnership with
the Likud; a prospect that
embattled prime minister
Yitzhak Shamir would
almost certainly welcome. ❑
Donkeys' Serenade'
Catches Cops' Ears
Jerusalem (JTA) — Ac-
tivists seeking to reform
Israel's electoral system
used donkeys June 1 to dem-
onstrate their contempt for
the politicians who benefit
from the current govern-
ment system.
Thirty-five of the braying
beasts were led into a park-
ing lot opposite the Knesset
building just as Prime Min-
ister Yitzhak Shamir was
presenting his new coalition
government to parliament.
Each donkey had a chair
on its back labeled with a
ministerial portfolio or the
position of a deputy min-
ister.
"The message is simple,"
said Eliad Sharaga, who has
staged a sit-in strike for the
past two months in front of
the president's residence
demanding electoral reform.
"They have ignored the
fact that some 700,000
Israelis have signed a peti-
tion to change the system, so
we would like to tell those
donkeys in the Knesset that
we prefer chairs on donkeys
to donkeys on chairs,"
Sharaga said.
Puzzled policemen first
demanded that the donkeys
turn back.
They relented when
Sharaga, a law school
graduate, pointed out that
there was no legal ban on
animals participating in a
demonstration.
The atmosphere was less
permissive in the Knesset
gallery, where members of
the reform movement
displayed placards deman-
ding change.