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Jerusalem (JTA) — A seri- ous split has emerged at the highest levels of Israel's government as the Cabinet engaged in a rancorous post- mortem over the visit of U.S. Secretary State James Baker, seen here so far as having failed. Evidence of the split first appeared last week when Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Min- ister David Levy apparently presented opposing views on key issues to the secretary of state. Mr. Baker flew home abruptly after learning his 96-year-old mother had died in Houston. But his toughly worded parting statement, read to reporters by State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler, made clear that Mr. Baker held Israel responsible for his in- ability, after three extended tours of the region since mid- March, to nail down a pro- cess that might yield peace. "Questions remain here in Israel," the statement said. "We still need some answers from the Israeli government relating primarily to the modalities before we can move the process forward." Mr. Baker made no refer- ence to "answers" from Arab leaders during the lengthy talks with them that took up most of his tour. By all accounts, the talks with the Arabs were even less forthcoming than the Israelis. But Mr. Baker managed to leave his Arab hosts on an upbeat note, jar- ringly absent when he left Israel April 19. Mr. Shamir said in a radio interview last week that he believed Mr. Baker's effort would continue in the future. In any event, the prime minister had "more serious things to worry over" than the peace pro- cess. "The absorption of im- migrants preoccupies me more," he said. Nevertheless, it was the peace process that dominated the Cabinet debate last week. The stumbling block was the nature of the regional conference supposed to usher in parallel peace talks bet- ween Israel and its Arab neighbors and with the Pa- lestinians. Mr. Levy's ideas were closer to the scenario favored by the United States. But whatever Mr. Levy offered by way of concessions to the secretary was withdrawn by Mr. Shamir, the Cabinet learned. "I have had to say no in my life before," Mr. Shamir told the Cabinet. He insisted there was no crisis looming with Washington and hoped the U.S. would persevere in its efforts. But reports surrounding Mr. Baker's departure and subsequent U.S. media commentaries have starkly highlighted the differences between Washington and Jerusalem. According to one American commentator, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times, U.S. officials left the impression Mr. Baker was trying to administer some diplomatic "shock therapy" when he indicated that Pres- ident Bush might have to reassess the U.S. approach to Middle East peace. One major Israeli differ- ence with the Americans was over their insistence that the conference they would host jointly with the Soviet Union should have greater scope and longevity than the brief ceremonial oc- casion envisioned by Israel. Mr. Baker proposed that instead of adjourning, the conference could reconvene in six months in case of deadlocked talks, though only with the consent of both parties. The idea was rejected by the prime minister himself. Mr. Shamir's position was supported by the most powerful elements of Likud, including Defense Minister Moshe Arens and Deputy Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu; Likud main- streamers Moshe Katsav, the transport minister, and David Magen, the minister of economics and planning; and Knesset member Ben- jamin Begin, son of the former prime minister, who epitomizes to many the younger generation of Likud politicians. Health Minister Ehud Olmert, deemed a moderate by Likud standards, backed Mr. Levy, as did Arye Deri, the interior minister who represents the Orthodox Shas party. Both sought to minimize the split between Mr. Shamir and Mr. Levy. Mr. Olmert spoke of "differences of nuance" rather than substance and predicted that the peace process would move forward.