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Jerusalem (JTA) — The
Rabin government's shaky
coalition may stand a little
firmer, following a split
within Israel's second-
largest opposition party,
Tsomet.
Three of Tsomet's eight
Knesset Members announc-
ed the creation of a new par-
ty, Ya'ad.
The three denied they
were negotiating a possible
entry into the Labor-led co-
alition. But they did not rule
out that option in the future.
The split follows weeks of
acrimonious dispute bet-
ween Tsomet's popular
leader, Rafael Eitan, and the
three Knesset members,
Gonen Segev, Esther
Salmovitz and Alex
Goldfarb.
The three have been
demanding that an outside
investigator be brought in to
investigate alleged
mismanagement of Tsomet's
funds and that the party's
secretary-general, Doron
Shmueli, step down pending
the results of the investiga-
tion.
But Mr. Eitan has repeat-
edly turned down their
demands.
Ya'ad, or Destination, is a
Hebrew acronym for Yisrael
Atzmait Democratit — In-
dependent and Democratic
Israel.
The three defecting
Knesset members said
Eitan's refusal to suspend
the secretary-general and
allow an inquiry was incom-
prehensible, and in the end
left them no choice but to se-
cede.
Political 'observers here
are describing the split
within Tsomet as a major
blow to the opposition — an
assessment that will have
even greater substance if the
three Tsomet defectors join
the governing coalition.
But even if they do not join
the coalition, say these
observers, they will be
unlikely to back any opposi-
tion calls for early elections.
As first-term, relatively
unknown Knesset members,
they will need time to build
up their names and reputa-
tions in the public mind
before any new elections.
Labor Party sources said
that unofficial contacts are
proceeding with the three.
The sources noted that
Ya'ad, if it joins the coali-
tion, would be entitled to a
seat at the Cabinet table.

According to the present
arithmetical representation
within the coalition, one
Cabinet minister is ap-
pointed for every three
Knesset members in the co-
alition.
There is even talk of han-
ding the health portfolio —
about to be given up by
Haim Ramon following a
dispute over national health
legislation — to Mr. Segev,
who is a medical doctor by
training.
The split is a severe blow
for the staunchly nation-
alistic Tsomet Party — and
an ironic one as well, espe-
cially since the party was
founded, and scored a mas-
sive electoral success in the
1992 elections, on a platform

Rafael Eitan:
Refused demands.

that stressed above all else
clean politics and accoun-
tability.
Political observers say the
split is attributable to
Eitan's inability to live com-
fortably with his subor-
dinates.
Since the former military
chief of staff doffed his
uniform and entered politics
in the early 1980s, his story
has been studded with noisy
and bitter quarrels.
After uniting his Tsomet
party with the similarly
right-wing Tehiya party, he
clashed publicly with Tehiya
leader Geula Cohen and ran
separately for the 1988
Knesset elections.
"He's a great general and
a charismatic man," said a
neighbor of Eitan's living in
the settlement of Tel
Adashim. "But he can't get
on with the people under
him." ❑

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