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sette" indicating that Mr. Ne-
tanyahu was cheating on his
wife.
The politicians' reconciliation,
engineered by Ariel Sharon,
came before this year's elections.
But just minutes before the gov-
ernment was scheduled to be
presented, Mr. Levy made his
first stab at revenge. He refused
to join unless Mr. Sharon, his
ally, was included. Mr. Ne-
tanyahu agreed to create a spe-
cial ministry for Mr. Sharon.
When the retired general
dragged his feet, Mr. Levi
threatened to resign.
Last week's moves, thus, were
effectively the Foreign Minis-
ter's third resignation threat in
eight weeks on the job.
Early this week, Israeli poli-
tics remained in a "stay tuned"
mode, though most observers
forecast a solution.
At the same time, Justice
Minister Ya'acov Ne'eman
abruptly resigned last week af-
ter Attorney-General Michael
Ben-Ya'ir ordered a formal in-
vestigation against him. The
charge: suspicion of obstruction
of justice.
The case in point of how dis-
tractive this can be is Israel's tri-
al of the century, the one against
former Interior Minister Arye
Der'i. That episode already
threatened the stability of one
government. (The Supreme
Court forced Mr. Der'i to resign
as Yitzhak Rabin's Interior Min-
ister). Mr. Ne'eman is now sus-
pected of having urged a witness
not to aid the police in their
probe against Mr. Der'i.
This was known when the
government was being formed,
but did not dissuade Mr. Ne-
tanyahu. Last week, however,
after contradictions emerged in
Mr. Ne'eman's various state-
ments to the police, Mr. Ben-
Ya'ir ordered an official
investigation.
Mr. Ne'eman promptly re-
signed, but not before, in a tele-
vision interview, saying this of
Mr. Ben-Yair's actions: "I as-
sume a large part of his motives
are survival. There's evidently
a sense that if a request is made
to open an investigation against
the justice minister, or other
ministers, it will guarantee
[him] his job."
Mr. Ben-Ya'ir wasn't the only
official in Mr. Ne'eman's sights.
He also attacked the staff of the
Justice Ministry, implying that
Orthodox Jews, like himself, are
not welcome there.
Mr. Netanyahu reluctantly
accepted the resignation, decid-
ing to keep the post open for his
return, once the investigation
was completed.
Yet, charges of politicization
among civil-service profession-
als seemed infectious. Knesset
member Uzi Landau, the chair-
man of the Foreign Affairs and

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Defense Committee and a Likud
hard-liner, made the most con-
troversial charge.
He dubbed the senior IDF of-
ficers who had negotiated the se-
curity details of the "Gaza-First"
and "Oslo II" agreements (in-
cluding now Chief of Staff Am-
non Lipkin-Shahak) "lackeys of
previous government" whose ad-
vice should no longer be taken.
Bound to silence on political
issues, the military did not re-
spond. But Ha'aretz Defense ed-
itor Ze'ev Schiff wrote of "the
beginning of a rift" between the
military and the government.
He warned Mr. Netanyahu to
take care that the IDF doesn't
become "a punching bag of his
party and his government" lest
"he suddenly find that the mus-
cle he intends to use against vi-
olent neighbors has lost its
power."
What binds these three inci-
dents is the disquieting sense
that the prime minister is alien-
ating whole sectors of the expe-
rienced professionals at his
government's disposal while pre-
ferring to "go it alone."
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The disquiet might be eased
were Mr. Netanyahu a more ex-
perienced head of government,
but he was not even a minister
before being vaulted into the
government's highest post. Nor
is he a lawyer or a military
strategist. Although he has rich
experience as a diplomat, he (--/\
cannot make up for the re-
sources of an entire ministry.
If last week's triple "firestorm"
does not give the prime minis-
ter pause to reflect on his style,
other confrontations will surely
follow. El

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