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The controversy has been so It is widely known that Pres- ident Ezer Weizman and Infra- heated because both sides have structure Minister Ariel Sharon a legitimate point. Maj. Gen. met informally with opposition Shahor broke a formal, though leaders while they were in uni- often-ignored rule, and the gov- form. Other officers often met ernment made a scandal of it. with Yitzhak Rabin when Labor But beyond the usual war of was in opposition. The prime words, the deeper implication of minister himself has a skeleton the flap is that it has exacerbat- of this sort in his closet. As a ed two troubling trends: widen- member of parliament, Mr. Ne- ing the gulf of mistrust between tanyahu revealed to the world, the prime minister and the mil- from the Knesset rostrum, the itary, and casting aspersions on contents of a classified intelli- the loyalty of the opposition. In some ways, the disagree- gence document presumably ac- quired through contact with a ment between the two sides is less over policy than style. Mr. high-ranking officer. Understandably, then, mutu- Netanyahu could have repri- al charges of cynical self-right- manded the errant general, in eousness have been rife. The public or private. Instead, he reaction of Mr. Peres and Labor's chose to make him into a na- Yossi Beilin to the Shahor affair tional whipping boy. Clearly there are many shad- has been so shrill, one wonders whether they aren't protesting ings and nuances to this affair. But what the media have chosen too much. And Mr. Netanyahu, for his to stress in the past weeks is the part, has been blatantly incon- climate of suspicion that has en- sistent in his own stand on prop- gulfed the prime minister's bu- er relations between the reau. Its effects cannot be healthy government and the military. As for anyone. Alienating the mili- head of the opposition he com- tary and delegitimizing the op- plained vigorously of Yitzhak position are hardly likely to Rabin's bringing high-ranking strengthen Israel's democracy. officers, of the wholly apolitical And certainly they do not ad- IDF, into the strictly political vance the restoration of nation- talks with the Palestinians and al unity that Mr. Netanyahu has Syrians. But after assuming the been talking about ever since. helm, he too brought senior of- Right after the election, he ficers into the negotiations, ap- promised to be prime minister of pointing Maj. Gen. Shahor as all the people. ❑ Hanging In Balance •Registered Nurse & Personal Care Assistance REAR ENDS FALL '96 CLEARANCE SALE LARGE SELECTION OF FALL MERCHANDISE KENNETH W. STEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS window of opportunity in the peace negotiations re- mains open to Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. However, while once so wide in its opening, it is slow- ly closing. When the late Yitzhak Rabin and Yassir Arafat shook hands three years ago, Israel controlled A all the levers of power. Today, a variety of external influences con- spire to share if not impose influ- ence on Israel's decision-making. At the very moment when the ne- gotiations are more complex, re- gional and international pressures are mounting. Every Israeli leader has asked the same question about how 25%-50% OFF 810.626.4333 " ORCHARDD LK. RD., S. OF MAPLE OR in our Classified Section CT- Protestors hold up signs during a demonstration in Jerusalem.