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disconcerting aspects of the af-
fair's fallout.
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turn the findings about the prime
minister into political capital will
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Standing at the start of the April 18 cabinet meeting are Justice Minister Tsachi
Hanegbi, Foreign Minister David Levy, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Cabinet
Secretary Danny Naveh, a transcriber, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein, Health
Minister Yehoshua Matra and Netanyahu aide Avigdor Lieberman.
party's communique on the sub-
ject, but it does "not justify top-
pling the government or its head."
Yisrael B'aliyah is demanding
"drastic changes in the way de-
cisions are made in the govern-
ment." We will test our demands
by deeds, not declarations," said
the party's second minister, Yuli
Edelstein. "We will stand beside
[the prime minister] with a finger
on the pulse, and even if we de-
cide not to leave today, that
doesn't mean that this cannot
change."
What it all means, say some
political observers, is the end of
the "one-man rule" that Ne-
tanyahu tried to institute after
winning office by direct election.
He will now have to behave "less
like a president and more like a
prime minister," meaning that
he will be far more dependent
upon his coalition partners for
input and far more attendant to
their political and economic de-
mands.
If Sharansky and Edelstein
follow through on their intent to
keep Netanyahu firmly under
their thumbs, one result will be
that key decisions about Israel's
future will be made according to
the perceptions and will of the
party representing its newest cit-
izens.
As for Shas, the Sephardic Or-
thodox party that's also a key
Shimon Peres has called for
new elections, which is a grand
nonstarter. Yossi Sarid of Meretz
and a number of Labor Knesset
members, led by Yossi Beilin,
have asked the High Court of
Justice to force the attorney gen-
eral to prosecute Netanyahu and
Hanegbi. However, prominent le-
gal commentators have assessed
that the Court is unlikely to over-
rule the attorney general and
state attorney on their judgment
of insufficient evidence.
So the opposition can fight a
public battle through demon-
strations while continuing be-
hind the scenes to woo Yisrael
Ba-Aliyah out of Netanyahu's
coalition. Both paths seem equal-
ly unlikely to bear fruit — unless
Netanyahu helps with another
major political blunder.
The last bottom line has to do
with Netanyahu and the media.
Certainly, Netanyahu's battle
with the press at large, praised
by the attorney general for doing
its public duty, is likely to grow
sharper.
Recently, Israel's leading
columnists came out with
scathing words for the prime
minister: "The Netanyahu who
emerges from this story is not a
criminal. He is obtuse. He is in-
experienced ... Primarily, he is a
charlatan," wrote Nachum
Barnea in Yediot Ahronot. ❑