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empty handed. Moreover, the Euro-
pean Parliament meeting in Madrid put
its weight behind the Palestinian peace
initiative, by calling on Israel to put
forth a comprehensive peace plan.
Inside the US the pro-Israeli lobby
group-the American Israeli Public Af-
fairs Committee has been engaged ina
desperate attempt to salvage the
deteriorating Israeli image in America.
Their latest efforts have resulted in
recruiting 9 US senators who sent a
letter to Secretary of State James Baker
calling on the administration to give
unequivocal support to the Shamir
plan. Subsequently President Bush sent
a letter to Shamir expressing his con-
tinued support of his plan. It’s ironic
that the Shamir plan receives more
support inside the US Senate than the
Israeli Knesset.
On July 7 the Likud Central Com-
mittee held its long-awaited meeting to
discuss the Shamir plan amidst threats
by Shamir that he will resign if the
Likud bloc does not ratify his plan.
The opposition, headed by Ariel
Sharon along with Yitshak Modai and.
David Levy won the battle and changed
the plan which was approved by the
government by adding new provisions
to it.
Shamir did not resign but Labor’s
leadership bureau adopted a proposal
to the party’s central committee which
recomends the withdrawal from the
coalition government. The proposal
cites that «there is no room under these
circumstances for the continuation of
the government.»
The proposal was introduced by the
party chairman Shimon Peres and was
passed by a vote of 45 to 2. The central
committee meeting will take place dur-
ing the month of August.
Shamir in an attempt to placate the
Labor party, said that as far as the
government is concerned there will be
no changes in his plan.
On the other hand the US ad-
ministration is worried that if in fact
Labor does withdraw from the
government it will lead to the collapse
of the Shamir plan, which would
strengthen Sharon’s position within
Likud. Sharon is on the roll, and if the
present trend continues, he will try to
push Israel into an openly fascist socie-
ty which will in turn erode any hopes
for peace and push the region on a
course of destruction. @
1 Ha ’aratz, April 10
2 Ha’aratz, April 21
3 International Herald Tribune, May 23
4 UNL Call No. 39, translated by the PFLP Cen-
tral Information Department, 1989
Associated Press, July 11
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