Volume 31, Number 19 · December 6, 1984
Israel: The Divisions of 'Unity'
By Bernard Avishai
For Americans who have been disheartened listening to Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir speak for Israel during the past seven years, the visit of Shimon Peres in October must have been something of a relief. In Washington Peres talked of a plan for Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon. Instead of condemning the United Nations, Peres asked for an expanded peace-keeping force of UNIFIL troops 'in order to provide security for Israel's frontiers.'[1] When he spoke to the press about his country's requests for aid, he said little about Israel's virtues as an American strategic asset, but emphasized his government's plans to cut Israel's budget and imports and increase the productivity of Israeli industry.
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