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d Commerce and Industry Min
er Ariel Sharon without giving
lamir a vote of confidence as
rty leader.
With Herut in shambles, Peres
uld move against Modai, know-
g that this would be an oppor-
ne moment for him to bring
)wn the Unity Government.
Although Modai indicated Sun-
ay evening that he had not meant
> harm the prime minister, Peres
:emed that apology inadequate,
e vowed that this time, unlike
ovember, he would not bend to
ressure and would carry out
lodai’s dismissal.
At the heart of the Peres-Modai
:nsion is Modai’s dismay at the
rime minister for speaking out in
avor of economic growth lately
ut then pouring needed funds into
iling enterprises.
Though the Peres-Modai team
las orchestrated the recovery of
he Israeli economy, bringing in-
lation down from 800 percent an-
lually to less than 25 percent a
/ear, the two men have often
ought behind the scenes.
Some have accused Modai of
itaging the crisis to push forward
lis ambitions to be considered
Shamir’s rightful heir. Modai,
head of the Liberal Party, which is
part of the Likud, must first merge
the Liberals into the Likud, a long-
sought but unfulfilled plan.
The circumstances this week are
nearly ideal for Peres to allow the
fall of the government. An increas
Yaacov Ben Yosef
ing number of Labor Party minis
ters insist that he scrub rotation—a
personal agreement he has worked
out with Shamir in which the two
men will switch jobs next October.
On Tuesday evening the Labor
party opened its convention and
anti-rotation talk already growing,
will reach a fever pitch in view of
Modai’s sudden assault on the
prime minister.
Then there are the public opin
ion polls which show Peres and the
Labor Party retaining a wide lead
over the Likud.
For Peres to feel secure in end
ing the Unity Government he must
make sure that he has the support
of the small religious parties. With
out them he cannot form a “nar
row” (i.e., minus the Likud) govern
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ment if the National Unity Govern-
mentshould fall. Undoubtedly such
thoughts have been going through
Peres’ mind this week as he has
been forced to decide what to do
about the issue of daylight savings
time.
For the past few years Israel has
gone over to daylight savings a-
round this time of the year despite
the sharp opposition of the reli
gious parties.
The religious argue that by set
ting the clock forward one hour
Orthodox Jews have more diffi
culty finding time for morning
prayers before getting to work;
they also say that daylight savings
encourages greater Sabbath viola
tions. Buses, for example, would
begin their schedules before Sab
bath ends because, otherwise, there
would be large delays for, among
others, soldiers returning to their
bases.
Secular Jews, perhaps 70 to 80
fftimKimuwiitfiwicitmuti
percent of the country, are pro
summer time, suggesting that it
would save millions of dollars in
energy costs, cut down traffic acci
dents, and generally make life more
pleasant.
Under pressure from a majority
of ministers who favored summer
time, Peres said that the cabinet
would hold a debate and decide the
issue next Sunday. That postpones
the matter for the time being, but
not for long.
Angry at the Orthodox religious
community, a variety of institu
tions have taken it upon them
selves to go over to summer time
regardless of whether the govern
ment decides positively. These in
clude the Histadrut, the major
labor federation which represents
90 percent of the country’s wor
kers, and the manufacturers asso
ciation which represents Israeli in
dustry.
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