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PAGE 6 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 10, 1986 mron naia mis'? May the New Year bring good health and peace to all of our friends and patrons. Dale and Michael Yoss and Family Ken and Rose Yoss FUR CALL FOR WINTER! Be first to bundle up your fur coat or jacket that you no longer wear and bring it to us. Let others “Play It Again " while you indulge in your new fashion whimsey! Designer Furs and Clothing Sold on Consignment L’Shana Tova to all our friends. 273 Buckhead Ave., NE Atlanta, Ga. 30305 Phone 404-261-2135 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5 Wed. til 7 Peres, Shamir They’d rather switch than fight by Yaacov Ben Yosef Special to The Southern Israelite JERUSALEM—The rotation agreement, in which Prime Minis ter Shimon Peres switches jobs with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, is about to take place. Two years and one month after Peres took over as prime minister, establishing the national unity government with Likud in a uni que power-sharing arrangement, Israel will have a change of leader ship—but not of government. Friday morning, if all goes as scheduled, Peres will announce to President Chaim Herzog that he is resigning as prime minister, an act that automatically brings down the entire 25-member government, government. Herzog will then call in Israel’s political parties for consultations: more than likely he will exclude from those consultations, as he has in the past. Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Kach Party. (Herzog has joined others in trying to isolate Kahane politically). Soon thereafter, perhaps as early as Sunday, Herzog will announce that the consensus of the parties is clear: Shamir is the choice to form the next government. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the day after Yom Kippur, Shamir will go before the Knesset to present his new government. It will be, as former Prime Min ister Menachem Begin called it in Yaacov Ben-Yosef wishing Shamir success, “an old- new government.” The ministers will be virtually the same and the new government will be forced to adhere to the same coalition agree ment as was Peres. With just three days to go before Peres planned to resign, the prime minister and Shamir were holding a series of one-on-one talks to arrange for an orderly transfer of power. The main stumbling block had to do with the political future of the Likud’s Yitzhak Modai, fi nance minister for most of Peres’ term as prime minister. Modai’s leaked personal attacks on Peres last February and again in April led to major political crises that threatened to topple the gov ernment. Both times Peres fell short of firing Modai and made do with an apology. The government re mained intact. In July, when Modai, by now justice minister, assailed Peres once again, the former was forced to resign. The Likud has insisted since then that Modai must be part of a Shamir-led govern ment; Labor has refused. In the end, some solution will probably be found; Modai may likely return as justice or commun ications minister but certainly not as finance minister. It was as finance minister that Modai irritated Peres the most. Labor has privately made clear that if Modai returns he would have to take a minor portfolio such as communications. Peres has also insisted, in his talks with Shamir, that Labor be given a stronger voice in economic affairs after rotation, and the Likud has largely acceded to that demand. Labor believes, with some justifi cation, that it was responsible for the economic recovery of the past two years—and it wants to con tinue to be perceived as helping in the economic turn-around, partic ularly when elections are held next, scheduled for November 1988. Both Labor and Likud politi cians agree that there will be no great change in substance in the new Shamir-led government, that whatever differences there will be, will be mostly stylistic. While some worry that Shamir will do less to energize the peace process, the Likud points out that Peres, for all of his public declarations and trav els, was unable to move matters forward very much. Peres, as foreign minister, will do his best to push the peace pro cess, but his aides realize that after rotation Shamir will be able to set the pace. And so Peres’ intimates worry that the next two years and one month will be frustrating for them. 952-7088 l almost forgot a BIG Thank You and a joyous, healthy New Year to all. Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year ATLANTA’S largest selection of unusual yarn, creative sweater designs and free personalized instruction, call... KNIT 1 with 6054 Sandy Springs Circle Centre Court (By Ogletree’s) 256-KNIT L the Classic Collection Mfcw 1-flLL arrivals! Wishing You a Most Happy New Year bleyle 220 Sandy Springs Circle Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4847 Mon.-Sat. 10-6 Better Knitwear for the Classic Woman Sizes 6 to 18 bleyte