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- WORLD, Page 38World NotesISRAELThe Big Stall
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- Ultimately, reality had to catch up with absurdity. Here was
- an Israeli government negotiating autonomy for the West Bank and
- Gaza Strip at peace talks in Washington, while a critical part
- of the coalition advocated either annexing the occupied
- territories or expelling the Palestinians en masse. Something
- had to go, and last week it was the government's extreme right
- wing. By announcing their intention to leave the ruling
- coalition this week, the ultranationalists of the Tehiya and
- Moledet parties virtually ensured the collapse of Prime Minister
- Yitzhak Shamir's government and set the stage for elections as
- early as May.
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- Their maneuver is likely to stall the peace talks. Shamir
- promises to keep talking, but a U.S. official says the
- coalition's fall "will raise questions about the government's
- ability to negotiate and complicate its strategy formulation."
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