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Article: Likud at odds: Israel.(Likud Party)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 10, 1996
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HAVING decided there is no point hanging around for a peace deal with Syria, Shimon Peres is bringing forward Israel's election from late October to May 28th. Well he may: opinion polls show him and his Labour Party 12-20 points ahead of his Likud rival, Binyamin Netanyahu.
One of Labour's principal assets is the opposition's confusion. "I cannot ignore reality," said Mr Netanyahu during a television interview this week, the opening salvo in the election campaign. "We will work within the new reality. We cannot change what exists--go back into the West Bank towns." But has Israel's right, after two years of bitter opposition to the Oslo accords, really adapted to the ...