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Article: `Not The Netanyahu We Knew': Likudniks; The prime minister's firm
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- The Jewish Week
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- February 21, 1997
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The Jewish Week
02-21-1997
`Not The Netanyahu We Knew': Likudniks; The prime minister's firm embrace. of the center is turning Israeli politics on its head.
CHEMI SHALEV
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH WEEK
Benjamin Netanyahu's peace policies are wreaking havoc on Israel's traditional politics. His disillusioned right-wing supporters are increasingly critical of the prime minister, while his surprised left-wing opponents are openly praising Netanyahu's moderation and restraint. Likud loyalists are derisively portraying Netanyahu as analysis "continuing in analysis the same mold as Shimon Peres"; Labor Party stalwarts enthusiastically agree.
The perplexing trend, which began following Netanyahu's ...