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SARAH HONIG; Batsheva Tsur adds
Jerusalem Post
09-22-1997
The cause of national unity made little headwayyesterday. A meeting between Labor Party chairman EhudBarak and Internal Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani ofthe Third Way - which is taking on the matchmaker role -was fruitless.

At the end of the day, Barak demanded that the Likud"change the coalition guidelines according to the Laborplatform," and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu counteredby suggesting that Labor "accept the present coalitionguidelines."

Despite much media hype, insiders in both largeparties agreed last night that national unity at thisjuncture is not a ...

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