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Article: Arens Challenges Netanyahu in Party; Premier's Mentor Seeks Likud Nomination
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- The Washington Post
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- January 12, 1999
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Moshe Arens, an elder statesman of Israeli politics who plucked
Binyamin Netanyahu from obscurity 17 years ago and tirelessly
promoted his career, announced today he will try to topple his old
protege as the Likud Party's nominee for prime minister in the spring
elections.
The declaration by Arens, who quit public life in 1992 after
serving as foreign minister, defense minister and ambassador to
Washington, stunned the conservative Likud Party, already in turmoil
after the resignation of two prominent members and fearful of further
defections. And it injected an atmosphere verging on Greek tragedy
into a political season already packed with drama and suspense.
"I have been friendly with ...