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WORLD, Page 39World NotesISRAELThe Likud Scores Big
The nationwide municipal elections were not about road
improvements and garbage collection -- or so said Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir. "Every vote for the Likud," he proclaimed
at an election rally, "means that Israel wants no business with the
murderers of our sons." When the votes were tallied last week, his
right-wing Likud bloc had carried 44 of the 99 municipalities, up
from 26 in 1983. Elated, Shamir claimed an ideological victory for
his policies opposing both territorial compromise and talks with
the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The stunning upset ended decades of Labor Party dominance in
numerous key regions. With more Labor strongholds expected to fall
in runoff elections scheduled for next week, Labor leader Shimon
Peres grudgingly agreed to an investigation into the humiliating
defeat.
In Jerusalem legendary Mayor Teddy Kollek, 77, won a sixth term
in office with 59% of the vote. But his Labor-affiliated party,
One Jerusalem, lost its majority on the powerful city council, in
part because of low Arab turnout.