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WORLD, Page 38World NotesISRAELThe Big Stall
Ultimately, reality had to catch up with absurdity. Here was
an Israeli government negotiating autonomy for the West Bank and
Gaza Strip at peace talks in Washington, while a critical part
of the coalition advocated either annexing the occupied
territories or expelling the Palestinians en masse. Something
had to go, and last week it was the government's extreme right
wing. By announcing their intention to leave the ruling
coalition this week, the ultranationalists of the Tehiya and
Moledet parties virtually ensured the collapse of Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir's government and set the stage for elections as
early as May.
Their maneuver is likely to stall the peace talks. Shamir
promises to keep talking, but a U.S. official says the
coalition's fall "will raise questions about the government's
ability to negotiate and complicate its strategy formulation."