Stardate 20010914.1518 (On Screen): I think the government of Israel is going to fall soon. I think the coalition is going to fall apart as a side effect of the NYC bombing. Sharon has cancelled a conference between Peres and Arafat which was originally intended for this week, and there has been a dramatic increase in military activity by Israel against the Palestinians. I think that eventually, possibly within the next three weeks, Peres will quit the cabinet and lead his party out of the coalition. This will lead to new elections, and the new government will be
more hardline because the hardliners won't have to share a coalition with moderates.
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