Premier Menachem Begin told the Cabinet Sunday that the Cabinet, at its session next Sunday, coming after the completion of the evacuation of the terrorists from Beirut, would hold a comprehensive “summation” debate on the war in Lebanon, its causes, its development and its security and political results. At the proposal of Finance Minister Yoram Aridor, the Cabinet approved a reduction of five billion Shekels in the budgets of various ministries to be transferred to the defense budget as part of the funding of the war effort.
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