Minister-Without-Portfolio Ezer Weizman predicted today that new elections will be held in Israel, possibly next summer, before Premier Shimon Peres is required to hand over his office to Likud leader Yitzhak Shamir under the terms of the Labor-Likud unity coalition agreement.
Weizman, who heads the Yahad Party which is closely aligned to the Labor Party, maintained it was vital that Peres remain Premier. He said the angry debate between the Labor and Likud ministers in the Inner Cabinet over how to resolve the Taba border dispute with Egypt made clear that the unity government has exhausted its political options.
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