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Unions must back A week of action has been called by Anti-Apartheid for June 16-26 Benson AFTER a boisterous five hour debate, Begin scraped home in a vote of confidence by 58 votes to 57 with two abstentions in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset).

His struggle for political survival can be seen as a direct reflection of the instability of the heterogeneous Likud coalition since its formation at the last election. The Likud acquired 61 out of 120 Knesset seats after five weeks of negotiations and compromises, and after conceding to most of the religious parties conditions.

These conditions possible.

"This branch/ward:

1) condemns the arrest of the SAAWU leaders and their trial with three other militants under the Terrorism Act.

2) Expresses its total support for the workers' movement in South Africa and calls for the unconditional release of all workers and militants jailed for opposing the South African government and employers.

3) Agrees to mobilise the largest possible contingent for the June 26 demonstration in York.

4) C'alls on the Executive to organise a full national mobilisation for this demonstration.

5) Calls on the Executive to call on the TUC to support solidarity action by organising total blacking of goods to and from South Africa during the action period June 16-26.

6) Calls on sponsored MPs and the Parliamentary Labour Party as a whok io campaign on thee bes in the onesiast m in Patterer. - wC ed certain limits which the government cannot overstep without risking collapse The latest political crisis was triggered by the everworsening economy. Inflation has reached unprecedented levels. In the month of April alone prices rose by 10.7 per cent.

The massive US aid has been engulfed by a foreign debt exceeding $20 billion, and has failed to redress the deteriorating state of the economy.

The ostensible reason for the no-confidence motion -inflation and the state of the economy was however pushed aside in the debate, where the opposition 'Labour Party' played no significant role. On the contrary, Peres, the 'Labour' leader, although in favour of fresh elections, stated that "Labour would not act as an aggressive opposition, harass ing the government to defeat"

"It Would" he added. "behave responsibly on the merits of the case"

Faced with his fragile majority, Begin will try to strengthen the base of his coalition by winning the support of other smal parties. Horse-trading o reported under way sie party and MPs Dra Telem (Moshe extreme nationalist grote Tehya. If he fails to aitrai their support, then Begi will have no alternative sr: to go for an election sex: winter.