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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS THE FIRST DIRECTLY ELECTED PRIME MINISTER IN ISRAELI HISTORY. SINCE HIS MAY 1996 ELECTION HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FRAUGHT WITH SCANDAL BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD. THERE IS A LIST OF DISGRUNTLED HEADS OF STATE AROUND THE WORLD, FROM BILL CLINTON DOWN, WHO HAVE CONDUCTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS WITH NETANYAHU ONLY TO FIND THAT PROMISES MADE AND ASSURANCES GIVEN WERE RENDERED MEANINGLESS BY SUBSEQUENT INACTION OR COUNTER-ACTION. A RECORD OF THIS KIND, WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN ISRAELI HISTORY, HAS EXPOSED NETANYAHU TO A BARAGE OF CRITICISM, FROM THE MEDIA TO EVERY POLITICAL CAMP; LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER. THE PROSPECTS FOR HIS REMAINING IN OFFICE ARE DISCUSSED.

THE ISRAELI PEACE NOW MOVEMENT IS A DISSIDENT ORGANIZATION THAT PROTESTS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING OF THE ARAB REVOLT ON THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP.

Considers the effects of uncertainty on the magnitude of prospective welfare gains from international macroeconmic policy coordination. Three different sources of uncertainty are studied: the initial state of the economy; the correct welfare weights to be assigned to policy targets; and the impact on the economy that economic models attribute to policy changes. (Abstract amended)