'Netanyahu learned from Begin that peace deals and military wins boost politicians'

One day in the summer of 1977, a few months after the political upheaval that sent the Labor Party into opposition for the first time since the State of Israel's founding, a Knesset usher entered the chamber and handed a note to MK Moshe Shahal, a member of the party. The note, with a name and phone number on it, was intended for his colleague MK Abba Eban, the then-former foreign minister; the usher asked Shahal to ensure Eban received it.

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