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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

February 22, 1983

Israel's defense minister designate said his country disagreed with the US on tactical but not strategic aims. On one disagreement particularly - security of Israel's northern border - Moshe Arens seemed to follow the hard-line position of his predecessor, Ariel Sharon. Sharon, meanwhile, was reappointed to two key Cabinet committees.