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Netanyahu:
	Pre-election CW:  Bubblehead but good at sound-bites.
	Day-after CW:   Likely to turn out to be a reasonable fellow.
`	Post-tunnel CW:   Bumbling amateur  OR  Fanatic ideologue.

Peres:
	Pre-election CW:  Visionary statesman.
	Post-election CW:  Shimon who?
	Reality check:    Indefatigable Conniver.

Chairperson Poopoohead:
	Pre-election CW:  Unshaven Teddybear.
	Post-tunnel CW:   Corrupt Conniver,  but Only Game in Town.

Israel:
	Pre-election CW:  Blessed are the Peacemakers.
	Post-election CW: A stiff-necked race.
                       
Rabin:
	Pre-assassination:     Stupid  but honest.
	Post-assassination:    He died for our sins.
	10 months later:       RIP. 

Haim Ramon:
	As candidate for Histadrut:  Camelot in Israel.
	As undertaker of Histadrut:  Yuppie Sleaze.

Yigal Amir:
	Pre 11/95:   Cute little Temani:  The Pride of Israel.
	Post 11/95:  Satanic smirk.
	Reality check:  All things equal (per impossible), an                              historically critical assassination.