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DATE: SATURDAY, June 9, 1990                   TAG: 9006090047
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: JERUSALEM                                LENGTH: Short

SHAMIR'S HARD-LINE COALITION CRITICIZED

Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir formed a right-wing government on Friday that drew immediate criticism for its hard-line policies on the Palestinian uprising and on Jewish settlements in occupied territories.

The formation of the new coalition broke a political deadlock that began March 15, when the government collapsed after Shamir failed to endorse U.S. proposals for peace talks with the Palestinians.

The new government, which still needs parliamentary approval, said it would expand settlement in the occupied lands and indicated it was prepared to use harsh measures to quell the 30-month-old Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

In addition, the new government's policy guidelines rule out any talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization and any negotiations concerning the status of Jerusalem.

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