The World - News from March 11, 1986
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Internal bickering among members of Israel’s Herut Party erupted into shouting and fistfights at a party convention. The fighting began when the convention refused to accredit 41 delegates supporting Housing Minister David Levy. Levy and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir are vying for the party leadership. Deputy Foreign Minister Ronnie Milo, a Shamir backer, took the rostrum and tried to speak. A delegate jumped on stage, shoved Milo and others, then knocked over the lectern and microphones. Ushers wrestled him to the floor, and order was eventually restored.
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