May-June 1999 No.55

• With Israeli elections coming up on May 17, Challenge turns the spotlight away from the major parties (whose programmatic similarities we discussed last time) and toward The Arab Vote, which is characterized by Deals ("Which party will boost me into the Knesset?" ) and Dilemmas ("Whom should I support for Prime Minister?").
• In Talking Politics, Yakov Ben Efrat draws the line of logic From Baghdad to Belgrade.
• Our friend Abu Tayeb is back as well, with new light on the question, Why We Arabs Should Support the Humanitarian Bombing in Yugoslavia.
• Human-rights activist Yossi Wolfson examines what happens When Palestinians Sue For Justice…
• in Israeli courts. Given the frozen state of democratic process in the domain of the Palestinian Authority (PA), student-council elections may serve as a barometer. At Bir Zeit University, students have been Punishing the PA and rewarding the Islamists, yet positions are far from clear.
• In Zurich lives one of the legends of The Palestinian National Movement. Marc Rudin (alias Jihad Mansour) joined it twenty three years ago, Painting (and fighting)

  for Palestine

  in Lebanon and Syria. He has paid a high price for his commitment. Roni Ben Efrat interviews this dedicated revolutionary.

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