We devote most of the present Challenge to an analysis of the Israeli elections. Roni Ben Efrat looks at Who Won - Really? Certainly not the Arab parties, writes Yakov Ben Efrat:
Of Seats they got Ten, of Credibility, Zero.
Muhammad Zghayer shows how Election Fraud works in the Arab Sector.
Focusing on the Communist Party, Asma Agbarieh looks at its Crisis of Identity.
Samya Nasser comments on Azmi Bishara, the Short-Distance Runner who shot for the top in order to get to the bottom.
The ODA assesses its campaign as A Distinct Political Current.
You will also read how Abu Salem added to The Insights of Abu Tayeb - he is now convinced , we are glad to say, that Ehud Barak likes the Arabs.
But what does his victory mean for our regional neighbors? With the American-Israeli train back on track, writes Assaf Adiv, both Assad and Arafat will be Negotiating from Weakness.
Enough of elections! Yakov Ben Efrat discusses The Concept of National Liberation after Kosovo.
Locally, Michal Schwartz describes how An Arab Town Expels Collaborators.
We also report on WAC's May Day Conference and its plans for the future.
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