Having played his Disengagement Card, says our editorial,
Ariel Sharon has been trying to make a Card
of the upcoming Palestinian Elections,
indicating that Israel will prevent them if the PA doesn’t disarm Hamas
and it is allowed to take part. In other words, “You want elections?
First, have a civil war.” Elsewhere in the region, too (Iraq, Syria,
Lebanon), those who Impose
Democracy
will
wind
up
Reaping
Chaos.
Despite the freeze on political
progress, the non-release of political prisoners, and the erection of the
separation barrier, The Israeli Left Can’t Get Enough of Ariel Sharon.
And near his house in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, yeshiva
students are Digging Up the Past beneath Palestinian homes. Their
associates have tried before to blow up the mosques in the al-Aqsa
compound in order to rebuild the Temple. The beliefs are so bizarre we may
tend to dismiss them, but they threaten to Destroy the Future.
Israel’s Supreme Court judges have
had to become Contortionists, caught between the decision of the
Hague court against Israel’s separation wall and, on the other hand, the
national consensus. We follow this difficult performance.
Confrontations
between the army and anti-wall protestors have been going on for months in
the West Bank village of Bil’in. We Converse with
participants.
Finally, the Workers Advice Center has been opening new
jobs for women in agriculture. We talk with Wafah Tayara, a mother of
four, about what it was like To Go to Work for the first time in
her life. In spite of WAC’s proven success here and in construction,
harassment against it continues. The Registrar for Non-Profit
Organizations has opened
Round Two in his attempt to shut WAC down.
We present a selection of letters from the many Israeli organizations and
individuals who have told him to let WAC get on with its work. (See also
the WAC
website.)
Challenge may now be
reached at P.O.B. 35252, Tel Aviv 61351, Israel (visiting address: Rehov
Ha-Aliyah 43, Second Floor). The new phone number is 972-3-537-3268. Fax:
972-3-537-3269.
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