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Speaking before a packed audience in Jefferson Hall, Knesset-member Shulamit Aloni said civil rights abuses by the Israeli goverment violate Jewish and democratic principles. Aloni is founder and head of the Civil Rights and Peace Movement party, which holds five seats in the Knesset...
...live by Jewish values...We cannot live by them and oppress people," Aloni said. "An army cannot face people who stand up for their rights...
...Aloni stopped short of criticizing the behavior of General Amram Mitzna, who commanded Israeli forces in the central district of the West Bank until June...
...Citizens' Rights Movement is the left's answer to Tehiya, proposing direct talks with the P.L.O. and an end to the military occupation. It now holds five seats and may win up to eight. Party leader Shulamit Aloni, a former Labor member, has already informed Peres that she will join a Labor government if he adopts a more aggressive peace platform, perhaps to the point of agreeing to negotiate with a reformed P.L.O...
Within Israel, policies of compromise and mutual recognition find support from Yossi Sarid, Shulamit Aloni, Victor Shemtov, and others in the Kuesset; their sentiments are shared by prominent persons such as Mattiyahu Peled, Lova Eliav and Un Avneri outside the government. On the Palestinian side, the voices are fewer and their position is more precarious, but a moderate trend is unmistakable. Dr. Issam Sartawi, Sabri Jiryis and Abu Mazim have held talks with Israeli Zionists: Palestinian Universities to find a peaceful alternative to Begin's handling of the situation in the occupied territories. American influence could be instrumental in helping...