Word: beene
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He said his role was to "push for changes that in some ways have been waiting a long time to happen. There has to be people, not just words on a page."
It has long been clear to honest observers that the Israeli administration of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip--where the Palestinian uprising has been raging for almost two years--is a far cry from democracy. A series of military orders regulate the territories, and the neglect of the...
As a result, a host of non-profit, voluntary Arab organizations have been formed in recent years to provide such diverse social services as public libraries, scholarships for students, health care, assistance to the aged, day-care centers, and sports groups.
When such broad discretionary power is granted, arbitrary police actions are the inevitable result. So far, in those instances where Israeli police officers in the occupied territories have been invested with powers of arrest on such vague grounds, charges have been eventually brought against only 3 percent of those arrested...
"It may not have been the only reason, but it'scertainly one of them," says Zimmerman. "Butagain, that's what the system was designed to do,ensure minority representation."