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Palestinians in the occupied territories are almost completely disenfranchised. All mayors are now Israeli appointed. Israel tried twice, in 1972 and 1976, to sponsor municipal elections in the West Bank and establish a measure of self-rule. But the Palestinians undermined the process by electing candidates who openly declared their allegiance to the banned P.L.O.. In 1976 the P.L.O. won a smashing victory, electing its representatives as mayors of all the major towns and villages. The Israeli response was to declare some of the contests invalid and to deport some of the winners. There has been no balloting since...
Ironically, the Israelis, far from cracking down on fundamentalist activity, had until recently raised no objection to it, hoping it would turn the youth of the territories away from the P.L.O. In Gaza the military allowed the fundamentalists to establish kindergartens, youth clubs, sports organizations and, in 1978, an Islamic college. They also permitted the building of mosques, whose number in Gaza rose from 70 in 1967 to nearly 180 today. They even allowed the Islamic sheiks to bring in money from abroad, mostly from Saudi Arabia, to support their activities...
Adin was bored at school and far more interested in the struggle to establish the state of Israel than in spiritual questions. "I am by nature a skeptic," he remarks. But the youth who looked upon believers with disdain was slowly and inexplicably drawn to faith. "I never climbed high mountains or shot lions. The way to religion was the beginning of an adventure, and a very big one," he says. "It came to the point that this world was not enough...
...club's recent success has also won them a $300 grant from the Undergraduate Council to establish a bridge library, said Cole. However, he said they have been unable to find a location...
...first step is to encourage Harvard to institute a bodily-function-for-credit system and establish a Bodily Functions Center, where students can get together to talk about the important issues facing us, to exercise our bodily functions, and to congratulate ourselves for our progressive attitudes...