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...election is also a referendum on the legacy of a man who has virtually vanished from public sight: Menachem Begin. Whether proclaiming his dream of Eretz Yisrael, whose biblical boundaries include the West Bank and Gaza Strip, or defending the controversial 1982 war in Lebanon, Begin hewed to a pugnaciously righteous course that evoked passionate reaction from supporter and foe alike, at home and abroad. Without disavowing Begin's policies, Shamir has tried to steer a course that appears more moderate, at least in tone. Peres, who, like Shamir, possesses little of Begin's fiery charisma, opposes much of what...
Even those who promote the settlement policy have not offered a satisfactory solution to the real dilemma: how to treat the West Bank's 800,000 Arabs. Shamir favors a form of "limited autonomy," to be negotiated with Jordan, under which the West Bank and Gaza Arabs would have control over taxes and police, for example, but not over such matters as water, security and immigration. Though Peres is less specific, he has promised to suspend the construction of new settlements immediately. He would also turn limited administrative powers over to the Arabs without waiting for Jordan to join...
...many Israelis, the government's policies present Israel with its most serious moral dilemma. Counting the Gaza Strip's 450,000 Arabs, Israel now rules more than 1.4 million people who do not enjoy full rights and have no loyalty to the state. If Israel continues to deny those rights to what amounts to 25% of the people under its control, it will erode its democratic principles. But if Israel accepts them as citizens, the country will become a Jewish-Palestinian state, erasing its heritage as the Jewish homeland. "When you think of this situation in the light of Jewish...
...handcuffed and the other with only a trace of blood on his face, away from the scene. Israeli military censors immediately banned publication of the photos, but the editor of Hadashot, a Tel Aviv daily, took one of the pictures to Banny Shuiel, the village in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip from which the terrorists came. Relatives quickly identified the shackled man in the photo as Majid Abu-Gumaa, one of the four dead Palestinians. Only after the New York Times published an account of doubts about how the deaths occurred did Defense Minister Arens ask a retired army major...
Israeli military censors have banned the publication of both pictures. But Hadashot Editor Yossi Klein took Libak's photograph to Banny Shuiel, a village in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip from which the terrorists came. Relatives and neighbors immediately identified the handcuffed man in the picture as Majid Abu-Gumaa, one of the four terrorists. On the other hand, Klein also showed the photo to the bus driver and four passengers; all five said that the man was not one of the terrorists. "I can't say the matter is clear-cut either way," Klein told TIME Jerusalem...