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...bill currently before the Israeli Knesset, however, threatens to shatter such illusions of an Israel with a democratic core. The "Third Amendment to the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance of 1948" was passed by the Knesset on its first reading in May, and is expected to pass again at its second and final reading sometime this month...
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...
Israeli officials insist they had indeed considered the possibility of a backlash by Hizballah. Rabin told the Knesset on Wednesday that the government had taken into account all possible outcomes, "including the event that took place, and worse." He did not say whether it had concluded that an American hostage might be executed or whether it had anticipated the U.S. public outcry over the Higgins outrage...
...Prime Minister's belated attachment to Camp David is particularly curious since he originally denounced the accord as a sellout to the Arabs and abstained when it was approved by the Knesset. Moreover, pushing provisions that Palestinian leaders are sure to reject puts him all the more out of step as he unfurls his peace initiative...
I.D.F. generals have been among the strongest advocates of a political solution. Chief of Staff Shomron told the Knesset that the I.D.F. could not eradicate the intifadeh because "it expresses the struggle of nationalism." But however much the generals yearn for a political settlement, they prefer to use every weapon available to fight the uprising without legal and political constraints. The army's job, Shomron added, is "to enable the political echelon to negotiate from a position of strength...