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But it is in the political realm that the wave of immigration is likely to have its most profound impact. Already Labor and Likud are vying for the allegiance of the newcomers, and the outcome of their fierce political courtship could be decisive for the Jewish state, determining whether it...
Moderates like Peres argue that the presence of so many more Jews will give Israel the confidence to make sacrifices at the negotiating table. But hard- liners view the influx as a stunning victory in the demographic war against the Palestinians -- and a mandate for a Greater Israel. Critics who...
The electoral-reform movement emerged after Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's national-unity government collapsed last March in bitter disagreement over the peace process. Since then, the two main blocs and the handful of small religious parties that hold the balance of power have engaged in an especially crude game...
Dismay over Israel's provocative settlement policies and intransigence toward the Palestinians is not the only cause of the unprecedented wave of criticism. Division and anxiety are also increasing over Israel's military ties to South Africa and the venturesome foreign policy that led to the Iran- contra affair and...
On the side, Hartman is a spiritual and political adviser to Shimon Peres, the once and would-be Prime Minister, to Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek and to a host of other politicians, philosophers and journalists, both in Israel and abroad. "The most important commodity in life, which I apparently lack...