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Furthermore, the U.S. government, which safeguards the religious freedom of all its citizens, would almost certainly look askance at any noticeably different be- havior on the part of the Israeli govern- ment. Finally, the Israeli government must con- sider the various constituencies within its own coalitions. Because of its unique par- liamentary system, the Israeli government relies heavily on the patronage of relatively small "religious parties" — precisely the groups which most vigorously oppose the Mormon project. The Agudat Israel religious party intro- duced a "no confidence vote" recently in the Knesset over the continuing construc- tion of the Mormon Center (which was easily defeated), and several other religious parties have hinted that their further sup: port for either of the two major parties (Labor and Likud) would be contingent upon that party's demand to stop construc- tion of the Mormon Center. Although the present government has established a spe- cial commission to "keep an eye on" the progress of the Mormon Center (which is at least a year away from completion), such a move seems primarily to be an effort to placate those opposed to the Mormon project. What has become clear is that it is al- most, certainly too late to abort the Mor- mon project or even to move it to another, less "threatening" location. (The Mormons have refused all such offers.) Despite a near- total consensus among Israelis that the government made a mistake in first grant ing the Mormons a campus so close to He- brew University, most Israelis, according to Wolf Blitzer of the Jerusalem Post, "agree that Israel . . . would be making an even greater blunder if it now killed the Washington's Mormon temple, used for Mormon project." ceremonial purposes and not accessible to Mounting support for the Mormons, par- the public, is reminiscent of the great ticularly among American politicians, leads Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; very . one to believe that any Israeli attempt to • different in style from the study center in stop the project would constitute a grave Jerusalem. risk in terms of Israel's image and its con- muster to support our claims [to Jeru- tinued support from abroad. Such a scen- salem]." ario, according to one noted Israeli analyst, In the foregoing assessment, Goell hints "would make the Pollard affair look like at the second major Concern of the Israeli child's play." One certainly hopes not. government: continued support from Whether any reasonable solution can be abroad, namely from the United States reached between the opposing camps re- government. Though they only comprise mains to be seen. But unless both sides can three percent of the total population, the somehow come to a common understand- Mormons constitute a powerful political ing, the issue of the Mormon Center in and economic force in America. (Several Jerusalem is likely to be an issue which will commentators have noted the parallels to haunt the Israeli political scene for years American Jewish power.) to come. 0 Thus, any attempt on the part of the group, the "Kingdom of Israel" will be established only with the coming of the messianic age.) Of all the parties involved in the conflict, the Israeli government is responsible for any final decisions concerning the Mormon Center. Thus, it is the Israeli government which must weigh the claims of the com- peting interests (the Mormons, their oppo- nents, the Jerusalem power structure, and Israel's allies abroad), keeping in mind the national interests of the State. First of all, the Israeli government is in- terested in Israel's image abroad. As the only self-proclaimed western-style demo- cracy in the Middle East, the Israeli gov- ernment is concerned with what might ap- pear to be a violation of religious freedom on the part of the Mormons. While such religious freedom may or may not be an "essential feature" of all demo- cracies, Israelis, and Jerusalemites in par- ticular, pride themselves on their long trad- ition of religious tolerance. 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