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Anti-religious vandalism
erupted with the arson attack on
the Bnei Benjamin synagogue in
Tel Aviv, followed on the,
Shavout holiday with the ran-
sacking of yeshivas in Tel Aviv
and Yavniel and swastika daub-
ings on the Great Synagogue in
Tel Aviv, among other acts
hitherto unheard of in Israel.
Vandals broke into Hidushei
Harim Yeshiva in the Ramat
Hayal quarter of Tel Aviv and
went on a rampage, destroying
prayer books, bibles, copies of
the Talmud and phylacteries.
The walls of the yeshiva, which
is run by the Gur Hasidim, were
daubed with slogans such as
"Khomeini-ists," a reference to
the Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho-
meini who imposed a theocratic
government on Iran; "Organiza-
tion against Blacks," a reference
to the black garb worn by ultra-
Orthodox Jews and "Down
With the Black Parasites."
In Jerusalem a burial society
van was attacked by anti-
religious elements. Religious
books were destroyed in a school
in Yavniel and slogans were
painted on the walls of the
school building and on homes
denouncing the local rabbi.
Peres told the Knesset that
the problem was not the
religious-secular argument itself
"which could be a fruitful and
healthy part of national life" but
"the way in which we conduct
that argument." He said the
great majority of the nation was
"united in the campaign against
extremism, against incitement,
against breaking the law and
against violence... There is no
place for compromise in this
struggle," the Prime Minister
declared.
Emphasizing the gravity of re-
cent events, Peres warned that
the word "hurban", destruction,
did not denote only spoilation
from without. It also meant
fatal upheaval from within.
"Just as the Israel Defense
Force stands ready to defend the
State from without, so now a
body of citizenry must evolve,
determined to protect the fabric
of society from within," he said.
Peres' speech appeared to be a
careful attempt to place the
government and himself in the
middle ground between religious
and secular elements. Most of
Israel's leaders, he said, are
united on three principles: They
oppose religious coercion, they
oppose anti-religious coercion
and they favor maintaining the
status quo on religious matters.
The problems that have arisen
are focussed on interpretations
of the status quo "when life
itself if not static"and the status
quo evolved and charges in dif-
ferent towns and local author-
ities around the country at dif-
ferent times, Peres said. "I have
no words to condemn the at-
tacks on synagogues," he said.
"The people will never forgive
these acts."With respect to the
religious war on bus shelters,
Peres cited an article in the
Criminal Code which forbids the
publication of any material that
"grossly offends" people'
religious beliefs. On the other
hand, he said, it is up to the
courts and the legal system to
determine the extent, if any, of
such an offense and no citizen
may arrogate to himself the
right to decide. Peres concluded
by urging all Israelis and Jews
everywhere "not to fan the
flames but to emphasize what
we hold in common, to deepen
our dialogue with each other,to
respect tradition,to defend the
essence of Judaism and main-
tain democracy."
Meanwhile, Police Inspector
General David Kraus met with
his senior staff to plan increas-
ed police patrols, both uniform-
ed and plain clothes in "sen-
sitive" areas. The idea is to catch
vandals, religious or anti-
religious, in the act of destroying
property.
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The Danger From Within
BY ZE'EV CHAFETS
Special to The Jewish News
In recent days the clash be-
tween Israel's secular majority
and the country's ultra-Orthodox
extremists has reached what
President Chaim Herzog calls "a
state of emergency." For months,
the black hats, as they are known
without affection throughout Is-
rael, have been waging an in-
creasingly open campaign to de-
molish bus stops that carry what
they consider provocative adver-
tisements. Dozens of shelters
were burned down or defaced,
while the police did com-
paratively little. Secularists
warned that this official apathy
would bring about a backlash,
and this week their predication
came true. Two Tel Aviv
synagogues were vandalized and
swastikas were painted on the
wall of the city's central
synagogue.
The attacks on the syna-
gogues rightly shocked the
public and the politicians. What
happened in Tel Aviv evoked
dark memories of pogroms. Rab-
bi Avraham Shapira, an ultra-
Orthodox MK, called for legisla-
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