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The tension between the ultras and the rest of society is not new. In the Fifties, the black hats struggled to keep public swimming pools out of Jeru- salem. More recently, they have fought against archeological ex- cavations in the Old City, push- ed for a change in the Law of Return that would de-Judaize Reform and Conservative con- verts, attempted to keep Israel from going on daylight savings time and supported a host of similarl measures. Since the ultras do not frequent swimm- ing pools or go to Reform rabbis for conversions, the import of their activity is obvious — it is intended to keep the majority of Israelis from living as we choose. The ultra-Orthodox communi- ty led by the Neturai Karta sect and the followers of the New York based Satmar rabbi, claim that their efforts are aimed at keeping Israel "Jewish" , and furthering their goal of turning the country into a Torah based society. But this claim is under- mined by the fact that the ultras are non-Zionists or, in the case of the extremists, anti-Zionists. They do not accept the legiti- macy of the State of Israel, refrain from participating in its communal life and dodge the most elementary civic obliga- tions. For example, their child- ren do not serve in the Army (this year, 16,000 military ex- emptions were granted to rabbinical students); a very few of their most extreme represen- tatives have made common cause with the PLO and Israel's other Arab enemies. And, with rare exceptions, they make little or no contribution to the coun- try's economy. Living is self- imposed ghettos, they appear to the average Israeli as fanatical freeloaders. The Israeli establishment is largely responsible for this state of affairs. For almost forty years, successive governments have in- dulged the ultra-orthodox, allowed them to shirk the obliga- tions of citizenship, and to create what amounts to an auto- nomous "state-within-a-state" in their Jerusalem and B'nai Brak strongholds. Politicians have lavished public money on ultra-Orthodox institutions that deign to accept Zionist contribu- tions; and have allowed rabbis to "schnorr" funds abroad and spend them in Israel with only the mildest efforts at public ac- counting or taxation. Partly this is the result of residual respect for rabbis and rabbinical institu- tions; but it is at least in part the cynical effort of secular politicians to enlist the black hats as passive coalition partners. Diaspora Jewry, always jealous of its right to involve itself in Israeli affairs, also bears responsibility. Many of the most violent and fanatical groups are funded by contributions from abroad, often donated by well- meaning but naive 'philan- thropists. UJA money, con- tributed by non-Orthodox Jews, is disbursed to institutions that preach hatred of liberal Judaism and its adherents. (See Part Four, "Where Do All Our Dollars Go?", Page 30.) For years, Israelis have shown an amazing patience with these ultraOrthodox fanatics. Sur- rounded by enemies, the large secular (and modern Orthodox) majority have been unwilling to open a new front against fellow Jews who see themselves engag- ed in a war against the country's Zionist and democratic values. But the events of recent days, distasteful as they are, are the tip of a mighty iceberg. People here are finally getting the message: the ultra-Orthodox minority is not a quaint, Fiddler- on-the-Roof community, but a collection of violent, hostile and ultimately dangerous group. The confrontation with the ultras has become Israel's most pressing domestic issue. It is up to the sane majority of orthodox and secular Israelis to make it clear to the politicians that the situation has become intolerable, and that there will be a political price for coddling the "black hats". The tune has come for the Jews of the diaspora to reach a similar realization, and to cut off support — economic, moral and political — for the fanatics. That is not "anti-Semitism"; it is sim- ple self-preservation. Editor's note: See Editorial, Page 4. Ramat Gan • Explosion Injures One Tel Aviv (JTA) — A man was slightly injured last week when an explosive charge went off in a street in the center of Ramat Gan. The explosives had been placed in a garbage can in busy Herzl street in the center of the town. An IDF spokesman announced that security forces recently un- covered on the West Bank a ter- rorist gang which is suspected of having carried out 29 attacks in the north and center of Israel during the past year. The gang were members of the mainstream Fatah wing of the PLO. The attacks attributed to members of the gang included the placing of 10 booby-trapped explosive devices in Haifa and 10 divices in Afula. Other charges were placed in populated centers in half a dozen other towns and villages.