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win an election on its own.
Their leaders have been tarred
by scandal and none currently
in office could stand successful-
ly as his party's standard
bearer. But these leaders and
their party bureaucracies con-
trol the designation of Knesset
candidates on the party slates.
They won't write their own
pink slips by alloting favorable
ballot positions to their
younger generation critics.
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Friday, May 29, 1987
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
VISA'
The old-timers grimly hang
on to power and bar younger
men and women, who have
displayed leadership
capabilities in the lower levels
of government, from the seats
of power. The same elements,
the same groups and, to a cer-
tain extent, the same men have
governed Israel since its
establishment. There is hardly
a new, young figure in the pre-
sent regime at a time when
Israel needs leaders with drive,
energy, bold new concepts and
a strong sense of the direction
in which to move the nation.
Ambassador Lewis thought
the coalition system was work-
ing out quite well for Israel and
was, of necessity, the form of
government under which Israel
would function for some years
to come. But after Pollard, after
Irangate, after the Shin Bet
scandals and cover-ups and
after Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir publicly expressed the
hope that Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres would fail in his
quest for a Palestinian settle-
ment, the Jerusalem Post bit-
terly commented in an
editorial:
"Israelis perhaps believe they
have a government. But
abroad, there is no such illu-
sion. Foreign chancellors
understand that Mr. Peres may
have the title of foreign
minister, but speaks for
himself, just as Mr. Shamir,
though premier, speaks not for
a government but for a faction.
"What it means, of course, in
the realm of foreign policy is
that Israel is now increasingly
perceived as ruled by a govern-
ment with whom it is well nigh
impossible to do serious
business."
The conflict of ambitions and
ideologies which has paralyzed
Israel in foreign affairs, prevails
on the domestic scene as well.
It stymies efforts to come to
grips with the nation's underly-
ing problems which reflect a
national malaise and a growth
of cynicism that — as in the
United States — has involved a
loss of confidence in the nation's
leadership. There has been a
decline of morality in politics
and the marketplace, an inten-
sifying politico-religious con-
flict and a loss of patriotic fer-
vor that has seen some 480,000
Israelis — many of them Sabras
— settle in the United States
and Canada in search of a bet-
ter life.
Israel badly needs new
leadership, men and women
whom the nation can respect
and trust, and a government
united in its objectives and the
measures to achieve them. The
odds that such a government
can be created under the pre-
sent electoral system are 1,000
to one. Neither Labor nor Likud
is prepared to take the first step
towards modifying or
eliminating the proportional
representation system for fear
of alienating the Religious and
other blocs whose support
would be essential to success in
the next parliamentary elec-
tions due in some 18 months.
But various proposals for a
gradual shift over to district
In the realm of
foreign policy,
Israel is perceived
as a government
with whom it is
impossible to do
business.
voting for individual can-
didates rather than block
voting for a party slate offer an
alternative.
Rabbi Emanuel Hackman, a
distinguished Orthodox leader,
chancellor of Israel's Bar-Ilan
University, decries the
politicization of religion and
has boldly proposed one
measure that would lead
towards a solution — the
elimination of the religious par-
ties which, in recent years
"have aroused more hostility
than respect."
Religious Zionism, he says,
should "become a movement
and mobilize hundreds of
thousands to influence all the
parties to preserve the Jewish
character of the state while
resolving other issues through
the already tried political pro-
cesses. The Jewish character of
the state, however, must become
the concern of all the parties.
That is what I mean by the
depoliticization of religion
without separating religion
from the state altogether. We
must nationalize the goal and
make it the responsibility of all.
And it need not be a political
party to achieve the result."
Floating Casino
Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Royal
Princess, Israel's first floating
gambling casino, sailed from
Eilat Sunday on its inaugural
cruise along the Sinai beaches.
The converted yacht, which will
make daily cruises, is the
response of Eilat Mayor Rafi
Hochman and local en-
trepreneurs to Knesset foot-
dragging on a bill to legalize
casinos for tourists in the Red
Sea resort town.