o-
Israelis, trembling every time
the police approached him
and demanded: "Hawiya!" —
Arabic for ID card.
Few knew Binur's secret.
One who did was Feisal al-
Husseini, a Palestine Libera-
tion Organization supporter
and Arab leader in the ter-
ritories. Al-Husseini gave
Binur a letter asking that he
be given all assistance in his
project. Binur describes the
letter as his "insurance
policy; it could save my life in
a tight spot."
Another who knew Binur's
real identity was Yisrael
Cohen, who took photographs
for the six-month project.
Cohen helped Binur smuggle
away some of his notes, which
the journalist wrote on small
scraps of paper he kept close
to his body. Sometimes, he
even wrote notes on his skin
about his experiences.
While Binur never left
behind his Israeli identity, he
said he felt power as an Arab
when he went, as "Ali," to
volunteer for work on a
kibbutz.
He stood in a long line of
Jews before finally reaching
the desk of the kibbutz
secretary. "It was clear she
wanted to get rid of me,"
Binur said. "She didn't know
what to do with me. At that
moment, I felt such strength."
Binur learned that the
Palestinians' "national
dream is the destruction of
the State of Israel," just like
some Israelis wish for an end
to the Palestinian people, he
said.
"But those are just dreams,"
he added. Most Palestinians
are aware of political reality
and do not envision the
destruction of Israel.
Binur said some have de-
nounced My Enemy, My Self
as too critical of Israel. The
author is not concerned by
such comments.
"When you see injustice
and when you see danger, it
only helps to speak out," he
said. "What is damaging is to
have a time bomb sitting
under your bed and not even
realize it."
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Teddy
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lost its longtime 17-seat ma-
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Citizens Rights Movement-
Shinui list, which supports
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gave him in prior elections.
Only 3 percent of East
Jerusalem Arabs turned up
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nationalists called an election
boycott.
And so the man who
somehow kept peace between
religious and secular,
Ashkenazi and Sephardi, and
Arab and Jew, is now faced
with a position he had hoped
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The some 40 percent of
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promised that his rivals
would suffer from ulcers
before he would.
Meron Benvenisti, Kollek's
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prominent demographer,
went as far as to say that the
electoral results of the City
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the city as absolute ruler
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understanding with the
religious bloc.
A week after the municipal
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more moderate religious lists
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