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." 0- - I' - - Lecture Series LI1 presents Martin Gilbert Official Biographer of Britain's War Leader Sir Winston Churchill At Shabbat Services: Friday, April 7, 8:00 p.m.—"Jewish Resistance: The Forgotten Heroes" Saturday, April 8, 11:00 a.m.—"Soviet Jews: Heroes for our Day" At the Brotherhood Breakfast: Sunday, April 9, 10:00 a.m.—"Churchill and the Jews" In the forefront of modern historians, Martin Gilbert has published five volumes of the Winston Churchill biography and eight volumes of Winston Churchill's collected papers. The last volume in the multi-volume biography of Winston Churchill just appeared this year to outstanding reviews. Martin Gilbert is the author of a number of significant books on Jewish themes, including Jerusalem: Rebirth of a City; Auschwitz and the Allies; The Jews of Hope - The Plight of Soviet Jewry Today, and The Holocaust. ❑ Jerusalem Mayor Facing Greater Challenges Jerusalem (JTA) — Teddy Kollek was re-elected as mayor of Jerusalem in last week's municipal elections, but he is not rejoicing. During the next five years, Kollek will have a tougher time running Jerusalem than ever. As tensions among the city's diverse groups grow, Kollek's One Jerusalem par- ty will have to govern with a lean 11-seat presence in the City Council. Kollek's party lost its longtime 17-seat ma- jority in the election after the Citizens Rights Movement- Shinui list, which supports Kollek, chose to run separately. Moreover, Kollek also failed to get the two council man- dates the Arabs customarily gave him in prior elections. Only 3 percent of East Jerusalem Arabs turned up at the polls, after Palestinian 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 he could avoid: a coalition with the religious parties, who seek to change the Temple it th El M religious status quo he has long defended. The some 40 percent of Jerusalem's Jewish popula- tion that is religious once again demonstrated that it was more skillful than the two major parties — Likud and Labor — in recruiting supporters for their ballots. But on the record, Kollek promised that his rivals would suffer from ulcers before he would. Meron Benvenisti, Kollek's former deputy mayor who went on to be Israel's most prominent demographer, went as far as to say that the electoral results of the City Council vote do not really matter, since Kollek will run the city as absolute ruler anyway. But Kollek is also a political realist. He knows that with religious representation of 40 percent, one must reach an understanding with the religious bloc. A week after the municipal elections, it is still unclear which way the new coalition will go. Kollek is likely to try to form a coalition with the more moderate religious lists — NRP, Emunah and Degel HaTorah. The Temple Beth El Bargman Lecture Series highlights the work of authors who have made outstanding contributions to the Jewish religion. 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