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THE INTIFADA dragged on, becoming a way of life in
Israel, draining the economy and dividing Israelis
over the government and army's role in protecting
the populace and quelling the violence. Resourceful
settlers used screens to protect their autos
from rock-throwers.

ANGER AND ANXIETY increased in Israel as a result of the violence of the intifada, as some settlers blamed the army
for failing to protect them. There were incidents of vigilantes roaming Arab areas, beating up civilians.

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ISRAELI FRUSTRATION boiled over at several funerals for Jewish victims of Intifada violence, and Prime Minister
Shamir, shown here seeking the shelter of his car, was heckled by mourners.

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souls, by ensuring that the flow
of Jews from Moscow to
Jenisalem will continue and in-
crease? With reports of at least
500,000 Soviet Jews prepared to
leave for the West in the next

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decade, the situation presents a
true challenge to the Zionist
dream — a challenge to make
absorption, employment and
socialization in Israel viable
enough to attract new blood to
a Jewish state grown weary
from verbal and physical
bloodletting.

SHIMON PERES suffered a series of political
setbacks this year. His Labor Party was
outmaneuvered by Likud in forming a coalition
after national elections and fared poorly in local
elections;and his new post as Finance Minister
has kept him out of key decision-making in the
cabinet.

A Defensive Israel
For the most part, Israel was
on the defensive this year, diplo-
matically and militarily, strug-
gling to combat new Palestine
Liberation Organization prestige
and ongoing intifada violence.
Powerful images endure of
Yassir Arafat shocking the

world last winter when he final-
ly uttered the magic formula—
renunciation of terrorism,
acceptance of United Nations
Resolution 242 and recognition
of Israel — after proclaiming a
Palestinian state. And though
there has been bitter debate
over since over the veracity of
that pledge, it was enough for
Washington to open a dialogue
with the PLO.
In the Jewish world, Israel-
Diaspora relations were shaken