We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
JOAN & JERRY PENFIL
FLO & MORT KASOFF & FAMILY
ALICE & MAX KUSHNER
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Arab Citizens:
Civil Rebellion?
NECHEMIA MEYERS
Special to The Jewish News
I
t is unlikely that right-
wing Knesset members
will succeed in their at-
tempt to deprive Mohammed
Miari of his parliamentary
immunity so that he can be
prosecuted for his contacts
with the PLO. This is because
the recent Knesset decision to
that effect, like the one of five
years ago, will probably be
quashed by the High Court of
Justice.
Meanwhile, the attack on
Mr. Miari has only increased
his popularity among Arab
voters, many of whom now see
themselves — in Mr. Miari's
words — as "Palestinian
citizens of Israel."
This self-definition has a
distinct effect on voting pat-
terns. Whereas a large
percentage of Arab voters
once supported predominant-
ly Jewish parties, well over
half now support predomin-
antly Arab parties (like Mr.
Miari's Progressive List for
Peace and the Communists)
or exclusively Arab ones (like
Abdel Wahab Darawsha's
Arab Democratic Party).
These parties compete for
Arab votes by trying to outdo
one another in expressions of
support for Palestinian
aspirations. And while Mr.
Miari, for example, denies the
charge of Deputy Minister
Geula Cohen that he is the
Knesset spokesman of the
PLO, he readily admits that
he is in the Knesset "to pro-
mote the ideas of the Palesti-
nian people, which parallel
those of the PLO in many
respects."
The issue is not only one of
parliamentary debates. In Mr.
Miari's view, "the Govern-
ment of Israel is trying to
force Arab citizens out of the
political arena by limiting
parliamentary immunity,
preventing some lists from
competing in the elections
and closing down newspapers.
If these and other discrimin-
atory measures continue," Mr.
Miari warns, "the Arabs may
boycott the elections or even
embark upon a civil rebel-
lion."
In the meantime, Israeli
Arabs have not abandoned
the political arena. Quite to
the contrary. They are now
discussing the possibility of
creating a single, strongly na-
tionalistic Arab list. The elec-
toral prospects of such a list
depend on whether it is sup-
ported by the fundamen-
talistic Islamic Movement,
which has so far kept out of
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
ROZ & SID PELTON
Plantation, FL
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
LILLIAN & HARRY PAULL
We wish our family and friends -a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
SAM, MICKIE & LISA ORECHKIN
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
LEO & ZITA WEBER
MR. & MRS.
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
EVELYN TOBIAS & FAMILY
DR. & MRS. BERNARD TOFT,
MIKE, KEN, ALYSSA
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A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All My Friends
and Family.
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
HARRY & SHIRLEY TANKSLEY
RENA & BORIS TOBES
May the coming
May the coming
year be filled
year be filled
with health and
with health and
happiness for
happiness for
all our family
all our family
and friends.
and friends.
ARNOLD, JOYCE, JASON &
JOSHUA WEINER
LEE, JULIE & MOLLIE WHITE
Chestnut Hill, MA
To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.
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SANDRA & RONALD MOSS & FAMILY
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