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may just be a matter of time
— once again — before the
Gazans are quietly hired
back.
And I, a nominal left:
winger, an opponent of the oc-
cupation, am entertaining
options I never would have
before.
Fire them all and let some-
body else worry about their
families? Go in there, Sharon-
style, with overwhelming
force, and just sit on them?
Pull out of the peace talks unl
til they stop the violence?
Carry a gun at all times?
I don't know. I don't know if
anything will work. I do know
that this constant threat of
murder, and the regularity
with which Jews have been
dying here lately, makes
every other consideration
secondary to the need to stop
this killing.
For the record, the names
of the Palestinians shot to
death by Jewish civilians
were Naim Mahmoud and
Juma Abdel Aziz Misk. I hon-
estly wish I could still care.
Noon: The radio is updat-
ing the morning violence. The
American stabbed in Afula is
not a tourist, but an immi-
grant. The Druze shot by the
Jew in the Golan is still in
critical condition. The two
Jews run over near Ramallah
are dead; a Jewish eyewit-
ness says it did not look at all
like an accident. No names
are released.
Two more dead Israelis,
and the afternoon is just be-
ginning. ❑
OWL
Jews Hope. For Liberal
To Replace White
Washington (JTA) — Jewish
groups are welcoming Presi-
dent Clinton's opportunity
to appoint a judge more
sympathetic to their views to
replace Supreme Court
Justice Byron White, who
announced last week that he
would be stepping down
from the court this summer.
In his 31 years on the ben-
ch, Mr. White, a centrist
conservative appointed by
President John Kennedy,
tended to be on the opposite
side from much of the Jewish
community on issues involv-
ing church-state relations
and abortion rights.
Based on the president's
past statements, the ap-
pointee is likely to be more
liberal than most of the
justices currently serving,
and would help balance the
court's tilt to the right in re-
cent years.
In a 1990 freedom of re-
ligion case, Mr. White ruled
with the majority that state
governments could have
greater leeway in outlawing
certain religious practices.
That ruling, involving
ritual use of the
hallucinogen peyote by Na-
tive Americans, has caused
great concern in the Jewish
community. Jews are afraid
that the decision could re-
strict such ritual practices as
kosher slaughter.
The ruling spawned a bill
now pending in Congress,
the Religious Freedom Res-
toration Act, which would
makes i
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government to encroach on
freedom of religion. A broad
range of religious groups
support the legislation.
Mr. White dissented in the
1973 Roe vs. Wade case
legalizing abortion, and has
continued to express opposi-
tion to abortion rights over
the years.
"The Court apparently
values the convenience of
the pregnant mother more
than the continued existence
and development of the life
or potential life that she
carries," he wrote in his Roe
vs. Wade dissent.
Marc Stern, legal director
of the American Jewish
Congress, said, following the
The appointee is
likely to be more
liberal.
announcement of Mr.
White's upcoming retire-
ment: "At first glance, it's
hard to think he's had a
defining role" on the court.
"His work product is fine,
it's not second-rate, but it's
not memorable," said Mr.
Stern.
Phil Baum, AJCongress's
associate executive director,
said in a statement that the
organization "salutes" Mr.
White on "his long years of
dedicated service."
Mr. Baum added, however,
that Mr. White's retirement
gives Mr. Clinton his first
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