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I
he biggest political
story in Israel today
has all the makings of
a Greek tragedy on a
grand scale — the story of a
hero of epic proportions who,
having established his place
in history, is headed for a
disastrous fall from favor. We
have known other such cases
in our time. Winston Chur-
chill, savior of Britain and
perhaps of western civiliza-
tion, was cruelly rejected by
the British electorate in his
last years. David Ben-Gurion
underwent a similar fate in
Israel. Now the admired and
beloved Teddy Kollek, victim
of a political trap, who should
have retired with dignity as
mayor of Jerusalem at the
age of 82, has let himself be
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Teddy Kollek
persuaded to run again for
another five year term, this
despite recent operations, fur-
ther hospitalization, and
creeping ailments.
Only a year ago, having
designated his assistant
Amos Mar Haim as his suc-
cessor, he declared himself
out of the running, noting
that he certainly would never
vote for a man who would be
87 at the end of his next term.
It appears, however, that the
Labor Party was unwilling to
risk losing control of the city
where it has reigned for 28
years and twisted Teddy's
arm.
His opponent in the
November election will be
48-year-old Ehud Olmert,
whose career has been a spec-
tacular one. Raised in the
sleepy farm village of
Binyamina, he was in politics
at the age of 20 and a member
of the Knesset at 28. He serv-
Ehud Olmert
ed as Minister of Health and
as Minister of Minorities, the
latter post giving him a rela-
tionship with the Arabs and
an understanding of their
position hardly to be expected
from a Likud leader. Indeed,
despite his brashness and his
reputation for plain speaking,
he has become known as one
of the moderates on the right
of the political spectrum.
For all Thddy's talk, Mr.
Olmert told us, the Arabs of
east Jerusalem have never
been given a break. They are
entitled to a better quality of
life and a closet integration
into the overall life of the en-
tire city, a condition which he
will work for as mayor.
Settlement of Jews in the
Muslim quarter? He is
positively and firmly against
confiscation of Arab property
to permit Jews to move in, but
if an Arab is willing to sell in
good faith, and a Jew makes
the purchase, there should be
nothing to prevent him from
doing so.
Mr. Olmert would very
much like to have an Arab
running mate with him on
his slate for the City Council,
but has yet to find a single
Arab who is willing to take
the risk. Constituting almost
a third of the city's electorate,
they hold it in their power to
swing the election.
Another large group whose
support Mr. Olmert is wooing
are the haredim. For all the
problems with them, he says,
they are Jews, and he
sometimes feels he has more
in common with them than
some other Jews on the Israel
political scene with whom he
has fundamental political dif-
ferences. He finds it difficult
to understand why some Jews