nothing to complain about.
Thanks to the new mayor and his
talented aides, tax collection has
improved, sports facilities have
been enlarged and drug addiction
has been virtually eliminated.
But once firmly entrenched, the
Islamic Movement may well turn
its attention from municipal mat-
ters to the promotion of Muslim
fundamentalism, a doctrine to
which it is tacitly committed.
In any case, the existence of
a buffer zone cannot prevent the
fundamentalists and the PLO
from influencing Israeli Arabs,
or ensure their loyalty to the Jew-
ish state.
Only if they feel that they have
a real stake in its well-being will
a significant number of those
Arabs feel a greater allegiance to
Israel than to the emerging
Palestinian entity at their
doorstep. ❑
Arafat Closes
Opposition Daily
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Yassir Arafat
is facing his first challenge from
within the ranks of the Palestine
liberation Organization for what
his critics have called his high-
handed closure of the An Nahar
Arabic daily, published in east-
ern Jerusalem.
His critics include traditional
allies as well as some members
of the Muslim fundamentalist
group Hamas.
Mr. Arafat's move has been
seen as a way to oppose Jordan's
recent pact with Israel, which he
views as usurping his authority.
An Nahar is a pro-Jordanian
publication.
The ban is also being viewed
as Mr. Arafat's way to control the
Palestinian press.
The ban was enforced by the
new Palestinian police force.
Mr: Arafat said the reason for
the closure was that the paper
was being published without a li-
cense. But this excuse was down-
played by his critics.
Some members of the Pales-
tinian Authority, the governing
body in the Palestinian au-
tonomous areas, have threatened
to resign if the press freedom is-
sue is not resolved.
The editor of the paper, Oth-
man Halak, said that the Pales-
tinian police had banned
An Nahar's distribution every-
where, not only in the Gaza Strip
and Jericho autonomous areas.
Mr. Arafat's critics are being
supported by human rights or-
ganizations and 35 journalists,
Bassam Eid, chief field work-
er at BTselem, the Israeli human
rights organization established
to monitor Israeli army activities
during the Palestinian uprising,
called on foreign donor countries
to withhold foreign aid to the
Palestinians until the paper is re-
opened.
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Slade Fine
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Rabbi Daniel Nevins
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Edward Codish
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