Tsemach, was that Israelis based
their appraisal of the government
largely on domestic performance.
Yet when it came time to vote,
the public still considered Israeli-
Arab issues the dominant factor.
The government's willingness
to trade the Golan Heights for a
peace treaty with Syria was
found to be an albatross around
its neck. The administration re-
ceived a strongly negative rating
on its dealings with Syria; what's
more, respondents said this was
the single most important issue
in determining their vote.
The polls also found that the
three prospective new centrist
parties — The Third Way (main-
ly Laborites opposed to giving up
the Golan), an immigrant party
led by Natan Sharansky, and Mr.
Levy's party — would take many
votes away from the right wing.
An anticipated new Israeli Arab
party, led by Ahmed Tibi, an ad-
viser to Yasser Arafat, could be-
come the largest Arab party in
the Knesset.
Histadrut leader Haim Ramon
said the polls augured well for
Mr. Rabin and the government
in the October 1996 elections,
which will, for the first time, be
held by dual ballot — one for
prime minister, one for a politi-
cal party.
"Whoever wins the vote for
prime minister will form the gov-
ernment," Mr. Ramon noted. "I
believe Yitzhak Rabin is going to
defeat Bibi Netanyahu, and then
the Orthodox parties are going
to see no option but to join
[the parties of the left] in the gov-
ernment."
Likud member and Tel Aviv
Mayor Roni Milo said the polls
showed that the Israeli public
"wants a centrist, moderate gov-
ernment, not the extreme left or
the extreme right." Arguing that
the government was too left-
wing for Israeli tastes, he
warned his own party, "If the
Likud gets dragged along by
[right-wing] extremists, it will
lose the election."
❑
Missing Soldier
In Lebanon?
Jerusalem (JTA) — Thirteen
years after the Lebanon war, the
father of a missing soldier has
said his son and two other miss-
ing servicemen could be alive,
held by Lebanese villagers work-
ing for Syria.
Mr. Baumel spoke recently at
a news conference in Jerusalem,
marking the anniversary of the
battle in which his son and two
other soldiers, Zvi Feldman and
Yehuda Katz, were believed to
have been captu - -ed.
"According to our information,
the boys are being held by the
Lebanese, in Lebanese villages,
but under the supervision of the
Syrians," Mr. Baumel said.
Shabbat Services
for Singles
The Reform and Conservative Congregations of the Metropoli-
tan Detroit area are proud to announce the 1994-95 series of
monthly Shabbat Services for Jewish Singles. if you are a single
Jew in the Detroit community, please join us for Shabbat Ser-
vices. Services begin on Friday evenings at 8:30 p.m. and are
followed by an Oneg Shabbat, featuring a speaker and program.
The next Singles Shabbat will feature
Professor Sidney M. Bolkosky,
Professor of History
and Director of the
Honors program
at U of M Dearborn
Participating Congregatio
REFORM
Congregation ,
Temple Beth El
Temple Emanu El
Temple Israel
Temple Kol Ami
Temple Shir Shalom
CONSERVATt
Adat Shalom ,
Beth Abraham Hillel Mo
CongregatioR!ifOth
Congregation Beth
Congregation
Congregation
on
Listening for the Silences:
Interviewing Holocaust Survivors
at
Shaarey Zedek
B'nai Israel Center of West Bloomfield
4200 Walnut Lake Road
(681-5353)
Friday, August 4, 1995 8:30 PM
Professor Bolkosky has taught at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges, Concordia University in Montreal, and at the UM-
Dearborn since 1972. His professional work has included
books and articles on European intellectual history, litera-
ture, and psychoanalysis. Bolkosky recently completed the
second volume in the history of the Jews of Detroit which
incorporates oral histories as well as more standard re-
sources.
This program is sponsored by the Michigan Board of Rab-
bis, in cooperation with The Jewish News and the Jewish
Community. Center. These Shabbat Services have been made
possible by a grant from the Max M. Fisher Foundation of
the Detroit Jewish Federation
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