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est in the race is not the least bit
unusual among Israelis living in
the United States.
When the first exit polls are
released May 29 at precisely 3
p.m. Detroit time, hundreds and
possibly thousands of Israelis in
this area will be nervously wait-
ing to see if Labor's Shimon Peres
or Likud's Binyamin Netanyahu
will be Israel's next prime min-
ister.
It is, as media pundits are con-
stantly reminding, a referendum
on the very future of Middle East
peace. And Israelis residing in
the Detroit area will use any
means possible to stay connect-
ed with the closely-contested
race.
Like Mr. Kaye, Raviv Schwartz
of Farmington Hills is using his
computer to track the ebb and
flow of the campaign.
"One of the reasons I feel less
out of sync than I would other-
wise has to do with e-mail and
the Internet," he said. "They've
really changed the way people
outside the country can interface
and keep up-to-date with what's
going on."
Mr. Schwartz, a confessed po-
litical junkie who favors Mr.
Peres, receives online news sto-
ries and editorials from Israeli
daily newspapers and engages
in colorful arguments in chat
groups devoted to Israeli politics.
He follows the minutiae of
campaign platforms through
Web sites of the major political
parties, and has even cast his
own, unofficial ballot through an-
other site created by a political
pollster.
In Southfield, meanwhile, Sas-
son Natan is feeling itchy at hav-
ing to watch the political
campaign from afar.
"I think every election is im-
portant, but I think you have
more tension in this election than
in any in the past," he said. "It's
very, very tight."
Mr. Natan, who favors Mr. Ne-
tanyahu, has been calling around
to various cable TV outlets to see
if any channels will carry Israeli
satellite broadcasts on election
night. _
As a backup, he said, he may
tune in to CNN and keep his
short-wave radio close at hand.
According to the 1990 U.S.
Census, more than 86,000 Is-
raeli-born people reside in the
United States, with about 930
living in the Detroit area. More
current figures are unavailable.
That some of these trans-
plants may feel disconnected to
political events in their homeland
is enhanced by the fact that the
vast majority are not eligible to
vote in Israeli elections.
Under Israeli law, only gov-
ernment officials, delegates sent
abroad by Israeli agencies and
their families may vote by ab-
sentee ballot. That's good news
for people like Mr. Kaye, the
emissary, who is in Detroit as
head of the Michigan-Israel Con-
nection. Mr. Kaye will travel to
the Chicago office of the Con-
sulate General of Israel some-
time before election day to cast
his vote.
For Israeli civilians living
abroad, however, the only way to
make their sentiments felt is to
make an expensive trip back to
Israel.
Many will.
In New York and Chicago, for
instance, travel agents are offer-
ing election-week discounts on
flights to Tel Aviv. The $599 fares
have meant three additional
flights being booked from New
York and at least one additional
flight from Chicago, according to
an El Al Israel Airlines spokesper-
son, Sheryl Stein.
And there is even a chance
both Mr. Natan, on the right, and
Mr. Schwartz, on the left, will be
among the returnees — in effect,
canceling out each other's vote.
Mr. Natan is looking into re-
ports that a settlers' group in He-
bron will pay the airfare of
anyone willing to return to Israel
and vote for Mr. Netanyahu.
"I called two people, and they
are supposed to get back to me,"
he said Monday.
Mr. Schwartz, meanwhile, has
already booked a flight, ensuring
that he will be able to cast a vote
of confidence in the peace
process. He also plans to visit
family and friends. But the odds
are slight he will run into Mr.
Natan.
As Mr. Schwartz wryly ob-
served: "People who vote for the
same parties tend to go to the
same parties." ❑
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