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Israel's haredim, or black hat religious parties,
continue to flex their political muscle.

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independent right of "hot pur-
suit" into Palestinian areas? How
deep are the buffer zones be-
tween Jewish and Arab enclaves?
How will joint patrols operate?
How will communication be-
tween the sides be sustained in
order to avoid another major con-
frontation? Do Israelis go or do
they stay? Can they trust their
Palestinian counterparts?
Partially and sometimes, Mr.
Netanyahu seems to answer.
He is trying to build into these
negotiations with the PLO cir-
cuit breakers that will best pro-
tect Israeli security, while
providing for Palestinian self-
government.
Remarking on the difficulties,
Menachem Begin's former cabi-
net secretary Mr. Aryeh Noar, no
political dove, recently wrote, "It
is always possible to find the point
of balance, ... And why reach it
drained and broken after a war,
if we can reach it without war?"
He continued, "It is hard to
make peace because peacemak-
ing involves the relinquishment
of very valuable assets, which be-
fore the process were considered
sacred and unrenounceable."
Mr. Netanyahu is forced to de-
cide with a negative crescendo
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gaining resonance in the Arab
street.
Each Israeli leader has taken
some carefully calculated risks
for peace. Menachem Begin
freely brought the idea of Pales-
tinian autonomy or self-govern-
ment to President Carter in late
1977.
Yitzhak Shamir suggested
that the Palestinians have elec-
tions and then headed the Israeli
delegation to Madrid's 1991 in-
ternational Middle East peace
conference, which he once swore
he would never attend.
Yitzhak Rabin, who histori-
cally did not trust Arafat and hat-
ed his deeds, consented to
Shimon Peres' negotiating Pales-
tinian self-rule.
Today, Mr. Netanyahu is faced
with summoning the political will
to find workable solutions when
the most difficult issues are pend-
ing.
After all, what is decided about
Hebron will influence the final
status and management of
Jerusalem. Among the questions:
In Hebron, who determines the
future size of the civilian Jewish
settlement? Will Israelis have the

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large sociological and po-
litical shift is taking place
in Israel's black hat reli-
gious world. The hared-
im, who at one time were wholly.
separate from the national Or-
thodox camp, are beginning to
overlap politcally with them.
The combination makes for
powerful political allies which
have shifted the balance of Is-
raeli politics and helped put
Prime Minister Binyamin Ne-
tanyahu into office.
The evidence can be seen out-
side Giborei Yisrael, the "great
synagogue" of the overwhelm-
ingly haredi city of Bnei Brak,
near Tel Aviv. On the bulletin
board in front of the synagogue
were advertisements for a can-
torial concert and a bridal gown
shop, along with death notices.
But dominating the board were
posters about the memorial ser-
vice for the late Meir Kahane
and for protests against the
planned Israeli army pullout
from Hebron.
"We used to have a problem
with [the national Orthodox] —
they were too close to the secu-
lar. For instance, the girls would
go out with boys before they were
married, the married women

didn't wear head coverings," said
Gideon Weber, 27, a student at
a local haredi yeshiva.
Now, said Mr. Weber, the na-
tional Orthodox are becoming
more observant, which makes it
easier for haredim to mix with
them.
More importantly, he said,
"We accept their ideology quite
fully. They follow the Torah's
teachings that all of Judea and
Samaria belongs to us, and they
are right."

"It was . a matter of
`my enemy's enemy
is my friend.' "

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A promiment haredi rabbi

There are still sharp differ-
ences, however. For one thing,
they dress differently. Haredi
men generally wear black suits
and cloaks, and are identified by
their black kippot. National Or-
thodox men dress in conserva-
tive but modern fashion, and are
categorized by the knitted kip-
pot.

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