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Orthodox
political parties
have become
kingmakers in
national
elections.
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It should be noted that even in
Meretz, a party to the left of Labor
and hitherto a militant opponent of
religious coercion, there are people
who urge a partial rapprochement
with the Orthodox, mainly in order
to avoid torpedoing Barak's bid for
the premiership.
Thus Meretz Knesset Member
Dedi Zucker recently called on his
party to differentiate between legiti-n_,
mate and superfluous battles with
-
religious groups. "In my eyes,"
Zucker said, "it is superfluous to
clash over the Sabbath closure of a
road that runs through a neighbor-
hood that is almost completely
Orthodox, or to create a rumpus
over every declaration made by
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef."
Holding similar views is another (__/
Meretz luminary, Professor Amnon '\
Rubinstein. He has just declared: "We
don't intend compromising on civil
rights or pluralism, but we are Jews
and want to remain Jews. I'm unwill-
ing to accept a situation in which a
person who goes to synagogue on
Friday night will consider himself
incapable of voting for Meretz."
If even Meretz is looking for sup- (-±
port from the Orthodox, then a
Labor Party headed by Barak will be
looking harder still. ❑
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1997
of a compromise solution like the
one that was finally reached, namely (--\
that the street should be closed dur-
ing Sabbath prayers."
Asked about another thorny ques -`\
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tion on which Barak has remained
silent — namely the appointment of
Reform representative Joyce Brenner
to Netanya's Religious Council —
Jacobs says that the Labor Party chief c_-/
favors compliance with the Supreme
Court decision in favor of her
appointment, but would prefer that
the parties concerned reach a compre-'
mise on such issues rather than having
them decided upon by the courts.
MEL FARR, SR.
PRESIDENT