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Arab parties, who helped elect Barak, are
frozen out of his government.

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For their part, even though they
would almost certainly turn him
down, the three Arab parties — the
Islamic Movement-led United Arab
Jerusalem
List, the former communist
strange rerun of 51 years of
Democratic Front for Peace and
mutual csrracism is playing
Equality, and the anti-Zionist
itself out as Ehud Barak this
National Democratic Union — say
week continued the arduous.
they're insulted that Mr. Barak isn't
process of forming his new govern-
even playing the game of wooing
ment: He doesn't want the Arab par-
them.
ties, whose supporters
"I should have the
helped elect him, at his
Israeli Prime Minister-elect
right
to refuse to join
table. And while the Arab
Ehud Barak, cente?; is sur-
the
government
on
parties don't want to be
rounded by Orthodox mem-
the
basis
of
the
gov-
there, they're angry at not
bers ofpa- rliament after he
ernment's policy
being asked.
was sworn into thel5th.
guidelines," insisted
Some 95 percent of
Knesset on Monday.
Knesset Member
Israel's eligible Arab voters
Ahmed Tibi, former
cast ballots for Barak in
adviser to Passer Arafat.
last month's prime. ministerial race, giv-
Saleem Salameh, deputy editor of
ing him roughly 300,000 votes of an
the Israeli Arab newspaper A-Sinara,
approximately 400,000-vote majority.
puts it this way: "I heard Barak say
In the months prior to the election,
that he wants to bring Meretz into
Barak emissaries to the Israeli Arabs
the government because 90 percent
traveled around the country to con-
of Meretz voters supported him. So
vince them that he was committed to
what does he have to say to the 95
Jewish-Arab equality in Israel, and to
percent of the Israeli Arabs who
peace with the Palestinians.
voted for him?"
But soon after the votes were
Knesset Member Azmi Bishara
counted, Barak made it clear that he
added, "I am not disappointed in
wasn't breaking historical precedent:
Barak because I had no illusions about
the Arab parties would be kept our of
him. Barak is a right-winger. He wants
the government.

LARRY DERFNER
Israel Correspondent

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