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Taking Stock

Peace-seeker Ehud Barak marks
a first year in office amid street fights
and political turmoil.

the nation, to end the abrasive divi-
sions between Israelis that his prede-
Israel Correspondent
cessor, Binyamin Netanyahu, had
sought to exploit for political benefit.
Jerusalem
After a year, though, most of Barak's
s May 17 passed, marking
goals remain as distant as they were
the one-year anniversary of
when he spoke so confidently to that
Ehud Barak's election, the
wildly cheering, dancing crowd on elec-
Israeli public seemed to be
tion night in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square.
getting used to the idea that this
This week, he won a "victory" on
prime minister would not live up to
the Palestinian track that showed how
the expectations he'd set for himself.
little progress has been
Which, for Barak, was merciful
made there in the last year.
— nobody could meet such an
Palestinian
The Knesset approved the
impossibly high standard.
demonstrators
transfer of Abu Dis and
Barak, one of Israel's most
throw stones at
two other Jerusalem-area
accomplished military men,
Israeli troops in
villages
— which amount
Ramallah.
swept into office on the
to about 0.25 percent of
promise to end the century-
the West Bank — to full
old Israeli-Arab conflict, to
Palestinian control.
make peace with the Palestinians,
This seemingly innocuous move
Syria and Lebanon by this summer.
passed only with the support of the
As an afterthought, he pledged to
opposition Arab political parties,
bring salvation and comfort to the
while it was opposed by Barak's senior
nation's poor and humiliated, by
partner in the coalition, the Shas
pulling the economy out of recession
(Sephardi Orthodox) party. It also led
and making sure the country's wealth
the National Religious Party to
was divided more equally.
announce its departure from the gov-
Above all, Barak vowed to be
ernment, leaving Barak with a bare
prime minister of everyone — to heal
majority in the Knesset.
Related editorial. page 39
In the streets of Jerusalem, tens of

LARRY DERFNER

