AP Photo/Enric Mani

the effect such a move would have with-
in the Arab world and the wider interna-
tional community.
In addition, Justice Minister Yossi
Beilin is leading a group within Barak's
Labor Party that publicly opposes the
idea of Sharon serving as a senior minis-
ter in a unity government.
At least to some extent, this group
shares the broad international judgment
that Sharon's high-profile visit to the
Temple Mount on Sept. 28 was a reckless
act that triggered the subsequent crisis.

AP Photo/Avichai Niaan

turn to Arafat to end the rioting by
the kidnappers from advancing north,
From left to right:
Monday night had prompted a wave of
and efforts to rescue the kidnapped sol-
A Palestinian youth shrouded in a Palestinian
intervention by world leaders, and that
diers have since shifted to the diplomatic
flag throws stones Oct. 4 at Israeli soldiers
these efforts must now be given time to
front.
outside of a hotel, which used to be an Israeli
bear fruit.
The kidnapping affects Barak's
soldier stronghold in the West Bank town of
Barak's standing has also suffered in
because as minister of defense, he carries
Ramallah.
the wake of the Israeli army's sudden
ultimate responsibility for what was
withdrawal from Joseph's Tomb in
apparently a serious lapse of judgment
Yasser Arafat, right, and Kofi Annan, left,
Nablus on Saturday, and the Palestinian
on the part of local IDF commanders.
speak to the press after meeting in Gaza City
mob's subsequent vandalism of the
The incident also cast a pall over what
late Monday At center is Palestinian Minister
Jewish holy site, which Palestinian
Barak has projected as his most notable
of Planning Nabil Shaatwho was translating.
authorities are now trying to repair.
success since he assumed office: the IDF
The Israel Defense Force's withdrawal
withdrawal from southern Lebanon last
Ehud Barak grimaces in the northern Arab
came just one day after Barak said that
May. ❑
Israeli city of Nazareth Oct. 3 following a
Second Guesses
to leave under- pressure of violent action
funeral of the city's resident
Barak is, meanwhile, being attacked for
would be "to create a prece-
killed during clashes in the city.
several other decisions he has made dur-
dent" and therefore the army
ing the ongoing crisis.
would not abandon the site.
The premier on Tuesday rejected criti-
The premier has also
cism of his decision to extend the 48-
been weakened by Saturday's
Join with our community and anxiety, we call upon all
hour period he gave the Palestinians to
kidnapping of three Israeli
end the rioting.
in support of the people of
members of our Jewish com-
soldiers by Hezbollah gun-
Israel:
The premier said his initial ultima-
munity to show Israel's peo-
men. The IDF failed to stop
Monday, Oct. 16
ple that we stand with them
5:30 p.m.
in unwavering support," said
Yeshivat
Akiva
Detroit Connection
Rabbi
Marla Feldman of the
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a a ot
21100
W.
Twelve
Mile,
Jewish
Community Council
Daphne
section
of
Those Israelis with familial ties to
between Evergreen and
of Metropolitan Detroit, co-
Jerusalem, right across the
Detroit see danger acuording to where
Lahser, in Southfield
sponsor with the Jewish
street from East Jerusalem,
they live.
Federation of Metropolitan
he has seen Israeli and ,gait
Ruth Littmann Ashkenazi said the
At this time of conflict
Detroit.
kids N=eiring and throwing
violence began while she and her son,
rocks at each other outside
Ben, were visiting her parents in
his building.
Michigan. Since her return Oct, 5 to
"The ,American media play it up to
Hoshaya, a modern--Onhodox Zionist
their home 15 minutes north of Tel
process, and the fact that the co
be a whole lot more than it is. You
community- in the central Galilee, 50
Aviv, she has seen tensions escalate on
has included Israeli Arab citizens,
come here and see it firsthand. My
television.
minutes from Haifa.
"There has been a tong tradition of
friends back home watch it on TV and
"Our suburban life feels well-insu-
"Things have changed in since Rosh co-existence and cooixration between
see the violence in Gaza, Rarnalah and
lated from the violence, " said
Hashanah," she said through e-mail.
Jewish and Arab citizens, and now a
Nablus. They think the whole country ,
The Israeli army guards us day and
Littman, who grew up in Bloomfield
new situation has been created, which
night."
is like that," he said through e-mail.
Hills and is a former-Jewish News staff
will take time to rectify." he said
But *klitio is the army? It's our chil-
"I've never encountered a problem
writer. "What we witness, we witness
through a faxed statement. "It is hard-
here ever, A lot of it depends on where dren," said Spinner, a mother of five
only on television. In the streets
er to reinforce our security force and
you go, just like any major city in
whose eldest daughter, Mira, 19, is an
around our home, people are going
keep it on alert, to accompany chil-
America -- certain parts you just dont Israel Defense Forces soldier. "Ifs our
about business as usual.
dren on yellow buses to school and
go into to."
friends' kids. It's our daughter and her
"On Yom Kippur, when all traffic
b ack, to keep the roads passable and
chevra."
He still plans to stay until next
stops, my husband and I took our son
free of roadblocks."
March, as planned and he's not
She said that the army is using min-
for a bike ride. As on every Yom
The two most serious days were
making early plans to leave.
imal force. "This takes great inner
Kippur, children buzzed around us on
erev Yom Kippur and 'tom Kippur,
"If something terrible happens,
strength. The small number of Jews
bikes, skateboards and scooters. Our
when Arabs and Jews fought in the
think about it," he said, "I may come
that have taken the law into their own
more religious neighbors, draped in
streets of Nazareth. Acco, Karnliel and
back after college. If I decide to be a
hands and acted violently towards
prayer shawls, walked to synagogue."
even in Tel Aviv-Yaffo.
citizen. I'd certainly go to military
Arabs have been condemned by Israelis
Joshua Sherman, 22, of Oak Park
In the meantime, we are doing Our
then."
publicly and privately. We must, and
took what was to be a 12-day trip to
UtITIOSt to maintain our routines.
Debby Spinner, who made alz:yab
we are holding together as a Jewish
Israel on. May 14, but decided to stay.
People are going to work as usual; we
state.
from the University of Michigan 23
Living mostly in Yeshiva Oba.
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years ago with her husband, lives in

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