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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 12, 1998 - 7A
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Israels
ratify
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JERUSALEM (AP)- Israel's gov-
ernment narrowly ratified the land-
for-peace agreement with the
Palestinians yesterday, setting the
stage for withdrawal from West Bank
territory and an expansion of
Palestinian autonomy.
Prodded by the United States, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed
the deal through the Cabinet with far
less support than he anticipated. To
secure the votes of hard-liners
opposed to any deal offering land-for-
peace, he also attached conditions that
may provoke a new crisis.
Eight of 17 ministers voted in favor,
five ministers abstained and four voted
against the deal struck between
Netanyahu and Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat at the Wye summit in
Maryland. The plan calls for Israel to
withdraw its troops from 13 percent of
the West Bank in exchange for securi-
ty guarantees.
Approval of the deal came after
weeks of delay, caused in part by an
Islamic militant suicide-bombing
that injured 21 Israelis.
Secretary of State Madeleine
Ultra-orthodox
Israelis gain clout
Los Angeles Times
JERUSALEM - In an electoral
victory that will intensify the fight
over this disputed city's character and
future, religious and ultra-Orthodox
parties won nearly half the seats in
Jerusalem's city council, election
results showed yesterday.
The growing influence of the ultra-
Orthodox and the efforts by secular
Jews to oppose that influence represent
the greatest single social conflict in
Israel today. Antagonism between the
religious, who make up about a third of
Jerusalem's population, and the secular
has flared on numerous fronts, from
whether to close major streets on the
Jewish Sabbath to whether city money
should be spent on semi-private reli-
gious schools.
But the majority of secular Jerusalem
residents apparently stayed home for
the elections: Turnout among the reli-
gious in Jerusalem was estimated at 80
percent, compared to around 40 percent
for the secular.
Ehud Olmert, a secular candidate of
the ruling right-wing Likud Party, who
has nonetheless catered to Orthodox
demands, was re-elected mayor of
Jerusalem in a landslide.
Two ultra-Orthodox parties - Shas.
which represents Sephardic Jews, of
Middle Eastern or North African origin,
and the United Torah Judaism, which
represents Ashkenazi, or European, Jews
took 12 seats on the 31-member council.
The National Religious Party, with a
similar agenda, took an additional three
seats, for a 15-member bloc. Previousiv,
the religious parties had held 13 places.
The ultra-Orthodox demand strict
observance of Sabbath and have scuf-
fled violently with Jews who would
violate the day of rest by driving or
going to restaurants. They maintain that
they are fighting to preserve Jewish
values and live pious lives.
Extremely tight-knit and well-orga-
nized, the religious parties are easily
able to get out the vote. During the
campaign, Shas activists distributed
holy oil, amulets and candles to make
the point that voting was part of a
sacred duty that would be rewarded.
Yitzhak Kadouri, a revered Shas rabbi,
offered a special blessing.
Yesterday, haredim leaders said they
would use their council power to push
for more schools, religious day care
centers and ritual baths.
The secular, many of whom are on
Israel's political left, complain that the
haredim want to ram religion down
their throats and impose their vision of
Jewish identity on others.
An Israeli right-wing demonstrator wears a Clinton mask in Tel Aviv
yesterday, as he demonstrates with thousands of other conservative Israelis
against turning over parts of the West Bank to Palestinian control.
Albright called the vote an important
step in the peace process. The
Palestinians welcomed ratification
with caution, but dismissed the condi-
tions as "violations."
Jewish settlers, some of whom will
find themselves in isolated West Bank
areas after the withdrawal, lashed out
at the government for giving up land
that settlers consider to be their bibli-
cal birthright.
"For Sale: State of Israel, a give-
away," read a large banner at a protest
rally where more than 10,000 settlers
and their supporters gathered in Tel
Aviv as the Cabinet met.
FRATERN ITI ES
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oing to work together," Holeman
said.
Holcman added that the Greek
Social Environment Task Force will
present a report to the University and
Greek community on Dec. 11. He said
the report will focus on the role alcohol
plays within the Greek community.
Holeman said the task force,
which is comprised of 10 fraternity
*nd sorority presidents and four
alternates, hosts different themes
each week. This semester the task
force plans to talk with AAPD offi-
cers, University administrators and
community members.
- Daily Staff Reporter Jewel
Gopwani contributed to this report.
GEO
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Gamble said GSIs currently earn $16.34 per hour,
and the proposal would increase that to $22.38 per
hour.
While economic matters dominated last night's bar-
gaining sessions, a number of other contentious issues
remain unresolved.
Between now and the current contract's Feb. I expi-
ration, negotiators will have to deal with GEG pro-
posals concerning affirmative action, medical and
dental benefits, training compensation, employment
definition and non-discrimination issues.
During Tuesday's bargaining session, the GEO
negotiating team proposed two changes to the previ-
ous contract's non-discrimination clause.
Currently, some departments' graduate employee
appointment applications include questions about
tuition status. GEO Bargaining Committee spokesper-
son Chip Smith said these questions discriminate
against out-of-state applicants.
"Because the departments pay for our tuition, it
costs them more to hire out-of-state people," Smith
said.
The other proposal dealt with the "10 term rule,"
which is a University-wide policy restricting graduate
students who have been employed here for more than
10 terms from applying for re-appointment.
"The University has argued that this is not an
employment policy, but serves as an incentive to
speed the educational process," GEO Bargaining
Committee Chair Andrea Westlund said. "I don't
think shortening the time to a degree is always
beneficial, and this should be left up to depart-
ments."
Gamble said the University's team had not yet dis-
cussed the two proposals.
The University bargaining team also provided a
counter-proposal to GEO's dental proposal, but health
concerns have not yet been resolved.
"We are asking for very little from the University
on this issue," GEO chief negotiator Eric Odier-Fink
said. "I've got my hopes up."
Both sides said GEO's affirmative action proposals,
presented last week, might prove more difficult to
resolve, and Gamble said the University team is wait-
ing to see the Joint Appointment Review Committee's
report on these issues. The final version of the report
is due out next week.
The University team did present a substantive
response to one of the four GEO affirmative action
proposals, which thanked GEO for its support of
University admissions policies, but said these policies
had no place in the negotiations.
"It is such a sensitive situation right now,' Gamble
said. "It is not time to put it into a labor contract:'
With unresolved concerns piling up, GEO
members expressed dissatisfaction with. the
progress so far.
There will be a vote in the GEO steward's commit-
tee Nov. 18 to decide if the meetings should be opened
to all GEO members.
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