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Show ‘The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD Thursday, May 6, 1999 ‘Decis ise Orthodox Christian Country Awaits Pope Israel's electorate goes to the polls on May 17 ~ and while the choice of timefor prime minister is almost certain to be between Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, voting by proportional i tion ensures the makeup ofthe governmentwill be a great deal more complicated future Political spectrum (Knessetseats 1997-99) 1 Third Way 4 Se poeet Meretz 9 Arab Democratic Party 4 oO Za = Parties have ee forSee a working majority Democratic List § ———] Big issues andpolitical horse-trading Religion Many secular Israelis resent the influence of the religious minority — 2» cs RIGHT Kiryat Peace process Settlers in West Bank, Gaza and Golan could block ‘and for peace’ with Palestinians and Syria respectively Settlers Golan Heights: 14,000 Alienated Arab electorate and ethnic polarization betweenpoorer Sephardim (Mediterranean/Middie Eastern Jews) and ‘establishment’ Ashkenazim (Jews of Eastern European origin) Hala @)) Tiberias cathedral, the popewill rest for Romania vices with Orthodox clergy first time a pontiff has set foot in an Eastern Christian country and Eastern Christianity in 1054. Twenty specialtrains are being Theinvitation to visit this pre. Christ intended.”” The Romaniantrip could pave the way for a visit to Russia, a bitter dispute with Eastern Rite resisted overtures from the pope for improvedrelations as well as a Catholics The pontiff has been seeking to improverelations between Ortho- ing is inopportune, however. because of NATOairstrikes against Orthodox Serbs in neighboring Yugoslavia. However. priests in Orthodox dox and Catholic Christians, and ing this can bring the churches closer together. “Mayit be the beginning of the end of disunity,” Rev. Steven Hughes, an Anglican clergyman, said at services Wednesday. “We pray that the church will be as papalvisit, fearing the Catholic church could undercutits authority. Some Orthodox Romanians said they think the pontiff's tim- churches around Romania en- couraged people to attend services held bythe pope, describing the visit as a momentousevent for Christianity. ‘Thethree-daytrip featuring in- POE Cur Polls Show Trouble for Netanyahu Saye '100-'600off -C. Russian immigrants, seen as key in May 17 election, are shifting toward rival JERUSALEM — Russian immigrant voters, viewed by manyasthe decisivefactor in the past two Israeli elections, are shifting support away from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and towardhis main rival in the May 17 vote, accordingto polls. Analysts say the trend could spell the difference in what is increasingly a tight, two-man race between Netanyahu, the conservative Likud Party leader, and Ehud Barak, who headstheleft-of-center Labor Party. Support for Center Party candidate Yitzhak Mordechai is droppingfast, the surveys show. Pollsters note that Netanyahu still has a majority of the huge Russian vote, which is estimated to include 14 percent of Israel's 4.2 million registered voters. And they caution that the race is far from settled, with at least 10 percent of poll respondents saying theyarestill undecided. But, according to surveys by independentpolling firms, the Russian immigrant Israel With Immigration Party and, reportedly, by the Likud Party, the prime minister is slowly losing ground to Barak among those immigrant voters, in a shift that has helped the Labor leader open an overall lead of about 8 percentage points in most polls. The numbersdiffer slightly from poll to poll but suggest that Netanyahu’s support among the Russians, traditionally one of his most loyal constituen- cies, has slipped from about 70 percent of voters surveyed several weeks ago to 60 percent now. Barak’s share of Russian voters has climbed proportion- KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE down onstickball. That's the kind of backlash now flogging officials in Mexico City who passed a new code that requires kids to get their neighbors’ permission beforethey start kicking a ball around the neighborhoodstreets. If a neighbor complains, the parents of players could be fined as much as $100. Repeat violators could be jailed “It's a tragedy,” said Israel Lopez Hernandez, a star forward on Mexico City’s Pumasprofessional soccer team, Lopez Hernandez, 24, grew up onthestreets of the Mexican capital, honing his foot skills each afternoon with a vigorous game of “cascarita” — peeling the skin off a soccer ball. “For those of us who grew up with no place else to play, street soccer was the only wayto learn the game," he said. “That's the way it’s been done for decades.” In a city of at least 10 million people where soccer fans take YS the top polling organizationsin Israel. “If it’s less, he’s in deep trouble. But with less than two weeksto go to election day, both Likud and Labor are scrambling after the Russians, launching telephone canvassing operations and courting Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet refusenik who headsIsrael With Immigration. At a news conference Wednesday, Netanyahu announced new government benefits — including municipal tax cuts and housing aid — for 30,000 World Israel from the Grandfather Clock *Antique cherry finish with broken ped- ‘he ministry, with authority over citi- street soccer. “What we want are harmonious relations between neighbors and respectfor others That meansthat the streets are for vehicles, not games.” In this city, clogged with bad drivers, street vendors and gangs, Salinas said legislators were simply acting on public demands to get tough on everyone from ticket scalpers and graffiti artists to people caught wasting water or creating traffic hazards. The new asures — accepted ly by thecity’s legislature — were never intended to trap kids who converge over a ball on a narrow street “I don't believe we are blocking the game,” Salinas said. “That would be criminal, What wewant is to prevent criminal behavior on Newspapers have deplored the game of choice, especially for poor kids who need only a ball outery has reached a crescendo public streets,” Street soccer is Mexico City's Rite Catholics. the two churches issued a joint statement earlier this year in which they promised to resolve the conflicts through dialogue — a movethat pavedthe wayforthe pontiff'svisit The Eastern Rite Catholic Church, Romania's second larg est, recognizes the pope as its to) authority. The Romanian Orth: dox Church’s spiritual leader in i Istanbul. er's D hah . fouls “Marguerite” «lee. ~~ White dial with brass finished bezel and triple crown finial. Features Quartz battery movement. 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