May 8, 1999

The New York Times reports that 2 New York-based groups financed by wealthy Americans--Chai L'Yisrael, supporting Netanyahu, and Kesher, supporting Barak--are arranging cut-rate charter flights for some 15,000 dual Israeli-U.S. citizens to fly to Israel to vote in the 5/17 elections. Israeli-U.S. dual citizens are allowed to vote in both countries, but Israel does not allow them to vote by absentee ballot. (NYT 5/8; WP 5/9; NYT, WT 5/15)