The Israeli voter has a historic chance to help define the shape of his destiny.

In May 1996 a majority of Israeli voters chose to support their stand - and for good reasons.

Israel is a democracy, and so the Israeli voters bear responsibility for the actions of their state.

But the dispute does not seem to have had much effect on Israeli voters.

That unimaginative stance is not forced by Israeli voters.

Neither he nor Israeli voters wanted to see the new government beholden from the start to these fractious and ideological groups.

The plan under discussion would take the power to elect the prime minister from the 120-member Parliament and give it to Israeli voters.

Polls show that Israeli voters are far more willing than their elected representatives to support reasonable compromises as the price of a durable peace.

A3 Endorsements from Arab leaders have had little if any effect on Israeli voters.

The other distinctive thing about Israeli voters is, of course, their overwhelming concern with security.