the changes taking place within Israel leave the country more dependent than ever on its supporters and friends overseas- materially, to meet mounting demands of military readiness and to help turn around a badly mauled domestic economy; politically, to check unthinking anti-Zionist gestures introducted and promoted as matters of routine in international forums, even on agendas where they have nbo relevance; ideologically, to combat the insidious tendency of these anti-Zionist sentiments to turn into broader and more ominous anti-Jewish sentiments; and spiritually, to help frustrated and polarized Israelis rediscover their sense of national purpose and direction through the competing priorities in their society.