Jewish Business in Curacao Down but Not Out in 535,000,000 Riot By EDNA AIZENBERG CARACAS, Venezuela (JTA)— Most Jews in the Netherlands West Indies colony of Curacao are prepared to salvage the damage done to their business establish- ments in last Friday's rioting even though it may take as long as three years to recoup the losses put at $35,000,000, according to Lionel Capriles, a leader of the Island's Sephardic community and presi- dent of the Curacao Chamber of Commerce. The rioting, which stemmed from a wage dispute at Curacao's oil refineries, devastated the busi- ness and shipping center of Wil- lemstad and resulted in the over- throw of the government of Prem- ier Ciro de Kroon. The latter agree Tuesday to dis- solve parliament and call for new elections in a few days, as de- manded by local labor leaders. 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Elie Cohen, in this book, is credited with getting information which helped Israel in the Six-Day War. There is no reason to doubt it, except that the way the book is written, it is too easy. The author also has a tendency to glamorize Cohen and his wife, and give them imaginary dialogue which movie actors used in the 30s. What is also hard to accept is the author's statement that Cohen was witty and clever when he offers no evidence of such attributes. What is apparent is that Cohen had access to money and with a glad hand was able to obtain sycophants with access to gov- ernment and press information. As an Egyptian Jew, he could speak Arabic and came to Dam- ascus in a roundabout way from Argentina. What is also difficult to see in the book is how the Syrians suddenly began to sus- pect him. Perhaps there is more to the book than meets the eye and certainly more to the story than can be revealed. There is little of the Arab psyche revealed or the tension and torture Cohen must have experienced. He was hanged publicly in Martyr's Square in Damascus and left be- hind a wife and two children. Per- haps the personal loss was worth the effort at writing, but nothing in Ben-Hanan's book makes you feel it so. A good marriage, if there is such a thing, rejects the company and conditions of love. It tries to imitate those of friendship.—Mon- taigne. Altough Jewish-o w n e d shops were among the hardest hit by looting and burning, Jewish ob- servers described the rioting as mainly a reaction of "have-nots against the haves." They said they saw no anti-Semitic overtones although there are strong anti- white elements among the rioters. Jewish and non-Jewish shops were hit indiscriminately. A high proportion of Curacao's business, particularly that catering to tour- ists, is Jewish-owned. In addition to the physical dam- age sustained, they now face the loss of the tourist trade. Friday's outbreak, which labor leaders claimed were caused by profes- sional agitators, virtually emptied Curacao's tourist hotels. Unofficial estimates said 70 per cent of the island's businesses was destroyed. Tourist trade, apart from the oil refineries, is the mainstay of Curacao's economy. The island, 40 miles off the coast of Venezuela, a duty-free port, attracts large volumes of tourists and is visited by many cruise liners. Its shops, which are to a great extent Jewish-owned, are located mainly on the narrow Heerenstraat shopping center. They depend almost entirely on tourists to whom they offer per- fumes, jewelry, liquors and handi- crafts from all over the world. have completed their army serv- ice. The four basic disciplines to be studied are electronics, me- chanics, chemistry and nuclear en- gineering. 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