British Labor's M. E. Attitudes
Israel's Trade Gap
Widens Since War
JERUSALEM (ZINS)— Is-
rael's imports last year ran
49 per cent ahead of those
of 1972, but exports grew
only by 24 per cent.
In a report on the country's
'balance of trade for 1973,
the Central Bureau of Sta-
tistics said imports for the
year totalled $2,924,000 com-
pared with $1,958,000 in
1972. The monthly average
of imports—$167,000,000 in
1972—began to rise steadily
in January 19'73, and reached
$273,000,000 at the time the
war broke out.
Since October, the monthly
figure has dropped to $210.-
000,000.
The 24 per cent growth
in exports is not seen as im-
pressive since the prices of
Israel goods abroad rose by
approximately 22 per cent
in the, first nine months of
19'73.
world? There is, too, Kissin-
ger's warning against bilater-
al oil agreements, and his
anxiety lest this European
move vitiate his efforts for
a Middle East settlement.
Britain has reserved her po-
sition when this move was
agreed upon at Brussels on
the day the new government
came into office.
How will Britain react now?
It should also be noted that
the Liberals, whose role in
British politics is now much
more vital, have a consistent-
ly good record on Israel, and
their leader, Jeremy Thorpe,
is a life-long Anglck-Zionist.
41 Jewish MPs in New
House of Commons; 90
Friends of Israel Elected
LONDON •(JTA)—The new
House of Commons has 41
Jewish members and 90/ non-
Jewish members who are
good friends of Israel. 35
Jewish MPs were re-elected
on the Labor. ticket, five on
the Conservative ticket and
one on the Liberal ticket.
The Labor MPs include
Maurice Edelman, the novel-
ist; Maurice Ohrbach, direc-
tor of the Jewish Trades Ad-
visory Council; Ian Mikardo,
former chairman of the La-
bor Party; Dr. Maurice Mil-
ler, a former chairman of
Poale Zion; Greville Jan-
ner, QC, son of Lord Janner,
and Sir Meyer Galpern, for-
mer lord mayor of Glasgow.
The Conservatives include
Sir Keith Joseph, the out-
going secretary of state for
social security; and Michael
Fidler, former president of
the Board of Deputies of
British Jews.
Martin Cohen, general sec-
retary of the Labor Friends
of Israel, told the JTA that
90 members of the new House
are members of the Labor
Friends of Israel. These in-
clude Anthony Wedgwood-
i3enn, Edward Short, Anthony
Crosland, Peter Store and
Raymond Fletcher, who is
the chairman of the parlia-
mentary group of the Labor
Friends of Israel.
Non-Jewish Conservatives,
dedicated friends of Israel,
include Winston S. Churchill,
Hugh Dykes, Mrs. Margaret
Thatcher and John Gorst.
The leading Liberal non-
Jewish friend of Israel is
Jeremy Thorpe, head of the
Liberal Party.
None of the candidates of
the National Front, the des-
cendents of the British Union
of Fascists, won any seats.
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a member of the opposition
front bench. So there is room
for cautious optimism only,
perhaps very cautious.
The election manifesto of
the Labor Party itself makes
no mention of the Middle
East. - --
The new foreign secretary,
James Callaghan, has never
been deeply involved in the
Middle East. But this is what
he said in a statement during
the election campaign, pub-
lished in the London Times:
"The British Labor Party
has traditional ties with Is-
rael, and we should be faith-
less friends if we deserted
her now. Would we deserve
any respect from the Arabs
if we did so? Nevertheless,
the Labor Party's traditional
friendship with Israel does
not preclude us from estab-
lishing a closer contact and
understanding with the Arab
countries."
When Labor was in office,
during the 1967 war, the gov-
ernment imposed an embar-
go, a truly-even-handed one,
on arms for the Middle East,
but it lasted only one day.
As soon as it transpired that
other governments were go-
ing ahead with the supply
of arms to the belligerents,
the embargo was lifted. So
perhaps the ghost of Ernest
Bevin can finally be con-
signed to history, even though
it is advisable to wait a little
before assessing this gov-
ernment.
The attitude of the new gov-
ernment to Israel will soon
be tested. The Dutch have
offered to extradite the two
Arab hijackers of the VC-10.
According to the Hague con-
vention on hijacking, hijack-
ers can be tried by the coun-
try holding them or be sur-
rendered for trial to the coun-
try whose aircraft they had
hijacked.
Just before the Conservative
government quit office, it was
stated that Britain was not
inclined to try them here.
There is curiosity about the
reaction of the new govern-
ment to this offer.
A more important issue is
also demanding attention.
How will Britain react to
the suggestion, propounded by
Scheel of Germany, and sup-
ported by the others, that
the European Economic Com-
munity should develop a com-
mon apptoach to the Arab
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