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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Southfield (Continued from Page 1) 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. 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