Friday, March 7, 1975 9
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Political Parties Get $2.5 Million From Abroad
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel's political parties re-
ceive nearly $2.5 million a
year from Jewish fund-rais-
ing bodies abroad it was
announced here. Premier
Yitzhak Rabin was reported
to have been "surprised" to
learn how little of the
money was allocated to his
Labor Party compared to
what some other parties
received.
The largest single recipi-
ent is the National Religious
Party which gets nearly IL 5
million for its "Israel Fund"
while the two smaller Or-
thodox factions, Aguda and
Poale Aguda, get IL 1.5 mil-
lion between them, though
neither are members of the
World Zionist Organization.
The World Confederation
of General Zionists gets IL
2.4 million, some of which is
funneled to projects of the
Independent Liberal Party
while the liberal wing of
Lirud receives a similar sum
and Herut's Tel Hai Fund
gets just over IL 2 million a
year.
But Labor and Mapam,
which comprise Premier
Rabin's Labor alignment,
receive a total of IL 1.5
million which they share
with Histadrut, the trade
union federation. Jewish
Agency treasurer Leon
Dulzin explained that this
money comes mainly from
United Israel Appeal
funds raised outside of the
United States.
He said the Labor align-
ment's share seemed dispro-
portionately small because
Labor and Mapam benefit
from the separate Histadrut
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ducted in the- U.S. which
brings in some $5 million
annually. He said Histadrut
and Labor were reluctant to
drop the separate campaign
because they considered it
valuable from the political
and international view-
points in as much as it in-
cluded non-Jews and trade
union groups in the U.S.
Dulzin said the allocation
of funds raised abroad to Is-
raeli political parties was a
practice that has been going
on for many years.
He said that in 1966 the
parties and the Jewish
Agency Executive had
agreed to end the alloca-
tions the following year,
but the Six-Day War inter-
vened in 1967 and the fund-
raising bodies, particu-
larly in the U.S., insisted
on the greatest possible
unity in fund-raising. Be-
cause of that, the idea of
letting each party fend for
itself was dropped, Dulzin
explained.
Yosef Klarman, Herut's
representative on the Jew-
ish- Agency Executive,
claimed that his party could
raise more than its alloca-
tion in South Africa alone,
but said it went along with
the old system out of pa-
triotic considerations.
Klarman said he contin-
ued to propose that each Is-
raeli political party run its
own fund-raising campaign
abroad, stressing its own
particular brand of Zionism.
He said he believed that
would be the most effective
method to intensify Zionist
activity abroad.
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Allon Talks With W. German
Leadership Called Satisfactory
BONN (JTA) — Foreign
Minister Yigal Allon of Is-
rael ended three days of
talks with West German
leaders here. He told report-
ers he was "completely sat-
isfied" with the results
which, he said had "ex-
ceeded his highest expecta-
tions."
Allon said that Israel
would like to return the visit
paid to Jerusalem in 1973 by
the then West German
Chancellor Willy Brandt "at
the same level." That re-
mark was seen as an indica-
tion that a possible visit to.
Germany by Premier Yit-
zhak Rabin is being planned
although it was not dis-
cussed by Allon in his talks
here. Bonn's Foreign Minis-
ter Hans-Deitrich Genscher
is expected to visit Israel
next fall.
Political observers here
indicated that Allon's visit
was satisfactory to both
sides. They said the at-
mosphere had improved
vastly since Palestinian
terrorists massacred Is-
raeli athletes at the Mun-
ich Olympics in 1972 and
Israel's mistrust of Ger-
many and other European
states over the oil crisis
and relations with the Ar-
abs..
According to the observ-
ers; there seems to have
been a high degree of politi-
cal understanding between
Allon and his German
hosts. The latter expressed
concern for Israel's position
in the Middle East conflict
without abandoning its
"balanced" Mideast policy.
It is that policy, Bonn
claims, that enables it to
talk openly to both sides in
the interests of peace and
stability in the Middle East.
Genscher said on a radio
interview that Israel could
count on DM 140 million
from West Germany this
year for capital develop-
ment. That sum has been
granted regularly over the
past few years for housing,
telecommunications and
other civilian projects.
Allon's visit is the first
here by an Israeli Foreign
Minister since his prede-
cessor, Abba Eban, came
to Bonn in 1970. It comes
on the 10th anniversary of
the establishment of full
diplomatic relations be-
tween West Germany and
Israel.
West Germany is now Is-
rael's third most important
trading partner -- after the
U.S. and Britain — and offi-
cials here believe that the
trade relationship, is firmly
based on a "solid foundation
of mutual interest."
Israel has a severe deficit
in its trade with. West Ger-
many. It exported DM 400
million to this country in
1974 against imports of DM
1.2 billion. But officials be-
lieve that the new preferen-
tial trade treaty that Israel
will sign soon with the Eu-
ropean Common Market
will even out the imbal-
ances.
`Haman-Tax' Booed on Purim
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israelis stamped, whistled,
shouted and twirled noise-
makers during the tradi-
tional celebrations of Purim
all over the country Feb. 25,
but there seemed to be more
bitterness than playfulness
in their mood.
The loudest noise — an Is-
raeli version of the "Bronx
Cheer" — came not at the
mention of the wicked Ha-
man but id the "Haman-
tax," the levy King Ahasu-
erus of Persia imposed on
his over-burdened subjects.
In that manner, Israelis
let off steam against the
new suprise tax package
imposed by the government
recently. The new mea-'
sures, which include a '7.5
percent sales tax, a 7.5 per-
cent payroll tax and a 20
percent hike in postal serv-
ices had a noticeably damp-
ening affect on Purim fes-
tivities.
The sole exception was in
Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox
Mea Shearim quarter where
streamer bedecked floats
with mini-orchestras moved
through the narrow streets
jam-packed with merry-
makers.
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