THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS May 21, 1976 21 Workmen's Compensation Law Drafted in Israel Territories JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel promulgated a far- reaching workmen's com- pensation law for the ad- ministered territories. Labor Minister Moshe Baram, who estimated that the new legislation would benefit some 60,000 workers on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, said it reflected Is- rael's humanitarian concern for the welfare of the local population. The law, which takes ef- fect Jan. 1, 1977, requires all employers in the territories to insure themselves against - liability for injuries or disa- bilities sustained by •their employes on the job. Prem- iums will amount to two percent of wages, payable by the employer. Under the new law, a worker who is totally disa- bled could receive a- lump sum payment of up to IL 100,000. Proportionately smaller sums would be payable for lesser injuries. The law automatically entitles the worker to compensation even if there is contributory negligence on his part. Baram said that employ- ers will have a choice of commercial insurance firms Dinitz made these re- in Israel or on the West Bank. He said that Jordan- marks in answer to ques- ian and Egyptian companies tions at a "special dialogue" would be considered if they with Rabbi William Ber- submit applications to the kowitz of Bnai Jeshurun. Controller of Insurance and Some 2,000 persons at- prove that they have suffi- tended the "dialogue" which cient assets to meet claims. celebrated Israel's Inde- Residents of both territo- pendence Day and the 150th ries who are employed in anniversary of the Conserv- Israel are covered by Israel's ative congregation. In saying that the Jewish strict National Insurance System to which both em- settlements did not prevent ployer and employe must a peace settlement, Dinitz noted that from 1948-67 contribute by law. Any employer who fails there were no Israeli settle- to insure himself under the ments on the West Bank new legislation will be sub- and the Golan Heights, but ject to fines and possible im- the Arabs refused to make prisonment. The law will be peace. He said the only set- administered by local civil tlements that hampered courts and by the military Mideast peace were those in the minds of Arabs who courts in the territories. In New York, Simha Dinitz, Israel's Ambassa- dor to the United States, rejected charges that Is- Arab Student Protest Sparks Riot on Hebrew U. Campus JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jewish and Arab students battled with fists, sticks and stones on the Hebrew Uni- versity campus Wednesday. The melee was sparked by an Arab student demonstra- tion against the use of fire arms by Israeli forces to put down disturbances on the West Bank. Jewish students, led by Rabbi Meir Kahane of the militant Jewish Defense League, staged a counter- demonstration within a few feet of the Arabs. Name- calling escalated into • clashes between the groups. A television cameraman was beaten up by Jewish students. Unrest continued in the Old City Wednesday where police detained eight persons on suspicion of coercing Arab mer- chants to close their shops. Three Arab schools in East Jerusalem were closed. Arab demonstrators hurled rocks and bottles at security forces near Her- od's Gate. They were dis- persed with tear gas. A bus was stoned in the Arab quarter of Abu Tor but no one was injured and no damage was reported. /— ` The West Bank was rela- tively quiet Wednesday al- though road blocks were put up by Arab demonstrators in the main street of Jenin and Arabs threw stones at Israeli soldiers. Similar inci- dents occurred in Jericho. Curfews remained in effect in Ramallah and El Bireh north of Jerusalem. The curfew was lifted in Nablus except for the Casbah dis- trict where most of the re- cent disturbances have oc- curred. Defense Minister Shimon Peres said on a television in- terview Wednesday that se- curity forces were consider- ing new methods to maintain public order on the West Bank without raeli settlements in the occupied territories are a hindrance to peace and denounced American Jews who use the media to criti- cize Israel's policies. bloodshed. He said Israel would keep the Jordan River bridges open and was deter- mined to protect lives and normal activities. Peres used the interview to reiterate his view that Israel must retain the West Bank for security reasons. "Do we want to see the fu- ture border in Rosh Haeyin, Kfar Saba and Hadera?" he asked, referring to towns on Israel's coastal plain. Three young Arabs were_ killed in this week's dis- turbances. Mahmoud Al- kurd, 21, was killed when warning shots were fired to break up a crowd throwing rocks in the, Old City. Police used tear gas after Al-Kurd's funeral to break up a demonstration. Two Israeli soldiers, re- portedly firing in self-de- fense, fatally wounded an Arab youth on the Jerusa- lem-Jericho road outside Jerusalem Monday. The vic- tim was identified- as Abdul- lah Mustapha Hawass, in his late teens, a pupil at the high school in Shuafat near Ramallah. According to a military spokesman, the soldiers were in an army truck that was blocked by burning tires on the highway and stoned by rioting students. They were forced to open fire to extricate themselves from mortal danger, the spokesman declared. A 17-year-old Nablus girl, Lina Nabulsi, was fatally wounded by Israeli soldiers Sunday. Israeli authorities said the girl was accidentally hit by a stray bullet but her death sparked new outbursts of violence in Nablus and other West Bank towns. Chief of Staff Gen. Mor- dechai Gur has personally ordered an investigation into the death of the Nablus girl. The soldier, whose rifle went off accidentally, is being held in detention. 30 U.S. Firms Expand in Israel NEW YORK (JTA) — More than 30 American companies have located or expanded plants in Israel during the last year, and 10 more have taken the first steps toward setting up plants since January 1976, the Government of Israel In- vestment Authority an- nounced. The announcement was made as a new and greatly broadened "Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments" was intro- duc, for discussion in Is- rael's Knesset. This pro- posed new law expands certain financial incentives and benefits available to foreign investors. In order to make business conditions even more attrac- tive to foreign companies, the Israeli government has incorporated additional cash grants and tax conces- sions into the new invest- ment law. The law is ex- pected to be passe:' retroactively from April 1, 1976. The new investment law, when combined with the still to be ratified U.S.-Is- rael Tax Treaty, will, in many cases, grant Ameri- can subsidiaries in Israel a tax situation similar to that of American subsidiaries in zero-tax countries. Suspicion He who casts suspicion upon innocent persons, or even entertains suspicion without cause surely will be punished. —Talmud Sabbath **************t * Where You Get The Beautiful * Invitations People Talk About INVITATIONS+ by HATTIE SCHWARTZ 356-8563 4- -4( "* * * ENTERTAINMENT * * 1( CARICATURES SEYMOUR * *MUSIC SHOWS SCHWARTZ * AGENCY 41( BANQUETS 356-8525 ; * MORI LITTLE * Sensational 1 Man Band **************t * COMICS continue to refuse to accept the legitimacy of the state of Israel. Dinitz said he could also not accept the argument that even if these territories were returned to Syria and Jordan in a peace settle- ment Jews could not live there as Arabs live in Israel. Finally, he pointed out that Israel in 1947 agreed to the partition of Palestine and was then willing to give up even a city such as Naha- riya in return for what it thought would be peace. In Tel Aviv, Kibutz Ha- meuhad, the kibutz move- ment of the Labor Party's Achdut Avoda faction, has announced plans to estab- lish five new settlements during the next two years, two of them in the Jordan Valley. It also announced plans to recruit 1,000 youths who have com- pleted their military serv- ice for membership in old and newly established ki- butzim. tries geared to production for export. Meanwhile, Simcha Er- lich, the leader of the Lib- eral Party in Israel and a member of the Israel op- position, said he believes that despite the recent Cabinet decision, "The government of Israel will not take any action against the West Bank set- tlers." -SIP/ Sill/ S OPEN SUNDAY 1 1-4 Harry Thomas fine clothes for 40 years 24750 Telegraph at 10 Mile Erlich said that he felt that a decision to remove Doily to 6, Thurs. to 8 DR. SHELDON ABRAMSON TRUSTEE O.C.C. VOTE—JUNE 14 Al' s Foreign Car Service SPECIALIST IN VOLKSWAGEN AND PORSCHE CARS CALL. 548-3926 548-4160 541-9704 The settlement program includes two sites in Central Galilee and one on the Ne- gev plateau. The movement will also invest IL 80 million to ex- pand kibutz-based indus- -••• the settlers from Kadum, the settlement near Nablus, biblical Samaria, would bring down the government and he noted, "I do not be- lieve the Labor Party wants to have elections now." 1018 W. 9 Mile Rd. Alfons G. Rehme - S15,- -SO/ Sa. S. Ss S. 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