4r ' Fri* febtuary14, WI '" offittorettraws t Israel Economy Is Ex laid at Histadrut Miami onferen' ce YJ MIAMI BEACH (JTA) — The 12th annual Histadrut Economic Conference for Is- rael opened at the Fon- tainebleau Hotel last week with a report that the Foun- dation had passed the $50 million mark in long-term commitments to the health, education and social wel- fare programs of Histadrut in Israel. The report was given by Sol Stein, president of the Foundation which he estab- lished 18 years ago as an ad- junct of the Israel Histadrut campaign. Dinstein, Zvi Dr. The Finest in Musical Entertainment ERIC ROSENOW AND HIS ONTINENTAL 398-3664 DISTINCTIVE Lighting & Accessories economic minister of Israel to the United States and Canada, explained the new economic policy instituted by the government of Pre- mier Menahem Begin as one that aimed "to let economic processes deter- mine their own cause with minimal government inter- ference." Dinstein, who also served as deputy minis- ter of finance under pre- vious Labor govern- ments and is a former Knesset member, stated that Israel has a $2.75 bill- ion annual trade deficit of which $1 billion was for civilian expenses, while the major share was due to military ex- penditures. These deficits, he said, can possibly be reduced by normal developments within three to five years. Israel has open markets for goods and services and must find investments for its industrial infrastruc- ture, he said. Israeli ag- riculture is highly de- veloped and hundreds of Is- New York Jud aica Firm Buys World's Tiniest Torah limited editions of mel rycus NEW YORK (JTA) — Peter Ehrenthal, president of Moriah, a Manhattan 4200 Orchard Lk. Rd. Orchard Lake 682-7235 N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N N CUSTOM TABLE PADS A LASTING GIFT • HAND-CRAFTED • CUSTOM STYLING PHONE 345 5350 / , PROMPT DELIVERY - MADE IN MICHIGAN UNITED TABLE PAD CO. Our 30th Year FELDBRO raeli experts are helping developing countries to in- crease their food supply. While the goal of the pol- icy is to foster an economy free of government interfer- ence, the results will depend on the degree of private in- vestment and initiative, Dinstein said. He noted that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat might be prompted to seek peace with Israel now before Israel achieves total economic self-sufficiency and becomes stronger in its negotiating stance. Dr. Judah J. Shapiro president of the National Committee for Labor Is- rael, in the keynote ad- dress to the 1,500 par- ticipants at the confer- ence, described the Mid- dle East as "an arena of contention between the superpowers." He added that in the American view Israel was not "a sentimental , bastion of democracy but an aircraft carrier from which the Un- ited States may have to con- duct its campaign in the area." 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An inscription refers to "Yaacov, son of Rabbi Meir Landau," who was, the original owner but may or may not have been the craftsman, he said. He estimated that it took the scribe 5-10 years to complete the sacred text. Ehrenthal said he has not decided whether to place it on sale or add it to his pri- vate collection of Judaica. He did not exclude the pos- sibility of lending it to a museum. Swiss Charters to Israel Slated GENEVA (JTA) — The Imholz travel agency from Zurich and the private air firm Sata from Geneva have received permission to op- erate 30 charter flights from Switzerland to Israel. Israel Government Seeks an Explanation of 1111. German Anti-Tank Missile Sale to Syri BONN (JTA) — The Is- raeli goverment has asked the West German Foreign Ministry to explain a $240 million sale of anti-tank missiles to Syria by a German-French consor- tium, Euromissile. Ministry Foreign Juergen spokesman Suedhoff has said Bonn has "no sympathy" for attacks on it by the Israeli press as a result of the sale, since it concerns "a bilateral, Syrian-French transac- tion.". Another statement, is- sued by the Economics Ministry, said the ban on German weapons sales to crisis areas did not mean Officers Charged With Helping Ex-Nazi Escape that when such arms were supplied to other NATO countries Bonn could expect its partners not to re-sell the items. Such a ban on re- sales would bring arms sales to a halt and the Ger- man arms industry could just as well close down, the ministry said. Israeli newspapers criticized West Germany for not objecting to the sale, thereby adopting an "anti-Israel postUre." They also said the sale violated Bonn's stated _ policy of not delivering weapons to crisis areas. However, Suedhoff said the government had "no legal possibility" of in- tervening to stop the ROME (JTA) — A captain and three guards will face courts martial for the es- cape of Nazi war criminal Herbert Kappler, who or- dered the killing of 335 Ita- . lians, including 70 Jews, a Rome military judge-de- cided. Mr. Kappler, who was Gestapo chief in Rome dur- ing World War Il?-died re- cently in West Germany where he resided after his wife, Anneliese, smuggled him out of Rome's Celio military hospital last Aug. 15. Examining Judge Col. Fabrizio Gentile ordered courts martial on charges of gross disobedience and fai- lure to supervise their pris- oner for Capt. Norberto - Capozzella and constables Luigi Salso, Oronzo Pavone and Giuseppe Giovanelli. - * * * Two Charged in 1942 Killings BONN (JTA) — West Germany's central agency for processing Nazi crimes has issued charges against two elderly Germans for their participation in the mass murder of Jews in the Ukraine. The investigations, which began in 1964, show that the two, Wilhelm Wes- terheide, 69, and Johanne Zelle, 58, participated in the murder of 9,000 Jews in the Vladimir-Wolynsk ghetto in the Ukraine in Sep- tember and November, 1942. The Jews were taken in trucks from,their homes to Piatydny and shot there, in front of ready mass graves. Westerheide, as the then district commissar, is charged with being instru- mental in carrying out the action and in personally shooting eight Jews whose identities are known. Zelle is alleged to have pushed the Jews together by using a riding whip as well as knocking children against a wall and throwing them from a balcony. The two are expected to face trial shortly, in Dortmund. arms delivery. German press comment has been generally critical of Bonn's attitude. Though the liberal weekly Zeit scolded Israel for directing its complaints solely at Bonn rather than at France, the conservative daily Welt said the transaction had "reopened old wounds. The fact that the very country in whose name Auschwitz oc- curred is allowing arms to be delivered to an Arab state which wishes to v them to destroy Israel tally unbearable for Jerusalem." Bonn's reaction to Israeli criticism showed "a cold- heartedness which causes one to freeze," Welt said. Town Officials Face Charges in Sabbath Street Accident TEL AVIV (JTA) — At- torney General Aharon Barak will initiate man- slaughter charges against the mayor and municipal council members of Bnei Brak on grounds of non- criminal negligence that re- sulted in a traffic fatality there last July. Herzl Attiyah, 22, was killed whan a car in which he was a pasenger collided with a chain that residents of the town stretched across a main road to block traffic on the Sabbath. decision Barak's triggered an outcry in the Orthodox establishment but also raised legal ques- tions in secular circles. Some critics said the legal proceedings would re-ignite the bitter conflict between the ultra-Orthodox neighbors that touched off riots in the town last sum- mer. Except for the Or- thodox quarters in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, north of Tel Aviv, is the only place in Israel where the Sabbath is strictly observed by virtually all residents. Of its 15 coun- cil members, 11 are mem- bers of the religious polit- ical factions. It was the town council that voted to place a physi- Bomb Threat for-TV Film JERUSALEM (JTA) — Despite a bomb threat hoax and a number of threaten- ing and profane telephone calls to TV House, the sc- reening of controversial "Hirbet Hiza" went off Smoothly last week. After the show, hundreds of viewers phoned in, ac- cording to TV officials, ex- pressing the full range of differing opinions that have been reflected during the public debate over the film concerning the war-time uprooting of an Arab vil- lage. - Professional critics gen- erally gave the film — an Israeli TV production --- high marks for quality on a technical and artistic level. cal barrier across Hashomer St. after non-Orthodox resi- dents, also served by the road, protested against the enforced closing of the thoroughfare from sundown Friday to sundown Satur- day and On religious holi- days. Barak contends that the road was blocked illegally because no permission was obtained from the Trans- port Ministry to close the road, and, irr any event, a road sign would have suf- ficed. A strong police presence was credited with averting a clash between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews in Bnei "Brak Friday night. The Orthodox congregated to protest Barak's decision. Non-Orthodox groups turned up to stage a counter-demonstration in support of the Attorney General. Galilee Arabs Get Land Deal JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Lands Administ- ration has changed its tac- tics with regard to illegal houses built by Arab villa- gers in Galilee on state- owned land witholit obtain- ing government permits. Instead of bulldozing them, it is leasing the land to the Arabs who readily admit they are getting "a real bargain." A case in point is the village of Iskal in lou-cm Galilee, with a pop \( , A tion of 5,000. Over years the local residents built some 300 houses without permits leading to repeated conflicts wtih the Lands Administra- tion. In three instances, the government sent in bulldozers to raze the houses. But that only in- creased the bitterness. Re- cently, the Lands Administ- ration reached an agree- ment with the village coun- cil. It legalized the build- ings retroactively and leased the land to the villa- gers at 1970 rates which are relatively cheap..