THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May It 1919 19 Israel Accuses Irish Troops. of Helping PLO TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is- rael on Wednesdaccused an Irish unit of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of aiding and abetting a terrorist at- tack on Manero Kibutz in northern Israel and liter blocking an- Israeli force sent into South Lebanon in pursuit of the terrorists. An army spokesman confirmed that an Israeli force was combing the area of Shaqra -village where the terrorists were believed to have taken - shelter. Unconfirmed reports from foreign sources said the Israeli force was au- gmented by anywhere from 40 to 250 tanks, depending upon the source. It was the first major incursion by Is- raeli troops into South - Lebanon since Israel with- drew its army from that regio'• a year ago. The force was prevented from con- tinuing its search operation by the Irish troops and withdrew, the army spokesman said. • According to the spokes- man, the events began after a band of about four Arab terrorists crossed . UNIFIL- held territory and remained concealed in a sector patrolled by the-Irish unit. About 4 a.m. they reached the border fence and opened fire with mortars and auto- matic weapons on Manera. An Israeli patrol ex- changed fire with the ter- rorists, wounding one who was captured. The others fled back into Lebanese territory. An Israeli patrol crossed into Lebanon on a search operation that centered on the area between Sha- qra and the border. Be- fore the terrorists could be found, the Irish troops appeared and refused to grant the Israeli forces permission to continue their operation. Questioning of the cap- tured terrorist incidated that their mission was to murder civilians in Manera, Israeli sources said. The shooting lasted nearly an hour. Na Israeli casualties were reported. Israel charged that UN- IFIL is not carrying out its mission. It permitted ter- rorists to cross its territory eastward from Tyre, which is a terrorist-controlled enclave, and made no at- tempt to apprehend them although the sounds of the battle could be heard for miles. "It is inconceivable that terrorists, failing in their mission, should find shelter across the border," the Is- raeli military spokesman said. UNIFIL headquarters Baltimore Hebrew College Dedicates Orlinsky Institute BALTIMORE, Md.—The Baltimore Hebrew College will dedicate the Harry M. Orlinsky Institute for Bibli- cal and Archeological Studies Sunday. From 1936 to 1944 Dr. Or- linsky Was professor of his- tory and Bible at the Balti- more Hebrew College. He The Israel Pound: Big Battle of Inflation and Devaluation' NEW YORK — The rapid fall in the e DecPmmng Value value of the Israeli lsrael's Currency , pound in recent Israeli pound in U.S. dollars The months has ben de- tailed in a New York Times story by Tel Aviv correspondent Moshe Brilliant. The pound has now fallen to more than 22 to $1. According to Bril- liant, the Bank of Is- rael, the nation's central bank, partly induced the devalu- ation in March by intervening in the money market, and the government con- tributed to the slide by enacting meas- Area oft ures to discourage detail, businessmen from taking foreign cur- rency loans and changing them into Israeli money. M A MJ ..1..A.S.0a0. 4 F m. The moves that .1919 weakened the Is- raeli pound were calculated to reduce the gap between the rate of inflation and of devaluation. Inflation last year was 48 percent and devaluation 24 percent. In the first two months of this year, inflation was 7.3 percent and devaluation 1.2 percent. The trend was reversed in March when the pound dropped 11.5 percent and the consumer price index in- creased by 5.6 percent. This induced shift was calculated to pacify exporters who have been complaining that their compensation for foreign currency earnings did not cover their spiraling costs in Israeli money resulting from inflation. 'at • announded that an Israeli force had been acting in the Shaqra area east of Tebnin but did not mention that terrorists were in action in the same area. The Israeli air force struck terrorist targets in Lebanon on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and -there were reports that Lebanese villagers have begun demanding that the terrorists leave their areas. Roads toward Beirut have been clogged with civi- lians fleeing the south. The U.S. has been urging Israel to discontinue the air strikes, but Premier Menahem Begin told U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis that Israel will hit the ter- rorists any time it feels necessary. Meanwhile, Lebanese Premier Selim Al-Hoss has rejected Begin's call for Lebanon to begin peace negotiations with Israel. He said the Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory was blackmail. "It is out of the question that terror and in- timidation will force Leba- non to break its ties with the of ' common Arab destiny," he said in a statement carried by the state-run Beirut radio. Hoss also rejected a demand by Israel that Syria withdraw its 30,000-man forces in Lebanon. The future of this force is expected to- be discussed at a meeting between Lebanese President Elias Sarkis and Syrian President Hafez Assad. Begin's proposals were made in a Knesset speech Tuesday. During that time he also suggested that the problem of some 165,000 Palestinians now living in Lebanon be solved by reset- tling them in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Libya. Hoss rejected this prOosal, too, declaring that "everyone knows that Israel is the cause of the Palestinian tragedy through their dis- placement from their land." He added that "any solution for this crisis which does not provide a just solution for the Palestinian people's case through ensuring their legitimate national rights cannot serve as a proper Middle East settlement." SALE For Mother's Day For Graduation 25-30% 0 ff ENTIRE STOCK 1 week- only CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS IN FINE JEWELRY 14 Kt and 18Kt GOLD West Bloomfield Plaza 6700 Orchard Lake Road 855-2188 (located in Shoe Gallery) Mon. thru Sat. 10-5 Visa Mastercharge 4" How to blow your pwn horn. Very softly: • DR. HARRY ORLINSKY currently is professor of Bible at the New York school of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. „In 1962, he was visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow for 1968-1969. In 1974, Dr. Orlinsky was appointed Grinfeld Lec- turer on the Septuagint at Oxford University. He was the 1959 reci- pient of the Jewish Wel- fare Board's Frank L. Weil award "for out- standing contributions to American Jewish cul- ture." In 1972, Baltimore He- brew College - awarded him the honorary degree of Doc- tor of Hebrew Letters. Worker Shortage TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Housing costs, which have been skyrocketing in Israel, are expected to soar further with the construction of two new airbases in the Negev. 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