THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Envoy to S. Africa Assesses Middle East By SOLLY PRESS JOHANNESBERG (JTA) — Israeli Ambassador Joseph Harmelin chose the "Exporter of the Year" event at Durban's Royal Hotel, on the edge of the In- dian Ocean, to provide a realistic assessment of Is- CAMP PETOSEGA ALUMNI Petosega is alive and well in the great north woods. Year round recreational & camping facilities available to relive some of the best days of your lives More Info Contact: The Kreegers Camp Petosega (616) 347-5649 Donna & Allan Pearlinan Lauren & Dayle Weingarden rael's present situation. The sponsors were the Sunday Tribune and the South Afri- can Foreign Trade Organ- ization. Harmelin cautioned that while peace between Israel and its neighbors would bring prosperity, "it will not by itself solve. any of the burdensome problems of the Western world. It will not add one barrel of oil. It will not make oil cheaper by even one cent." He explained, "The sup- ply of oil and its prices is determined by economic and technical factors. It has nothing to do with the Israeli-Arab conflict. Also, the disappearance of the conflict will not bring a more reasonable govern- ment to power in Iran. It will not improve- the- chances of the ruling clique in Saudi Arabia to outlive the social changes occurring there." Furthermore, Harme- lin said, "It will not im- • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE ONE AND ONLY • • • • • • 111111111111111E1111 • • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 1111 1 111111 """ ❑ 111111111M m • • i t -,1 Good until Sept. 30th , 1 Sugg. list Ti! 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And, of to slow down inflation had course, it will not remove become the number one the Russians from Af- priority of the government, ghanistan — or from and the results, "while not whatever place they will yet being revolutionary," be by. then." show that the average infla- With One Year Follow Up Visits And 60 All these problems, Is- tion rate had decreased and Day 'trial Plan — Cost Of Lenses Refunded rael's ambassador added, the frightening trend re- In Full If Not Completely Satisfied. Profes- versed, the Israeli diplomat "to mention just a few in Is- rael's immediate neighbor- said. sional Fees And Care Kit Not Included. Foreign observers in- hood, are independent of the I Contact lenses geld with *yr pretyssionei Israeli-Arab conflict. terested in the normaliza- High Fashion Selection of Frames. 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Corner 9 Mile Rd., Southfield • African trade, Harmelin — though Harmelin did not the last Israeli to leave refer to it, it is known that Teheran — observed that Israel has never approved of this had dramatically in- apartheid and still adheres creased in recent years. to the ban of arms to South G. IIBIDELMAII 0.D., Optometrist to Barge Barely $20 million in 1972, Africa. j j the bilateral volume of trade had reached $200 mil- lion in 1979. Of this total, about $50 million repre- sents Israeli exports to South Africa, composed mainly of mineral and chemical products, yet also of machinery, electronic equipment and textiles. As fas as Israel's imports from...South Africa is con- cerned, Harmelin said that basic metals constitute more than half the value, followed by semi-precious stones, wood, paper and food-stuffs. Meanwhile, Is- rael and South Africa signed an agreement for the purchase of South African coal, soon to reach one mil- lion tons a year, thus adding another $30 million to Is- rael's imports. "We try hard to sell more in this country," he said, "so that our trade should be more balanced." Referring to Israel's overall negative trade balance, Harmelin noted that its electronics indus- try had exported goods For all those times you wish you could be there—but you're here— worth $5 million in 1968. pick up the phone and share your feelings. Ten years later, he said, DIA - L DIRECT. If your area` hasInternational Dialing, you can tell it to Israel was exporting $200 Tel Aviv as easy as dialing: million worth of elec- CITY INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY tronic equipment. CODE CODE ACCESS CODE He expected that this 011 + 972 + 3 + LOCAL NUMBER year the Israeli aircraft in- dustry would export radar That love and closeness are so important. 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