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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israeli Official
Honored in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)
— The Legislative Assem-
bly of the state of Rio de
Janeiro has named Yacov
Gotal, Israel's Consul Gen-
eral in Rio, an honorary
citizen of the state.
Gotal, 58, a Haifa indus-
trialist, was born in Poland
and escaped from a Nazi
concentration camp. After
arriving as an illegal im-
migrant to Palestine, he
joined the Irgun and served
in the Zahal as a lieutenant
colonel.
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Modai Demand for Inquiry
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Minister - Without -
Portfolio Yitzhak Modai's
demand for a commission of
inquiry to look into the pub-
lication of allegations
against. him has been
endorsed in • principle by
Premier Menahem Begin.
Government sources ex-
plained over the weekend
that what was envisaged
was not a full-scale commis-
sion of inquiry chaired by a
Supreme Court Justice (like
the post-Yom Kippur War
Agranat Commission) but a
more modest panel, termed
an "investigating commit-
tee," which is also provided
for under the law.
The committee will be
appointed by Justice Minis-
ter Moshe Nissim, who will
,consult with both Interior
Minister Yosef Burg (who
has responsibility for the
police) and Education
Minister Zevulun Hammer
(who has statutory respon-
sibility for the Broadcasting
Authority.
Modai wants both the
police and the television
news department to be
looked into with a view to
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preventing in the future
publication of allegations
that are later proved
groundless.
In Modai's case, Israel TV
last week published as its
headline story a report
based on a police statement
that the police fraud squad
was "gathering intelligence
data" about accusations
that Modai had taken
kickbacks from state oil
deals during his term as
minister of energy (1977-
1981).
Modai claims that the
police , statement was in-
accurate and that the TV
news desk played it tenden-
tiously. Two days later At-
torney General Yitzhak
Zamir and the police issued
subsequent statements to-
tally clearing Modai by ex-
plaining that the "data" in
the hands of the police con-
tained no substantive mate-
rial.
The "data" was appar-
ently given to the police
by Labor MK Yehuda
Hashai who three months
ago submitted a Knesset
question to the prime
minister on the same sub-
ject. Modai has said he
would sue Hashai for
libel were it not for his
parliamentary immunity.
Modai criticized Zamir's
handling of the affair,
charging him with "insen-
sitivity." Modai said in an
interview that Zamii -need
not have waited 48 hours
before publicly clearing
him, since he knew all along
that Hashai's "data" was
unsubstantiated.
Friday, January 15, 1982 11
Leeds to End Hebrew Unit
and Expand Arab Studies
LONDON— A decision to
close the Hebrew section of
the Semitic studies depart-
ment at Leeds University
while expanding the Arabic
section has drawn fire from
students, university staff
members and the Leeds
Jewish community.
According to the London
Jewish Chronicle, univer-
sity officials cited a lack of
demand as the reason for
the closing. However, that
claim is disputed by those
directly involved with the
section. Some 20 students
are currently enrolled in
section courses.
The Hebrew section,
which is nearly 100 years
old, will allow the current
students to graduate, but
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NEW YORK (JTA) —
While the consequences of
the Israeli-Egyptian peace
treaty are still tenuous in a
number of areas, the rela-
tionship between the two
countries in the field of ten-
nis has become more appar-
ent as the months pass.
Towards the end of the
1981 indoor tennis season
Ricky Meyer of Long Island,
N.Y., teamed up with El
Shafei, Egypt's best player,
in doubles at the $75,000
Sofia Grand Prix court fes-
tival in Bulgaria and they
reached the doubles final
before they were knocked
out.
This tournament marked
the first time that Meyer
won an accredited Tennis
Association tourney and he
pulled down $12,000. In
addition, he picked up a
handsome fee for going to
the final round with the
Egyptian.
Meyer reports that
Shafei and the other
Egyptian tennis perfor-
mers are more than
happy to meet with and
play the Israeli stars.
Right now Shloino Glick-
stein is Israel's top rated
players and has worked his
way in to the top 50 court
performers in the world's
rankings so that sooner or
later he will be playing with
and against Egyptian ten-
nis stars.
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