250 WB Students Hospitalized
in Mysterious Poison Incidents
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
About 250 students from
Arab girls' schools on the
West Bank remained hos-
pitalized this week from the
effects of a poison gas or
other substance introduced
into their classrooms by un-
known persons. None of the
youngsters was reported in
serious condition.
The Health Ministry and
army chemists are analyz-
ing the substance but have
not yet determined its na-
ture or source.
The mass poisonings oc-
curred in Jenin and nearby
Arab towns in the northern
Samaria district. According
to Palestinian sources, the
students began to fall ill last
week, complaining of
headaches, dizziness,
stomach pains and other
symptoms. A number of
adults, including several Is-
raeli soldiers, were also re-
ported to have been af-
fected.
Maj. Amit Sayyad,
head of the Israeli civil
administration in Jenin
charged on a television
interview that "enemy
elements," meaning ap-
parently Palestinian ter-
rorists, were responsible.
He claimed their motive
was to incite the local
populace against Israel
or to punish students
who did not participate
in anti-Israel demonstra-
tions.
But an army spokesman
said Sunday that there was
still no proof that the
poisoning was the result of a
deliberate act. The mayors
of Jenin and the nearby
town of Arabe sent letters to
United Nations Secretary
General Javier Perez de
Cuellar and to the Israeli
Health and Defense minis-
ters urging an investiga-
tion. Some local Arabs ac-
cused Israeli settlers of try-
ing to poison the children.
Voice of Israel Radio re-
ported Monday that 10 stu-
dents at a Jenin boys' school
were beaten by masked men
after they refused to leave
their classes to demon-
strate. According to the re-
port, the masked men also
appeared at a school in
Arabe but fled when secu-
rity forces arrived.
Meanwhile, rock-
throwing incidents contin-
ued to escalate on the West
Bank. Two Israeli police of-
ficials were caught in sepa-
rate melees but were un-
hurt.
Gabi Eshton, superin-
tendent of police for the
Samaria district, was
surrounded in Burka vil-
lage by Arab youths who
burned tires and stoned
his car. He fired a
weapon into the air and
escaped.
The Israeli police chief in
Nablus was also the target
of stone-throwers as he
drove thrsough the city. His
car was badly damaged.
New Grafting Method Developed
at Hebrew U. Agriculture School
JERUSALEM — A new
technique for grafting cac-
tus plants using glue, and
inspired by a human surgi-
cal method, has been de-
veloped at the Hebrew Uni-
versity's Faculty of Agricul-
ture in Rehovot.
While grafting is com-
monly used in the propaga-
tion of cacti for a variety of
purposes — such as ac-
celerating the development
of slow-growing plants,
preserving species that do
not grow well on their own
roots, or ensuring the survi-
val of abnormal forms in-
capable of independent de-
velopment — few viable
methods of grafting cacti
exist. Those methods re-
quire not only considerable
skill on the part of the prop-
agator but also a close fit be-
tween the scion and the
root-stock.
The problem is further
compounded by the small
size of seedlings following
germination of the root-
stock and scion species.
Heretofore, means such as
string, rubber bands and
clips of various kinds had
been employed to achieve
grafting.
medical journal about
the development of a new
method for tissue contact
in human surgery using
an adhesive substance.
This led Prof. Zieslin to
consider utilizing the same
technique in cacti grafting.
Finally, after three years of
testing, an adhesive based
on cyanoacrylate as an
active ingredient was found
to be highly successful.
Three years ago, Prof.
Naftaly Zieslin, of the
Department of Ornamen-
tal Horticulture, assisted
by Arye Keren of
Kibutz Gatt, commenced
a study on the propaga-
tion and improvement of
ornamental cacti. During
his,research, he read in a
Now under investigation
are the possible improve-
ment of the method through
the addition of growth sub-
stances to stimulate the de-
velopment of connective tis-
sues to the glue, and the
potential use of the new
grafting technique in var-
ious wood species.
Terrorists Are Going Through
Lebanese, Peacekeepers' Areas
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
commander of Israeli forces
in Lebanon, Brig. Gen.
Amnon Lipkin, told foreign
correspondents based in Be-
irut that terrorists who at-
tacked Israeli soldiers in
Lebanon came from West
Beirut and areas held by the
Syrians, passing through
regions held by the
Lebanese army and the
multinational force.
He said the terrorists be-
long to the Palestine Liber-
ation Organization, most of
them from its mainline
Fatah organization con-
trolled by Yasir Arafat.
Lipkin said that during the
past four weeks seven or
eight ambushes had been
laid against Israeli forces,
killing two Israeli soldiers
and wounding seven others.
He declined to say how
many of the attackers had
been captured.
In reply to a question,
he said the IDF would not
enter Beirut in pursuit of
attackers. He said the
maintenance of order in
Lebanon was not easy
but also not an impossi-
ble task.
indirectly
Lipkin
criticized the multinational
force, saying they could do
more to prevent terrorist at-
tacks. He said Israeli
soldiers had strict in-
structions to avoid any con-
flict with members of the in-
ternational force, adding he
hoped the relations with
them would improve.
32 Canadians Suspected
as Nazi War Criminals
TORONTO (JTA) — The
West German Justice
Ministry has confirmed that
32 residents of Canada out
of 110 currently under in-
vestigation are "suspected"
Nazi war criminals.
The list of 110 names was
provided to the West Ger-
man authorities by the
Canadian ambassador in
Bonn. According to Dieter
Kranz, the prosecuting at-
torney at the central office
of the Justice Ministry for
the state of Baden-Wuer-
temburg, "Of these they
recognized 32 as suspects."
Kranz made the disclosure
in the Toronto Star.
Kranz told the Star that
there are no immediate
plans to ask for extradition.
He did not identify the 32
suspects or reveal details of
their alleged crimes. Until
now, West Germany has re-
quested the extradition of
only one Canadian resident,
Helmut Rauca, whose case
is now before the Ontario
Court of Appeals.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 1, 1983
Bar-Ilan Institute Opens
FIRESTONE
RAMAT GAN — The In-
stitute for the Advancement
of Integration in Education
opened recently at Bar-Ilan
University.
The institute will aid in
the development of new
techniques for fostering so-
cial integration in the
classroom and tailoring
academic content, accord-
ing to Prof. Yehuda Amir,
its director.
At a seminar marking the
opening of the institute, Is-
rael's Education Minister,
Zevulun Hammer, stressed
the importance of the proj-
ect and added that his
Ministry would provide all
the necessary means to
ensure its success.
Part of the institute's
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