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Shamir Pleads Israel's Export Case to EEC Leadership

BRUSSELS (JTA) —
Premier Yitzhak Shamir
made some progress con-
vincing leaders .if the Euro-
pean Economic Community
(EEC) of Israel's need for
favorable treatment in its
trade with Western Europe.
He made an impassioned
plea Monday for the Euro-
peans to take into consider-
ation Israel's dire economic
plight, noting its $1.7 bil-
lion trade deficit with the
EEC.
The EEC agreed to allow
Israel to delay by two years
the removal of its remain-
ing tariff barriers on indus-
trial goods imported from
the 10 EEC member states.
Avi Pazner, spokesman for
the Israeli delegation, said
this concession and a deci-
sion to grant Israel special
privileges to help protect its
struggling industries were
"a great success for Israel's
manufacturers."
Shamir was on a
three-day visit here de-
voted mainly to economic
and trade matters.
A major goal of Shamir's
trip was protection for Is-
rael's agricultural exports
after Spain and Portugal
become full--fledged
members of the EEC.
Shamir has urged the EEC
to take into account that
over 70 percent of Israel's
agricultural exports go to
Western Europe. He said
Spanish agricultural prod-
ucts would squeeze Israel
out of this market unless its
products were granted spe-
cial import conditions.
He noted further that un-
less the situation changes,
Spain would be the only
EEC member state that has
no diplomatic relations with

Israel and does not even
formally recognize it. This
could produce a bizarre
situation when and if the
Spanish delegate holds the
rotating chairmanship of
the EEC's Council of Minis-
ters, Shamir said.
Spain's Foreign Minister,
Fernando Moran, who also
was in Brussels, said Spain
"wants diplomatic relations

with all parties in the Mid-
dle East," implying that
this includes the Palesti-
nians.
Shamir explained his
country's position with
respect to developments
in Lebanon in talks with
officials of the EEC.
He said that Israel will
withdraw from Southern
Lebanon "only when there

will be someone there able
to guarantee our security."
He reiterated that Syria
was responsible for the pre-
sent crisis in Lebanon and
that it was deliberately
created by Damascus. He
refused to comment on the
pullout of the multinational
force from Beirut and its
possible replacement by a
United Nations force.

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Israelis Rally
to Keep Troops
in Lebanon

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Residents of Kiryat Shmona
took their place Sunday
alongside anti-war demon-,
strators in front of the pre-
mier's office, demanding
that Israel does not with-
draw from Lebanon until
security arrangements are
guaranteed.

Tehiya Minister Yuval
Neeman joined the small
group of demonstrations,
saying there was no choice
but to stay in Lebanon.

As the Kiryat Shmona
residents demonstrated, a
group of several hundred
kibutzinks gathered
nearby, demonstrating to
"return the boys home."
There was no confrontation
between the two groups.

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