12 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 22, 1985 Economy Driving Wedge Between Unity Factions 29555 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield, MI 48034 Hours: M-S 9-5:30 Thurs. 9-9 ONE WEEK ONLY! Ali 352-6968 PLEASE PRESENT COUPON LINDEN HOME HEALTH CARE HOME - 0 - HEALTH — o — CARE WE WILL DELIVER TO YOUR HOME THE FINEST IN HOME HEALTH SUPPLIES. SET-UP AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE INCLUDED. WE HAVE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS — NURSES & THERAPISTS — ON STAFF TO AID YOU IN THE SELECTION OF THE PROPER EQUIPMENT & USE. WE CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS AND —MOST IMPORTANTLY — WE CARE ABOUT OUR PATIENTS VISIT OUR SHOWROOM 21120 GREENFIELD OAK PARK 48237 OSTOMY OXYGEN WHEELCHAIRS HOSPITAL BEDS WALKERS/CANES BEDSIDE COMMODES AND MANY OTHER ITEMS OR CALL 968-5000 WE BILL INSURANCE DIRECTLY ON COVERED GOODS & SERVICES 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000 HAND DRAWN & PAINTED responsible for the current eco- nomic mess. In other economic news, pro- gress on the Lavie, Israel's second-generation jet fighter plane, ran into another obstacle last week. The factory in the de- velopment town of Beth Shemesh which produces the Lavie engine under an American license, is on the verge of bankruptcy and may shut down. Elkana E. Caspi, board chair- man of the factory, and its re- cently appointed managing direc- tor Ezra Yesodi resigned after the workers council refused to accept a management ultimatum. The factory in Beth Shemesh, mid- way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem reportedly has been losing about $2 million a month. It employs about a quarter of the town'sz*ork force. In Montreal, meanwhile, Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir told an audience of Canadian Jews that curing Israel's economy is the "most important task on the agenda" of the unity government and that if Diaspora Jews cannot help Israel by aliyah, they should help it through trade and invest- ment. Shamir, who is also Israel's De- puty Premier, spoke to some 1,500 persons at a community rally sponsored by seven major Cana- dian Jewish organizations at Cong. Shaar Hashomayim. It was one of the major events of his six- day official visit to Canada. Shamir stressed that Israel cannot be secure unless its economy is healthy. The trade de- ficit, he said, is especially danger- ous, even more than galloping in- flation. "We are asking our people to make sacrifices in their salaries and are cutting subsidies on many commodities but it is not yet enough. It is imperative that we increase our exports." 8 Israeli Film Has Chance 8 For Monday Night Oscar free lance cartoonist • watt murals • children's personalized books (including original illustration) • designer cards • framed work referred by: St. Joseph Hospital (ann arbor) Henry Ford Hospital Jerusalem (JTA) — Sparks flew at Sunday's Cabinet meeting as Labor and Likud ministers clashed over the direction of the country's economic policy. The vituperative exchanges re- flected not only the widening gap between Labor and Likud, whose marriage of convenience — the national unity coalition govern- ment — was precipitated by the economic crisis, but tension over external scrutiny of Israel's eco- nomic affairs as well. A top-level International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has completed a fact-finding visit and two prominent American economists just arrived to exam- ine the state of Israel's financial health in depth. According to ob- servers, the report to be rendered by the IMF could significantly af- fect Israel's credit rating abroad and the findings of the American experts could, presumably, influ- ence the Reagan Administration's final decision on Israel's pending emergency economic aid request. Sunday's clash was triggered by a proposal by Laborite Gad Yaacobi, Minister of Economic Planning, to exempt newly estab- lished export-directed industries from income tax for a - period of several years. Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai, a Likud Liberal and Minister of Commerce and Industry Ariel Sharon, of Likud's Herut faction, protested vigor- ously that tax proposals were be- yond Yaaeobi's authority to make. Sharon accused the Laborite of interfering in his own area of re- spnsibility. "Why don't you let me get on with the work," he de- manded. Yigal Hurwitz, of the small Ometz faction, a Minister-Without-Portfolio who once served as Finance Minister in a Likud government, sided with Yaacobi. He blasted his former party, declaring that "everyone recognizes" Likud was 8 8 8 Colleen Rosen WONDER WORLD OF COMICS division of Equinox Development, Inc. (313) 363-7243 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 New York (JTA) —The director of the Israeli film Beyond the Walls, believes that if the movie wins an Oscar this year the gates of the international film market will finally open for Israel. "Winning the Academy Award as the best foreign film for 1985 would represent a major break- through for Israel's film indus- try," said Uri Barbash, the 38- year-old Isra!li director. "An Oscar •would give the Is- raeli film industry an instant in- ternational recognition. More movies will be made in Israel and there will be more co-productions of new films." Barbash will take part in the Academy Awards ceremony on Monday. This is the third time that an Israeli film is being con- sidered for an Oscar as the best foreign film. The two other films, which did not win, were Sala Shabati and I Love You. Rosa. Beyond the Walls is about the complex relationships between Jewish and Arab prisoners in a maximum security prison in Is- rael. The tension, violence and abuse of prison life are heightened by the political difference be- tween Arabs and Jews. But the unfolding drama of racial and political tension turns abruptly into a story of cooperation and human dignity. The film has been a major suc- cess in Israel. It won the Interna: tional Critics Award of the Venice Festival and was named best film in Israel fOr 1984. According to Barbash, more than 600,000 Israelis have seen Beyond the Wall, a record number in a small country. It has been controversial, how- ever, raising charges by right- wingers, such as Rabbi Meir Kahane and his supporters, that the film is pro-PLO and anti- Israeli. A few months ago Warner Bros. decided to buy the rights for world-wide distribution of the film.