10 Friday, April 26, 1985

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

NEWS

Gaza Strip Cools Down
Following Camp Riot

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tary of State Richard Murphy met
with about 25 West Bank Palesti-
nian leaders at a reception in his
honor at the U.S. consulate. Mur- -
phy said later that his talks with
the Palestinians left him with the
impression that they are anxious._
to see progress in the peace proc-
ess.
Murphy was given a petition
signed by 22 West Bank political,L
personalities urging the U.S. to
negotiate directly with the Pales-
tine Liberation Organization and
to recognize PLO chief Yassir=,
Arafat as the sole legitimate
representative of the Palestinian
people.
In Washington, State Depart--
ment spokesman Bernard Kalb
declined to comment on the peti-
tion or on the substance of Mur- (
phy's meeting with the Palesti-
nip s. He stressed, however, that
thEL e was no functionary, no offi-
cial of the PLO invited to that
gathering and no one attended inc --
that sense." He reiterated that
"our policy on meetng the PLO is - 1
firm and we are adhering to it
strictly."
The Palestinians who met with
Murphy at what was officially a
social gathering, represented a
broad spectrum of political views
in the occupied territories. Repre-
sentatives of the Palestinian re-
jection front were absent. No.
statements were made afterwards
and the meeting did not go beyond
an exchange of views.

Free Trade Agreement
Signed At DC Ceremony

All roads lead to Jerusalem during the Hebrew University's 60th Anniversary
Year. A rich and eventful week of academic, cultural and social activities begins
on June 1, 1985.

• A gala concert at the Rothberg
Amphitheater on Mount Scopus by the
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
• A sound and light show at Masada and
a Bedouin feast under the stars.
• A dinner at the Knesset in honor of
recipients of honorary degrees.
• Meetings with the Hebrew University's
top scholars and scientists and visits
with them in their laboratories and
classrooms.

Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Gaza
Strip was quiet Monday, but ten-
sion ran high in the aftermath of a
series of incidents which culmi-
nated in a riot at the Al Burj refu-
gee camp Friday during which Is-
raeli security forces killed a 12-
year-old boy and wounded an 18-
year-old camp resident.
The slain boy, Ismail Isma Il
Issa was buried Sunday. The
wounded youth, Abdul Hafez, was
hospitalized.
According to military govern-
ment sources, the riot was
touched off by shooting incidents
last Thursday. An Israel Defense
Force Sgt. Major was shot and
wounded by a resident of Al Burj,
Fathi Ahmed el-Gharbawi. An
IDF officer at. the scene fatally
shot El-Gharbawi and later the
IDF demolished his house.
The military government re-
fused to turn El-Gharbawi's body
over to his family and supervised
his burial elsewhere. On Friday,
about 200 camp residents paraded
through Al Burj carrying por-
traits of the dead man and waving
Palestinian flags.
According to the military gov-
ernment, four border policemen,
surrounded by a crowd in the
camp, fired into the air. When the
crowd continued to menace them
they fired into it, killing II Issa
and wounding Hafez.
Meanwhile, in East Jerusalem
last week, U.S. Assistant Secre-

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Washington (JTA) — Israel and
the United States Monday signed
an agreement — unprecedented
in the history of the U.S. trade
policy — that will remove all
trade barriers on goods and serv-
ices exchanges between the two
countries.
In a signing ceremony in front
of the House Ways and Means
Committee, Israel's Minister of
Commerce and Industry, Ariel
Sharon, and special U.S. Trade
Representative William Brock,
stressed that the agreement
would benefit the economies of
both the U.S. and Israel and serve
as a precedent for similar agree-
ments with other countries.
A statement read by Brock from
President Reagan called the
agreement a "milestone in our ef-
forts to liberalize trade."
The U.S.-Israel Free Trade
Area Agreement, concluded last
month, will eliminate tariffs and
other trade barriers in phases
over a ten-year period. Congress
authorized the President to con-
clude the agreement last year and
to submit it for "fast track" con-
sideration and approval by the
House and Senate.
"There will be some debate, but
most of that's behind us now.
We've done the hard part," Rep.
Sam Gibbons (D-Fla.), chairman
of the Ways and Means Commit-
tee's subcommittee on interna-
tional trade, said. Brock said the
agreement is "testimony to the
political will on both sides."
Sharon, speaking for the Israeli

government, said "I believe that
the agreement we have signed
today will strengthen the rela-
tions — those deep, strong, tradi-
tional relations — between the
greatest democracy in the world,
the U.S. and the only one that/
exists in the Middle East, in the
region, Israel."

Israeli Hospital
Sets Project

Tel Aviv (JTA) — The
Rothstbild Hospital in Haifa and
the Health Ministry have signed
an agreement with an American
group to operate a "medical
tourism" project, enabling Ameri-
can patients to travel to Israel for
medical treatment.
According to Rothschild Hospi-
tal Director Dr. Dov Golan, the
plan is designed specifically for
patients suffering from arthritis,
with some 1,000 patients a year
coming for treatment annually for if
the first three years beginning ,
this fall.
The "medical tour" will include
a full range of medical care at
Rothchild Hospital and treat-
ment, supervised by hospital:–
staff, at the Tiberias Hot Springs
Medical Spa. c-=
The U.S. company, known by its (-i
Hebrew name as Rrefu a Mikoi
Haley, (wholehearted medicine),
will promote and market the pro-
gram through a network of physi-
cians it is organizing in the U.S.

