REAL ESTATE
NEW LISTING
MAPLE - FRANKLIN RDS.
Contemporary 2400
sq. ft. ranch on huge
park-like treed lot.
Totally renovated
interior with gourmet
kitchen, deluxe ca-
binetry & built-ins, 22
x 22 family room,
hardwood floors. See
it! $187,900.
POMEROY
W. BLOOMFIELD
DISTINCTIVE
LAKEFRONT
CONTEMPORARY
Five bedrooms,_ cus-
tom Mica kitchen, all
built-in appliances,
neutral decor.
Move-in condition._
Priced below bank
appraisal.
$285, 000.
559-3344
681-8344
W. BLOOMFIELD
BEACON SQUARE
PEBBLE CREEK II
By Owner
Three
bedroom,
1 1/2 bath colonial,
large great room
with natural fireplace,
formal dining or living
room, closet space
galore including
walk-in cedar, hard-
wood floors, brick
construction and
aluminum trim. Ask-
ing mid $70's.
Two bedroom, 2 1/2
bath end unit ranch.
Contemporary de-
sign. Cathedral ceil-
ing, skylight open
floor plan, Jenn-Air,
Roman tub, 2 car att.
garage. 24 hour
gatehouse. Pool.
$175,000.
855-9237
Call to see ELAINE COHEN
GUARDIAN PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
9634529
WEST BLOOMFIELD
New Arrival
Every
woman's
dream! Magnificent
large corner lot and
circular drive surround
this stately wing colo-
nial with four huge
bedrooms, family
room, library, dream
kitchen and first floor
loundy. All redone on
contemporary decor.
$185,900
851-2303
Cha in be d°.
Tinibcr
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NEW ON THE MARKET
HUNTINGTON WOODS
RANCH
On a pleasant, quiet
street. An excellent
open floor plan in-
cluding a Florida
room, 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, cen. air & par-
tially finished base-
ment with shower.
$94, 000.
Call GENE PETERS
645-2500 or
647-2895
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CRANBROOK ASSOC., INC.
of West
Bloomfield
Let your personal style shine
Homes priced from the $140,000's.
• Ceramic Tile Foyer
• Fire Place
• Lucite & Oak Rails
• Formica Cabinets
Steel 7178
Custom
Homes
Timberview Trail
N. Side of 14 Mile
Between Farmington & Drake .Roads
569-0082
Exciting • Innovative • Affordable
Specialists in residential building for over 60 years.
BACKGROUND
OAK PARK - BEST BUY
10 MILE - COOLIDGE
WALK TO SHUL
FARMER JACK
Absolutely immacu-
late move-in condi-
tion, 3 bedroom
ranch, 1 1/2 car gar-
age, lovely knotty
pine rec. room with
bar, remodeled kit-
chen,
attractive.
wallpaper
and
carpeting thruout.
Newer furnace and
hot water tank. "LOW
MONTHLY PAY-
MENTS. Only
$40, 900.
POMEROY
559-3344
CIASSIFIEDS
For All
Your Needs
EXCEPTIONAL
LAKEFRONT HOME
Luxurious home. 2
plus acres treed
lakefront property
with exquisite pool.
Finest woods, mar-
ble, terrazzo, cooks
kitchen, 2 family
rooms and library.
Luxuries too numer-
ous to detail.
$449, 900. ME
Call MERLE SOLWAY
855-9100
Earl Kelm Realty
WEST BLOOMFIELD
OPEN SAT. & SUN. 2 - 5
3112 GILBERT RIDGE
POWDER HORN ESTATES
N. of Maple, off Middlebelt
Spacious quad-level
has many extras. 3
bedrboms, 3 1/2
baths, family room
has wet bar, raised
hearth fireplace,
built-in bbq, 3 door
sliding
doorwall,
large
basement
area, Pella windows,
2-zone cen. air, un-
derground sprinklers.
Immaculate condi-
tion. Reduced to
$172,000.
CALL LU RICHARDS
REAL ESTATE ONE
685-9050
Spanish Recognition:
Blessing Or Curse?
YOEL COHEN
Special to The Jewish News
T
he establishment of dip-
lomatic ties between
Spain. and Israel is a
major .achievement in Israeli
foreign relations. Now Israel can
claim to have diplomatic ties
with every one of the Western
democratic family of nations.
Spain holds a special place in
Jewish history, for producing
such giants as Maimonides,
Judah HaLevi and Solomon Ibn
Gvirol during its Golden Age. In
a broad historical sense, Spain's
recognition of Israel may be
seen as making amends for the
explusion of the Jews from
Spain in 1492.
The absence of diplomatic ties
between the two countries has a
history of its own. In 1950, Is-
rael supported a resolution in
the United Nations to boycott
Spain because of its alliance
with Nazi Germany in the Sec-
ond World War. Although Spain
had helped to save thousands of
Jews in the Second World War,
Israel, as a young Member of
the UN, was not prepared to
break rank on a resolution with
symbolic meaning to the Jewish
state. When the Franco govern-
ment fell some ten years ago,
and the Israeli government put
out diplomatic feelers to Madrid
to recognize Israel, Spanish 'offi-
cials referred back to the
boycott.
Unofficial ties between the
two countries have existed since
1983, in the form of a foreign
ministry official, Shmuel Hadas,
Israel's representative at the
Madrid-based World Tourism
Organization. Hadas is to be ap-
pointed Israel's first ambassador
to Spain.
Even five years ago there was
just limited support among
Spain's political parties for for-
mal recognition of Israel. Only
the small Popular Party favored
such a public act.. Today, recog-
nition is certainly due in part to
the good personal relationship
between Socialist Prime Minis-
ter Felipe Gonzalez and Prime
Minister Shimon Peres, who
have known one another for a
long time through the Socialist
International. Other in the
Socialist Party, however, such
as Fernando Moran, the former
foreign minister, opposed such a
step, fearing it would ,threaten
Spain's close ties with the Arab
world.
All of Spain's political parties,
apart from the Communists,
have welcomed the Socialist
government's decision to recog-
nize Israel. The Spanish media
gave wide coverage to the deci-
sion as well as to other topics
regarding Israel. Recent opinion
polls indicated that some 70
percent of the Spanish public
favored recognition.
More important than personal
ties and popular approval was
Spain's entry into the European
Economic Community in
January. Spain would have been
the only EEC member without
formal diplomatic ties to
Jerusalem. Some reports
claimed that the lack of recogni-
tion was an obstacle to Spain in
gaining acceptance to the com-
munity and that EEC countries
put pressure on Madrid to rec-
ognize Israel. However, other
reports suggested that Spain
tried to use the card of recogni-
tion of Israel during negotia-
tions to-gain entry, but that
EEC countries refused to tie the
two issues.
Spain's entry to the EEC may
be costly to Israel; its duty-free
fruits, notably oranges, present
a threat to Israeli agricultural
exports to EEC countries. Israel
has failed to obtain adequate
safeguards in terms of tariff
concessions from the EEC. A
cartoonist in the leading daily,
Haaretz, depicted the an-
nouncement of Spanish recogni-
tion with Prime Minister Peres
standing underneath a fruit tree
labelled "Spain", holding out a
basket to catch one fruit label-
led "recognition of Israel", while
another fruit labelled "Spanish
exports to the EEC" lands on
Peres' head.
In bilateral terms there is a
growing trade relationship be-
tween the two countries. In the
-
Spain's entry to the
EEC may be costly
to Israel; its
duty-free fruits,
notably oranges,
present a threat to
Israeli agricultural
exports to EEC
countries.
first 11 months of 1985, Spanish
exports to Israel amounted to
$73 million dollars -= a 1,000
percent increase since 1977 —
and Spanish imports from Israel
amounted to $28 million. Ex-
ports to Spain include water ir-
rigation equipment, and imports
by Israel include trucks and
tractors. Last year the two coun-
tries set up direct air links, with
El Al and Iberia Air Lines mak-
ing regular flights. Common
areas for future cooperation in-
clude combatting terrorism and
solar energy research.
These economic ties are
minor, however, when compared
with the close economic ties be-
tween Spain and the Arab
world. Up to 80 percent of
Spain's .oil comes from Arab
countries, and Spanish exports
and building contracts with
those nations amount to more
than $2 billion a year.
Despite the satisfaction in Is-
rael over official diplomatic ties,
Spain basically supports the
Arab point of view, including
the posiion that the PLO be in-
volved in peace negotiations.
Moreover, with the addition of
Spain to the EEC, which al-
ready hosts several pro-Arab na-
tions, any future EEC policy
statements regarding the Arab-
Israeli dispute can be expected
to shift further to the Arab
point of view.
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