are strongly rebutted.
The Sandinistas insist they
do not have any official anti-
Semitic policy, but they also
do not have any official rela-
tions with Israel, whom they
have not forgiven for supply-
ing Gen. Somoza with arms.
Thus the Sandinistas main-
tained minimal relations
with Israel, never permitting
the Israeli ambassador to pre-
sent his credentials. Even-
tually, in 1982, the Nicara-
guans broke relations with
Israel completely.
While there is no Israeli
embassy in Managua, there
is an embassy for the Pales-
tine Liberation Organization,
which enjoys full diplomatic
privileges. For nearly two
decades, the Sandinistas have
had close ties with the Pal-
estinians, who allegedly as-
sisted in training the San-
dinistas in guerilla warfare
prior to the revolution.
Recent allegations of Is-
rael's involvment in the Iran-
Contra affair have done little
to improve relations between
the two governments.
Whether or not the Nicara-
guan Jews in exile return to
Managua depends much on
the success of the Arias peace
plan. At present, there are no
signs to indicate the situation
in Nicaragua will change.
And, after a decade away
from their homes in Nica-
ragua, the question remains
whether the Jews of Con-
gregacion Israelita will ever
again be able to call Nica-
ragua home. El
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C-O-L Rises
In January
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israel's
cost-of-living index rose by 1.6
percent during January, the
Central Bureau of Statistics
announced Monday.
It was the first monthly in-
dex based on a new "represen-
tative basket" reflecting cur-
rent expenditures more ac-
curately than the old basket
prepared some years ago.
The January figure was
somewhat higher than the
1.0-1.2 percent figure an-
ticipated by economists and
the banks.
Cancer Studied
Rehovot — Links between
cancer, cell differentiation
and physical chaiacteristics of
the cell — including changes
in its shape and its contacts
with surrounding substances
— are being explored by Prof.
Avri Ben-Ze'ev at the Weiz-
mann Institute of Science.
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