Hammer Drills, Meets Begin Tel Aviv (JTA) — The long search for oil in Israel will continue, and for the first time, it will involve offshore drilling as well. Oil magnate Armand Ham- mer announced at a news con- ference that he had signed a $25 million deal with Israel's Energy Ministry, and would begin building Israel's first offshore drilling rig on a plat- form some 10 miles off the Tel Aviv coastline. The platform, to be operated by Hammer's Oc- cidental Petroleum Co., is ex- pected to begin operation by the end of the year. Hammer also visited for a half hour with ex-Prime Minister Menachem Begin at his Jerusalem home. Ham- mer is one of the few outsiders whom Begin entertains at his apartment, which has become his veritable hermitage since he quit office in 1983. Hammer told reporters that he urged the former premier to begin writing his memoirs soon, and that he had found Begin in good health. e smv{ A,ft,*05 cgow cigeepeuy, ;- oe mep Mai du *g i s ntasi;Uct:4, 1:t3 pefig,d f.Aprottn peior MG- • TA MC ONE 0.3 teJ c§Giki:* CKIARti, )3;30:/se. 4 Police Injured In Fracas Meroge fleafot *duo Jerusalem (JTA) — Six police officers were injured Tuesday morning battling Arabs inside the Jerusalem district courthouse on Saladin Street. All required hospital treatment. They were attacked while escorting a handcuffed Arab whose detention period had just been extended. An Arab mob estimated to number bet- ween 30 and 40 burst into a corridor wielding what were described as "sharp objects?' The attackers, believed to be relatives of the prisoner, were apparently trying to free him. Americans Help Arabs Rebuild Houston (JTA) — An American-Israeli fund has been set up to finance the rebuilding of Arab-owned homes in the West Bank village of Beita, site of an April clash between Arab villagers and Jewish settlers that left 16-year-old settler Tirza Porat dead. The Israeli army blew up 14 of the village's houses, although an army report found Porat died from a bullet fired by a fellow settler and not from Arab stoning, as was initially reported. C 19138RJ. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. Competitive tar level reflects the FTC method. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking- By Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And Low Birth Weight. BOX: Less than 0.5 mg. "tar' less than 0.05 mg. nicotine, SOFT PACK FILTER, MEN11-10L: 1 mg. "tar' 0.1 mg. nicotine, ay. per cigarette, FTC Report JAN. '85; BOX 100's: Less than 0.5 mg. "tar,' less than 0.05 mg. nicotine, SOFT PACK 100's, FILTER: 2 mg. "tar',' 0.2 mg. nicotine, SOFT PACK 100's, MENTHOL: 3 mg. "tar," 0.3 mg. nicotine, ay. per cigarette by FTC method. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 21 .