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Transportation to Jewish Community Center Activities provided by Farmington Hills Inn for scheduled functions For a tour and brochure, call or write- ik 2,4 I N N 30350 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48018 (313) 851-9640 20 FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1989 Hours: Nlon.-Sat. 10-9 Paris (JTA) — Pink and green, with a swath of black, was how one commentator here described the complex- ion of the European Parlia- ment after last weekend's elections. Socialists, environmentalist Greens and smaller leftist parties captured a working majority of 270 seats in the 518-member parliament, which sits in Strasbourg, France, as the European Community's legislative body. The same bloc had 233 seats in the outgoing parlia- ment. Extreme right-wing parties in France and West Germany made unexpectedly strong showings in the elec- tions, which are held every five years. The overall outcome was disturbing to supporters of Israel. The Socialists and Greens, who will comprise the largest bloc, have been consistently sympathetic to the Palesti- nian cause. The center-right coalition they displaced was basically pro-Israel, despite reserva- tions many of their deputies have about Israel's handling of the Palestinian uprising. Avi Primor, Israel's am- bassador to Belgium and liaison with the Brussels- based European Community, did not conceal his disap- pointment with the results. "We will need to put in more energy and work, more imagination and good will, if we are to preserve our former- ly cordial relations with the new chamber," Primor said. One of the best known, Simone Veil of France, an Auschwitz survivor, headed a conservative, center-right bloc. It garnered only 8.41 percent of the vote, well short of the 10 percent she had said was "the minimum needed to make her party credible." British Conservatives, who generally back Israel, also lost influence. Their represen- tation was reduced from 45 to 31 seats. Rabin Declines PLO Message From France Paris (JTA) — Before leav- ing France last week, Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin made a goodwill gesture by ordering the release of a Palestinian woman in custody in Israel for alleged membership in a terrorist organization. Rabin, refused, however to receive a verbal message from the Palestinian Liberation Organization, conveyed by Marie-Claire Mendes-France, widow of the late French Jewish premier. Rabin ordered the release of Terry Boulatta at the per- sonal request of President Francois Mitterand's wife. Boulatta will come to Paris for medical treatment. Mendes-France, who sym- pathizes with both Israel and the Palestinian cause, met with Rabin and conveyed a message from Arafat saying that he would like to meet with the defense minister. Mendes-France had met with Arafat in Tunis last Friday. Rabin replied that he did not want to receive the message "officially," according to the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot. Rabin spent three days in Paris, mainly to attend the annual air show at Le Bourget. Mitterrand, still smoldering over the way he was vilified for receiving Arafat, refused to meet with Rabin. He had meetings with Prime Minister Michel Rocard and Defense Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement. Mitterrand also was said to be upset by Israel's refusal to receive the French am- bassador for a briefing on Arafat's meetings in Paris on May 2 and 3. The Israelis, in fact, declined French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas' offer to come to Jerusalem per- sonally to brief Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Arens on Arafat's remarks. Mazon Aids Ethiopian Jews Los Angeles — A mission of volunteer medical profes- sionals and lay people will provide medical care, agricultural supplies and food to Ethiopian Jews, thanks to a $20,000 grant to the North American Conference of Ehtiopian Jewry announced this week by Mazon, A Jewish Response to Hunger. The allocation was one of 51 grants made by Mazon total- ing $330,000 to organizations that feed the poor and pro- mote long-term solutions for hunger and poverty.