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Unpaid Taxes
Block Gifts

Jerusalem (JTA) — Tens of
thousands of dollars worth of
gifts and badly needed sup-
plies, sent here by overseas
donors for Israelis made
homeless by Scud missile at-
tacks, are piling up in the
custom houses undelivered
because the import tax has _
not been paid.
The newspaper Yediot
Achronot reported that 20
transistor radios, 15 tons of
clothing, 3,000 blankets and
toys valued at $30,000 had
been frozen by customs.
A group of young Jews
from France who vol-
unteered to work in Israel
arrived recently with
thousands of dollars of gifts
for the missile victims. They
were cleared by customs, but
the gifts were not allowed to
leave the airport until the
duty was paid.
The goods were released
eventually, but not before
the volunteers' parents, the
mayors of several towns and
the heads of institutions
pledged to pay.
Mordechai Bareket, the di-
rector of customs, confirmed
the situation but said he
could do nothing about it.
Customs are levied to pro-
tect local producers from for-
eign competition, Mr.
Bareket explained. He sug-
gested that in the future,
overseas philanthropists
send money to purchase
goods locally.

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Rome (JTA) — About 200
skinheads and other right-
wing extremists demon-
strating here last week mix-
ed anti-Semitic with anti-
Israel and anti-American
slogans in a demonstration
of support for Saddam Hus-
sein of Iraq.
Wearing black shirts
reminiscent of Mussolini's
fascist brigades, they mar-
ched down the Appian Way
in the center of Rome chan-
ting, "Another Scud on Tel
Aviv," and waved banners
reading, "Israel will not
win."
"Only the fascists have not
forgotten that the Ameri-
cans bombed Italy" during
World War II, a newspaper
quoted one of the marchers
as saying.
Fliers announcing the pro-
Saddam rally showed a U.S.
Marine being kicked in the
rear by a shaven-headed
youth while another ripped
an Israeli flag.

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