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New York (JTA) — Baxter
International, a leading
manufacturer of health-care
products, announced that it
will abandon its plan to
build an intravenous-fluids
manufacturing plant in
Syria.
But the move does not
dispel allegations that Bax-
ter violated U.S. anti-boycott
legislation in its 1988 sale of
a similar plant in Israel and
subsequent decision to build
one in Syria.
The U.S. Commerce
Department, which had been
investigating the allega-
tions, referred the matter to
the U.S. Attorney's Office in
Chicago in February, paving
the way for possible criminal
prosecution.
Baxter's announcement
that it is canceling plans for
a Syrian plant was immedi-
ately welcomed by Jewish
organizations, who had rais-
ed questions over Baxter's
willingness to enter into an
agreement with a country
linked with international
terrorism.
Jewish organizations had
also argued that the propos-
ed plant could have been
converted by the Syrian
military for other purposes,
perhaps to produce chemical
or biological weapons.
The Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of
America, whose Institute of
Public Affairs last month
held a meeting with Baxter
officials to discuss this issue,
expressed its pleasure with
the decision.
Baxter officials have re-
peatedly denied allegations
that they followed the Arab-
led economic boycott in their
Middle East dealings.
The economic boycott of
Israel forbids companies
from doing business with
Israel and also prohibits
dealings with companies
that have business ties to
Israel. Adherence to the
boycott is outlawed by U.S.
legislation enacted 13 years
ago.
Baxter has been charged
by Jewish groups with sell-
ing its plant in Israel in 1988
in order to have its name
removed from an Arab list of
companies that should be
boycotted because they do
business with Israel. Baxter
officials say they sold the
plant for financial reasons.
The decision to terminate
the plant agreement with
Syria comes before construc-
tion was started or any in-
vestment was made, accor-
ding to a statement issued
by the company.
Soviet Aliyah
Remains Constant
Stuart A. Katz, M.D.
LEARNING DISABILITIES CLINIC
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To Build In Syria
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Jerusalem (JTA) — A total
of 16,048 Soviet Jews im-
migrated to Israel in May,
about the same as the
previous month.
But immigration officials
here expect the number to
swell considerably this mon-
th, as Jews rush to get out of
the Soviet Union before new
emigration regulations go
into effect.
Soviet Jewish immigration
to the United States also
remained relatively cons-
tant, totaling 2,373 in May,
compared to 2,171 in April,
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society reported in New
York.
The U.S. government
would help pay for up to
40,000 Soviet Jews to come
to the United States as refu-
gees this fiscal year. But in
the first eight months, only
13,474 have made it.
By contrast, the May fig-
ures bring Soviet Jewish
immigration to Israel for the
first five months of 1991 to
66,194, according to figures
compiled by the Soviet
Jewry Research Bureau.
But the immigration scene
in Israel was dominated last
month by the arrival of more
than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
in the Operation Solomon
airlift May 24 and 25.
Those arrivals brought
aliyah for the month to
31,774 new immigrants, ac-
cording to the Jewish Agen-
cy for Israel.
There are about 200 Ethi-
opian Jews in Addis Ababa
who were not able to get on
the airlift, and an estimated
2,000 Jews still in the pro-
vince of Gondar.
About 80,000 Soviet Jews
now hold visas for Israel but
have delayed their depar-
ture because of problems an-
ticipated in absorption.
Some people holding
Israeli visas are expected to
leave this month because of
the delays and bureaucratic
problems anticipated as the
Soviet visa agency, OVIR,
gears up for the change in
July.