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1993 TOYOTA COROLLA
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was $13,745
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1993 PASEO
1992 TOYOTA CARY II
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was $19,263
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5 spd., AM/FM radio, stk. #235
was $24 5 854
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was $14,476
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G
aza continues as an
active area in the
Israeli topography.
Last week's Commen-
tary gave an extensive view
of the 3,500 year old city and
area. It shared with our
readers the notable Jewish
role and contributions. This
subject is inexhaustible in
the Jewish gift to building
Arab neighborliness and ad-
vancing Gaza economy.
Thanks to studies by a
responsible Israeli
economist, we now learn
about proposals for vast sav-
ings of funds through oil
shipment opportunities by
Arab nations using a pro-
jected terminal to be estab-
lished in Gaza. These oppor-
tunities are described in a
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
report by Hugh Orzell.
Knowledge of the details en-
courages serious considera-
tion. If the plan mate-
rializes, it could be a great
boon to the entire Middle
East economy. Therefore,
the space allotted to it en-
courages its speedy ad-
vancement. The Orzell idea
is fascinating.
In a peaceful bid to
foster economic coopera-
tion with the Arab world,
Israel is offering transit
facilities for European-
bound oil at a projected
terminal in Gaza.
Under an Israeli plan
submitted to a team of
World Bank experts,
Saudi Aarbia and Kuwait
would pump oil overland
to the Mediterranean port
of Gaza, where it would
then be shipped to Euro-
pean destinations.
Such an arrangement
would save the two
nations an estimated $240
million annually by enabl-
ing them to bypass more
expensive transit through
the Suez Canal or around
Africa.
The plan would also
help boost employment in
economically depressed
Gaza, a center of anti-
Israel turbulence.
The proposal is based
on a study by Professor
Gideon Fishelson, scien-
tific coordinator of Tel
Aviv University's Armand
Hammer Fund for Econ-
omic Cooperation in the
Middle East.
Furthering neighborliness with the Arabs.
Fishelson, a professor of
economics, reckons it
costs $18 to ship one ton of
oil from the Persian Gulf
to Western Europe
through the Suez Canal;
the cost rises to $20 in
shipment by supertankers
around Africa.
Savings of $3 to $6 per
ton of crude oil could be
achieved by piping the oil
from the Arabian Penin-
sula to the Mediterranean
coast and then loading it
on tankers bound for
Europe, he said.
Potential savings would
more than cover the cost
of constructing and main-
taining the pipelines and
an oil terminal in Gaza,
and still leave a surplus,
he said.
At the political level, the
plan would have no im-
pact on Arab national
pride since "Arab oil
would continue to be ex-
ported via an Arab oil
terminal."
Moreover, the pipelines
would physically link
Israel and three or four
Arab countries, "making
them interdependent"
and thus cementing
peace.
The Israeli economist
recommended that Israel
shut down its oil terminal
at the southern port of
Eilat. Originally built to
pipe Iranian oil to
refineries in Ashdod and
Haifa, it now funnels oil
imports from Egypt.
He suggested that Israel
buy its oil instead from
supplies pumped through
the proposed overland
pipeline, which could be
linked to an existing Eilat-
Ashdod system in the
desert north of Eilat. The
danger of an oil spill in a
"closed oil-transfer
system" would be
minimal, he said.
There is one special reason
for harping on such econ-
omic opportunities. Many
have been advocated and too
many are often ignored be-
cause they are the brain-
children of Jews and would
emphasize the need for
Arab-Jewish cooperation. It
is an injustice to Arabs and
Gaza reamins an
active area in
Israel's
topography.
their quest for economic ad-
vancement not to consider
such plans which would
benefit them even more than
Israel.
Therefore, there is the
urgency to take advantage of
every opportunity to raise
available standards for all.
Israel's neighborliness
would improve life, edu-
cation and economic com-
mitments as well. Concerned
citizens will always work
unitedly to raise the stan-
dards for humankind. ❑