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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. ❑