settlement's tourist hostel, says
he and his family moved to
Ma'aleh Ephraim in 1979 after
seeing a newspaper ad "saying
they were looking for young
families, and there were finan-
cial incentives and people would
get help in buying homes. We
moved here because we had no
way to buy a home in a decent
part of Israel. Most of the peo-
ple came here for this reason.
"We are not Palestinians; we
are not Jordanians; we are not
half-and-half anything," he said.
"We are Israeli citizens, and we
want to continue to live in sov-
ereign Israel."
Since Mr. Sela does not trust
Israel to maintain sovereignty
over Ma'aleh Ephraim, he
wants it to offer to his family the
means to move over the Green
Line. He laughed when asked
The had tried selling his home.
Nobody, he said, is thinking
about moving to the Jordan Val-
ley these days.
In the Gaza Strip, the . 17
Jewish families living in the
mobile home settlement of
Dugit are threatening to leave
if their economic and security
situation is not strengthened.
After several attempted terror-
ist incursions into the settle-
ment — including two in one
day, once by Palestinians car-
rying axes — the settlers began
sending their children to stay
with family and friends in safer
parts of Israel proper.
Yoram Ravitzky, who came
to Dugit when it was founded
as a planned fishing village in
1990, says the main cause of
settler displeasure is economic,
but the cause is political. They
were promised a site on the
beach for fishing facilities, but
because of political uncertainty
about Gaza's future, the site

SALE
ALL MERCHANDISE

hasn't been prepared, and they
live "temporarily" in mobile
homes a half-mile from the sea.
Mr. Ravitzky says his family
would remain in Dugit if it
could start up its business on
the sea.
"Given the choice," he said, "I
would move to a fishing village
on the other side of the Green
Line. Nobody is sure what's go-
ing to happen to this area in the
future, and security here is very
bad. I didn't come here for ide-
ological reasons. I didn't come
to fight terrorists. I came here
to be a fisherman."
Yossi Katz says most of the
appeals he's received as a Knes-
set member have come from es-
tablished settlements within
commuter range from Jeru-
salem and Tel Aviv. Most set-
tlers who have asked for
compensation or resettlement,
he said, work in Israel proper.
Sean Casper, a spokesman
for the Council of Jewish Com-
munities in Judea, Samaria
and Gaza, said that while he be-
lieves only a "handful" of set-
tlers are ready to move, the
phenomenon embarrasses the
government, not the settler
movement.
"It's indicative of their fear,
their isolation and their lack of
faith in [Prime Minister
Yitzhak] Rabin's promises to
take care of their personal safe-
ty," he said.
While Yossi Katz says many
settlers have told him they don't
want to go public with their in-
tentions for fear of censure from
their more dedicated neighbors,
Sean Casper says they have
nothing to worry about on that
account: "We attach no guilt to
what they are doing, no blame,
and we are not surprised." El

50-75%

OFF

722 North Woodward Avenue
Birmingham, Michigan 48009

313 258 5018

AIDARIA

Custom Draperies

()SATIN &

CUSTOM MADE

News

ANTIQUE SATIN
DRAPERIES & 118"
BATISTE SEAMLESS
SHEERS

Israel Flash Floods
Affect Negev Region

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Heavy
rains in southern Israel
resulted in flash floods that
washed out roads, left hun-
dreds of people stranded, and
killed two people.'
In the usually bone-dry
southern port and vacation
town of Eilat, more than 1.5
inches of rain fell in 90
minutes one night. Similar
amounts fell in the moun-
tains of the central Negev.
Two Bedouin from the
Negev were reported drown-
ed.
"I heard a noise like a
train passing by, even
though we are usually very

drapery boutique will fabricate your
118" seamless Batiste Sheers and
Antique Satin Fabric into custom
draperies..."LABOR FREE"!
Purchase the fabric only.
...118" Seamless Batiste Sheer
valued at '28 per yard
just...$17.90 per yard.

quiet and far from railroads
or main roads," a farmer in a
moshav told Israel Radio.

"My lower field wasn't
there," he said. "Instead,
there was a wide river —
some hundreds of meters
wide — flowing fast where
my field was dry when I
went to bed."
The sudden downpour sent
vast amounts of water
rushing down wadis and
spilling over the normally
dry banks. The fast-moving
waters spread over, wide
areas, damaging roads,
fields and small bridges.

❑

Labor Free!

...Deluxe Antique Satin Fabric

L

•

drapery boutique

BATH, BED, WINDOWS, WALLS...AND MORE!

NOVI
NORTHVILLE

FARMINGTON HILLS
WEST BLOOMFIELD

FARMINGTON

BIRMINGHAM

Pepper Square
39253 Gd. River
al I-iaqqeity Rd.
478-3133

Orchard Lk. 14 Mi. Ct
30854 Orchard Lk. Rd
S. of 14 Mile Rd.
626-4313

TROY
BLOOMFIELD
ROCHESTER

CANTON
PLYMOUTH
LIVONIA

STERLING HTS.
WARREN
UTICA

Venus Plozo 6046 Canton Corners Cross Roads Ctr.
Rochester Rd. at 42775 Ford Rd . 37130 Van Dyke
Sq. Lake Rd.
at Utley Rd.
at 16 Mile Rd .
879-1010
981-7400
795-1500

valued at '15 per yard
just... $10.90 per yard.
and drapery boutique will provide
the "LABOR FREE" Custom tailoring
with 3 to 1 fullness with your
choice of pinch pleated or wide
pocket top heading.

SHOP-AT-HOME
1-800-444-3983

Call for an appointment

Monday-Friday 9-5:30
Saturday 9:30-2

offer expires 1-30-94