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American Heart Association WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE Job Figures `Meaningless' Help For Somalia Airport Israel economists disputed un- employment figures for the ter- ritories which the Central Bureau of Statistics released. The figures claim that unem- ployment rose to an average of 6.7 percent last year compared to 4.2 percent in 1992. An-Najah University eco- nomics professor Hisham Awartani said of the figures, "They're meaningless." He noted that educated Palestinians such as physicians and scientists are forced into menial jobs as a result of the economic recession in the Gulf states and poor local economic conditions. According to Mr. Awartani, well-informed economists esti- mate that unemployment in Gaza is not lower than 50 per- cent, although he believes it is closer to 60 percent. They esti- mate that unemployment in the West Bank is at least 35 per- cent. The Palestinian workforce, which includes those who are employed and those who are looking for work, grew 1.8 per- cent to 339,000 last year, com- pared with 333,000 in 1992. An average of 116,000 terri- tory workers worked in Israel in 1992 compared to 84,000 last year. Out of last year's total, 61,000 worked in construction and 9,000 in agriculture. Hatehof, an Israeli company based in Upper Nazareth, has been chosen by the United Na- tions to build and operate fire fighting systems for the Mo- gadishu, Somalia, airport. The United Nations was forced to issue an international tender for the fire fighting ser- vices after American forces were thinned out in Somalia and fire fighting systems were removed along with the soldiers who op- erated them. The Hatehof factory, which manufactures fire fighting sys- tems for factories, won the ten- der. Natural Gas Deal In Works? Enron Corporation, the U.S.- based energy company, has held talks with the Israel En- ergy Ministry and the Israel Electric Corporation regarding the sale of natural gas to Israel. Enron, based in Houston, Texas, is interested in helping bring in and process natural gas from a number of Persian Gulf states in which it has business interests, Israel Radio report- ed. Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, an adviser to Enron, discussed the issue during his recent visit to Israel with Energy Minister Moshe Shahal and officials from the Electric Corp. According to Israel Radio, Enron has proposed not only to be responsible for shipping the natural gas to Israel but for es- tablishing terminals, pipeline and processing installations. The total investment in the large-scale project is expected to be close to $4 billion, the re- port said. ADL Praises Boycott Probe The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) testified in Washington against the Arab economic boy- cott of Israel and companies that do business with Israel and praised the Clinton adminis- tration's investigation of the ef- fect of the boycott on American business. In testimony submitted to the International Trade Com- mission hearings on the Arab boycott, Melvin Salberg, ADL national chairman, commend- ed the International Trade Commission's effort "to investi- gate and quantify the damage to U.S. companies imposed by the Arab boycott." He said this action "under- scores the message that the U.S. will not tolerate an anti- free trade policy that punishes American business." Mr. Salberg noted that, after 45 years, "the boycott still has a 'chilling effect' on interna- tional business decisions...in- timidated by possible Arab economic retribution, many large companies decide on their own to avoid doing business with American companies that trade with Israel." Mr. Salberg said while Arab leaders have given assurances to U.S. officials that the sec- ondary boycott is no longer en- forced, U.S. anti-boycott statistics do not bear this out. The Trade Commission's in- vestigation was ordered in No- vember by President Clinton's trade representative, Mickey Kantor. At the conclusion of the year-long probe, a report ana- lyzing the economic costs to U.S. businesses because of the eco- nomic boycott will be issued. Since Israel's creation in 1948, the Arabs have boycotted it. The Arab League imposed a secondary boycott on compa- nies doing business with Israel in 1951.