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So our Cavalry Watch ,.. with Swiss quartz movement feels MSS like it could have played a major role in history. S150. Arm w 8 R A N ik 0 LJ-J CD Cc LU CZ) LLJ X22 Crosswinds Mall 4301 Orchard Lake Road 'West Bloomfield alas, by many others) comes Sources close to Mr. Levy said down to. the new party would support the Rabbi Riskin is fond of calling evolving peace agreement with attention to the vacuity of Israel's the Palestinians, with the condi- secular culture, and he's not en- tion that no Israeli settlements tirely wrong in so doing, even are dismantled and that the se- though his exaggerations are (at curity of Jewish settlers is en- best) unbecoming. The alterna- sured. tive he proposes is not vacuous; Senior Likud sources said the it is ominous. For when he says, driving force behind Mr. Levy's as he does in the August issue of decision to form a new party was Moment, that the 1947 United to thwart Mr. Netanyahu's bid Nations decision in favor of an in- for the premiership. dependent Jewish state is es- sentially irrelevant, that the Jewish claim to Israel came from "our Bible and history," he treads on exceedingly dangerous ground. In the context of inter- national affairs, that is an ex- Jerusalem (JTA) —Jellyfish, the tremist's claim; if the issue bane of Israeli bathers, may yet between Israel and its neighbors become a national moneymaker. An Israeli institute has pro- comes down to one people's bible posed netting large quantities of against another's, then the end is inevitably about which people the jellyfish that infested Israel's has the power to enforce its bible. coastline this summer, preserv- Rabbi Riskin says, and means, ing them in brine and exporting that Israel's destiny is not to be them to Japan and other Far a nation like all other nations, a East countries, where they are "normal" nation, but to be a light considered a delicacy. The idea was first proposed by unto the nations, a "holy" nation. The tension between normalcy Bella Galil of the Oceanograph- and holiness is a healthy tension, ic and Limnological Research In- but whatever we may mean by stitute. She told Israel Radio that "holiness," it is entirely an inter- the effort could develop into a lu- nal affair; it is not to be dragged crative export industry. "In the 1990s, the world har- into our relations with others. To drag it in, to act on the conviction vest of jellyfish was over a quar- K that we are holier than they, ter of a million metric tons," she means to will for a Bosnian de- said. "Japan consumed 50 mil- nouement. And, in any case, it is lion tons of processed jellyfish a not holding on to Hebron — or year." The jellyfish draw a high re- Efrat — that will make us holy. Holiness is, among other things, tail price in such countries as about peacemaking; it is not, not Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand, Ms. Galil said. ever, about acreage. 0 The idea has already gotten off the ground with a preliminary study. Samples of some processed jel- lyfish sent to a Japanese firm were favorably received, Ms. Galil said, adding that plans are under way to begin exporting the product on a commercial level next summer. Jerusalem (JTA) — Former For- eign Minister David Levy com- pleted his split from the Likud Party by announcing that he will form a new political party in De- cember and will run for prime Washington (JTA) — Morton minister in Israel's 1996 elections. Klein, president of the Zionist Or- Mr. Levy's announcement, ganization of America, may chal- made on Israel Television, comes lenge Rep. Jon Fox, R-Pa., in next after years of feuding with Likud year's Republican primary. Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr. Klein said he has been The conflict reached a climax asked to run in the primary by a earlier this year, when Mr. Le handful of Republican activists bolted from Likud, charging that in his congressional district in its mechanism for holding inter- suburban Philadelphia. He re- nal party elections deprived his fused to identify the individuals. followers of their fair share of rep- Mr. Fox, a first-term con- resentation within the party. gressman, is the only Jewish Many who support Mr. Levy, member of the House freshman a Moroccan-born immigrant, are class. from Israel's Sephardi popula- The 47-year-old Mr. Klein was tion. elected president of the ZOA last Mr. Levy said his new, as-yet- year. Since then, the former bio- unnamed party would be cen- statistician and economist has trist, drawing support from led the charge on Capitol Hill to members of the Likud, Labor and cut off funds to the Palestine Lib- Meretz parties. eration Organization. Dion,'s World of Watches 539-1181 Mon.-Wed. 10-6 Thurs. & Fri. 10-9 Sat. 10-6 ZOA President Thinks Congress