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also reportedly discussed the fu-
ture of Middle East peace in the
wake of the Nov. 4 assassination
of Prime Minister Yitzhak Ra-
bin.
Although the German gov-
ernment has pledged to help
with the construction of bridges
and roads and with other infra-
structure projects in Gaza and-
the West Bank, it has not corn-
mitted itself to supporting the
three largest projects on Mr.
Arafat's wish list.
IKEA Joins
Furniture Market
Los Angeles (JTA) — IKEA, the
Scandinavian-based furniture gi-
ant, has decided to enter. the Is-
rael market.
In the near future, the world-
wide furniture c_hain is expected to
name the Israeli company that will
represent it in the Jewish state.
In the past, IKEA has turned
down dozens of requests by po-
tential franchisers in Israel.
The decision to head for Israel
reportedly was made at a meet-
ing in Zurich of the board of the
IKEA group of companies.
IKEA is no stranger to con-
troversy, particularly when it
comes to Jewish concerns.
Last year, the Simon Wiesen-
thal Center investigated IKEA's
corporate policies, after reports
that the company founder and
chairman, Ingvar Kamprad, was
associated with Sweden's lead,
ing fascist in the immediate post-
World War II years.
The investigation was ex-
panded to include IKEA's pos-
sible complicity in the Arab
economic boycott of Israel.
Top IKEA officials subse-
quently flew to Los Angeles for
discussions with Rabbi Abraham
Cooper, associate dean of the
Wiesenthal Center here.
The IKEA representatives
pledged to reconsider their past
"business" policy.
Of IKEA's recent decision to en-
ter the Israeli market, Rabbi Coop-
er said he was hopeful that it would
"put another nail in the coffin of
the Arab economic boycott of Is-
rael" as well as "influence other
multinational corporations to bol-
ster the peace process in the Mid-
dle East by investing in the region."
Leah Rabin
To Meet Pope
Jerusalem (JTA) The widow of
slain Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin will reportedly
have an audience with Pope John
Paul II at the Vatican next month.
The pontiff .requested the
meeting after learning that
Leah Rabin planned to attend a
memorial *se r.Vit6 for. her late
'husband in Robie, Israel-Radio
reported.