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HOURS M-SAT. 9-5:30 TUES. & THURS. 9-8:30 El Al Offers American 'Miles' New York (JTA) — El Al pas- sengers traveling between Amer- ican cities and Tel Aviv will soon be able to earn frequent flier miles on American Airlines. The arrangement is part of a code-sharing agreement recent- ly signed by the two airlines. "'Me cooperation will have two big impacts," said Michael Gat, general manager for El Al in North and Central America. "We will have the ability to serve any point in the U.S. and AAdvantage members will get mileage on flights to Israel." Beginning Nov. 1, members of El Al's frequent traveler program, Matmid, will earn air miles for designated code-sharing Ameri- can flights between Tel Aviv and Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Newark. A member of the airline's AAd- vantage program who travels from Dallas, for example, to a connecting El Al flight in Chica- go will earn AAdvantage air miles for the entire trip, includ- ing the Dallas to Tel Aviv leg. The two airlines also plan to offer more attractive prices on their connecting flights to and from Israel. "We believe it's a great part- nership and a great potential for both of us," Mr. Gat said. "We are delighted to be joining with El Al airlines in this coop- erative program," said Gerard Arpey, American's senior vice president of finance and plan- ning. "Extending American's net- work to Israel will further enhance our marketing presence in the Middle East and will great- ly benefit our customers." Muslim Girl Wins Suit Paris (JTA) — An appeals court in the eastern French town of Nancy has ordered the govern- ment to pay $2,000 to the father of a Muslim girl who was expelled from her high school in 1994 for refusing to remove her headscarf in class. Proselytizing in French public schools, which are secular, is il- legal, but there are no specific laws forbidding religious symbols or dress. In 1994, the French Education Ministry issued a directive order- ing the removal from public schools of "ostentatious symbols ofreligion," but allowed principals flexibility in applying the directive. The French Jewish communi- ty has followed this issue because of its possible impact on the abil- ity of observant Jewish students to wear skullcaps in public schools. More than 60 Muslim girls have been suspended from French public schools in recent years for wearing headscarves. IDE Rejects Inquiry Charge Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel De- fense Force officials have reject- ed the findings of an initial inquiry by the United Nations, that said Israeli soldiers know- ingly shelled a U.N. base in southern Lebanon. At least 91 Lebanese refugees who had sought refuge at the U.N. compound in Kana were killed by the April 18 shelling. The incident occurred during Operation Grapes of Wrath, Is- rael's military operation that sought to stop Hezbollah from fir- ing Katyusha rockets into north- ern Israel. A cease-fire was reached April 26. The report, prepared by Maj. Gen. Frank Van Kappen of the Netherlands, said that without contrary evidence from Israel, it would have to condude the Israeli actions were deliberate. Israel has maintained its ar- tillery batteries were targeting Hezbollah gunners who had fired on IDF units from a site near the compound. - At the same time, an IDF in- quiry into the shelling found that there were technical flaws in the artillery response. While the IDF artillery knew where the base was, they checked the targeting coordinates incor- rectly in preparing to fire at the terrorists, according to the IDF. The IDF also said that intel- ligence was not aware that hun- dreds of Lebanese civilians were at the U.N. compound. The IDF chief-of-staff was quoted as saying at the weekly Cabinet meeting that the artillery battery had not deliberately fired on the base. Judge Replaced In Inquiry Paris (JTA) — A French judge in- vestigating the 1990 desecration of a centuries-old Jewish ceme- tery in the southern town of Car- pentras has been withdrawn from the case. As part of the desecration, a corpse was unearthed and im- paled on a beach umbrella. The removal of the judge came after her six-year probe failed to produce any suspects. Requests for a new judge were made by the public prosecutor as well as by the lawyer of a relative of the deceased, who criticized the "absence of serious investiga- tions." The case has been transferred to the city of Marseille.