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The Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian
Studies

invites you to attend the 1998 Dove Award Dinner honoring
Rev. Dr. Mark P. Jensen, Rev. Msgr. F. Gerald Martin
and Rabbi Norman T Roman

Rev. Dr. Mark P. Jensen Rev. Msgr. F. Gerald Martin Rabbi Norman T. Roman

North Congregational Church
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Editor, The Michigan Catholic
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Temple Kol Ami
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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998

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Cocktails - 6:00 p.m.
Award Ceremony - 7:00 p.m.
Dinner Following

Kosher catering provided by Paul G. Kohn

$150/person

DINNER CO-CHAIRS
Ken Kinzler • Andrea & David Liberman • Reverend John Wynnycky

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expert on Turkey, calls Israeli-Turkish
relations almost a love affair. "It's not
only that there is a very meaningful
lobby in favor of enhancing these
relations, namely the Turkish army,
but most of the political map in
Turkey, except the Islamic party
which is now outlawed, is in favor of
developing the relations with Israel."
In the early 1980s Liel was Israel's
charge d'affaires in its legation in
Ankara. It was a period in which rela-
tions with Turkey were almost non-
existent. "After the Jerusalem law in
1981, they downgraded relations. I
took the flack; it was the worst peri-
od: no visits, no sports, no cultural
PATRICIA GOLAN
relations, nothing.
Special to The Jewish News
Today, bilateral trade between
Israel and Turkey is close to $600
his past January, American,
million annually, and is expected to
Israeli and Turkish navy
reach $2 billion-3 billion within a
vessels plowed through the
short time. And this figure does not
eastern Mediterranean, car-
include Israeli tourism to Turkey,
rying out joint military exercises.
which has increased 10-fold in the
Israeli military industries have signed
last few years, and Turkish purchases 1
contracts to modernize the Turkish
in Israel's defense industries.
air force. Israel and Turkey have a
Late last year, despite Arab censure
military agreement that allows their
of Turkey, Israel won a $75
pilots to train in each other's
million contract to upgrade
in front
Passersby
airspace.
ain gates of Turkey's F-5 fighter jets.
of
the
m
All this makes headlines,
Istanbul University.
Under a previous $632
and the surrounding Arab
million deal, Israel has
countries — and Greece —
been upgrading Turkey's F-4 aircraft.
very nervous. But, in fact, a quiet
Israel and Turkey also has pursuing
partnership between Israel and Turkey
agreements to jointly manufacture
has been developing significantly in
Popeye, Delilah and Arrow missiles,
recent years on other fronts as well.
and there even have been reports of a
Just a decade ago, trade between
possible joint manufacture of Israel's
Israel and Turkey amounted to little
state-of-the-art tank, the Merkava.
more than figs and nuts, literally. But
According to a recent story in the
since signing a free-trade agreement
Jerusalem
Report, Israel and Russia have
less than two years ago, business
teamed up in submitting a bid to sell
between them has skyrocketed.
$3.5 billion worth of attack helicopters
Israeli economist Alon Liel, an

Alongside a
much-heralded defense
relationship with the
secular Muslim country
on Europe's doorstep,
Israel's annual trade
with Turkey has quietly
surpassed the
$500 million mark.

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