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Vol.UII-No.48
' Israel to Study Lifting of ^ French Arms Embargo
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By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) - The announcement Aug. 28 in Paris (hat France has ended its Middle E^sl arms embargo is being studied carefully in Israel. The inilial official reaction has been one of diKreel silence.
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pen Laub Appointed Iher Home Director OMAHA-Robert S.NOU. o( the Dr. Sher ne for the Aged hai announced tbc appointment of ben Laub ai Director of the Laub, a, who hai aerved as Miaiftant Director since ^e, 1971 is a native of New iVork whare be attanded tyaahiva elementary school, taoiatra University. He also bids a B.S. degree In Poaineaa management from MM University of Nebraslu at kincoln. Mr. Laub and his
wife, the former Nancy Stem of Omaha, have one daughter. In Rtaktaig the appotntmcnt pubUc, Mr. Nogg uid, "Ben Laub brings tremendous warmth and understanding of the people to the home and be is very much loved by the residents. I sm very proiid to have made ttiia appointment."
Israel and Haiti Sign Agrvemant JERUSALEM (JTA) Israel and Haiti signed agreements of mutual cooperation here on Aug. 28. The signing, by Foreign Minister Yigal Allon and Ihe Foreign Minister of Haiti, Edner Brutua, marked Ihe end of Ihe laller's official visit to Israel. Brutus, who serves' as religious affairs minister in Ihe Haitian government, visited Ihe Yad Vashem Memorial and laid a wreath there. During hia visil he called on Presideni Ephralm Kalzir to deliver a peraonal meaaage from Halti'a Presideni, Jean-Claude Duvalier. He alao mel with Premier Yllihak Rabin and with Halm Zadok, Juatlce MInlater and MiaUter of ReUgious Affairs
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said merely that Israel would want lo examine Ihe "praclical meaning" of Ihe announcement, and especially of Ihe slatement treasure hunt climaxing the that arms sales would be ceremony. For those who do approved after examination not wish to swim, seats will be of each individual caae. He provided to watch activities said that Asher Ben Natan, from the canteen overlooking Israel's Ambassador lo the pool. France, who is currently Information concerning the vacationing In Israel, will mini«ouracs which are betaig return shortly to Paris and offered by tbs aquatlca hold talks with French ofdepartment prior to the fall ficials on this subject. program, will be mailed to Meanwhile, non-governCenter inembera. mental commentatora here
Survey 3hows Drop In Public Support for Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) Public support for Israel in the western world is levelling to iU pre-October 1973 height following an upaurge during and immediately following the Yon Klppur War.
Kosher Pigs? JERUSALEM, (JTA) Israeli rabbis have approved the use of dried pig sUn in grafts for persons who have sulfered severe burns. The relatively new method, developed in the United States, haa been uaed successfully on Israeli soldiers badly burned during the Yoro Kippur War. The rabbis who were conaulied said the method wu acceptable because it Involved "pikuah nefeah" — Ihe principle that religious law may be violated to uve a human life. Prof. Nahum BM Hur, of Shaare Zedek Hospital, one of the experta who bitroduced Ihe system to Isrsel, told a preaa conference that pig skin proved to be the best sUn graft. About 10 percent of Israel's war wounded suffered from burns naoeasltatlog sUn grafts.
all say the event presages an Increase and diveraincatlon of arms now flowing Into Ihe Mideast. They expect that Egypt in particular will benefit from the French decision. II will no longer have to resort to subterfuges to obtain French arms and at the same time will be able to exploit France's new readiness to sell arms openly to all comers as a lever lo obtain Soviet arms. Israel, too, will obvioualy avail itself of the optk)n of buying French hardware in its arms dealings with Washington where certain articles hsve still been hard lo come by for the Israeli ministers and generals sent lliere on purchaalng missions in recent weeks, these commentators note. Basically, however, Israel is expected to remain an American-supplied state In most fields of weaponry, at least for the forseeable future. In Washington, Ihe Slate Department declined specific comment on the French announcement. An official aaid it was an internal decision for Ihe French government, adding, "I would say we are certain that the French government
shares our desires to achieve a peaceful settlement in the Middle East and to assure the maintenance ol the present ceasefire." He expressed confidence that the implementation of Ihe decision "will reflect this view."
Crisis Seen For Yiddish; Caii Issued NEW YORK-A call to the world Jewish community to support YiddislLgnd Yiddish culture has been iaiued by the Israel Consulate in New York. Leaders of the Yiddfsh cultural movements in America, Israel and other Jewish centers initiated the appeal in the belief that the language la facing a crisia. As a reault o( a series of meetings heM In New York, an American Committee for the World Conference in Israel for Yiddish and Yiddish Culture has been formed. The conference has been scheduled for mid-summer 197S in Jerusalem. "Yiddish culture and traditions are a valued part of Jewish history and must be preserved," said Israel Ambassador David Rivlln.
Thia is the main finding of a "Survey of Surveys," a study of public opinion polls undertaken for the Foreign Ministry by visiUng Prof. Percy H. Tannenbaum of Ihe U.S. at the Hebrew University's Institute of Communications.
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