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The Canadian Jewish News/Thursday, Maych 20,1980 -Page 3
World News
JERUSALEM (JTA]-^
Some 25,000 angry fanners from all parts of Israel stormed the Knesset building last week in a furious protest against the Likud government's agri-: cultural policies which they said are driving them to bankruptcy.
They pelted Knesset guards arid police with tomatoes, eggs, snowballs and stones., Police.
counter-attacked -with high pressure fire hoses. One policeman was injured by a stone and at least one demonstrator was injured arid hospitalized.
'-■ The demonstration, which became one of the .worst riots in Jerusalem in many years, was triggered by the government's reduction of; price support subsidies for agricultural
products. The farmers charged the government was subsidizing frozen beef iriiports while local poultry farmers were suffering. They carried banners reading.''You Won't Destroy the Agriculture" and "The Stock Exchange is Thriving but Agriculture is Dying."
.The farmers'wrath was directed mainly at Agriculture Minister Ariel
Sharon who they accused of devoting all his time to planting settlements in the occupied territories but doing nothing for the fanners. Several Knesset members who. tried to mollify the demonstrators were booed atid hooted down.
The Knesset economic committee called a special session to discuss agricultural problems and invited
repres^ntatives_j3f the fanriers to present their c6ni(plaints. The committee was told by Dov Peled, of tlje Kibbutz Artzi move-mei|t, that even old estab-lish,ed kibbutzim, the pride of Israel's agricul-tureJ, are being Crushed by deficits and unemploy-meiit. Yitzhak Nehemia, of the Negev settlements, said the r<ioshavim there were gradually being des-
JERUSALEM [ZINSJ— Hie Jewish Agency Is appropristing DL 500 nill-Uoh to aid in tlie settle-mcint of 30 observation points which are now being designated in three different sectors of the Galilee. The 30 observation areas will oltlniately be converted into permanent settlements, accord^ bag to Agency spokesman, Amos Herpoz, who is' In charge of this operation in the Galilee sector. ' In the first stages, the
Dollar valuable in Israel
TEL AVIV [ZINS] —
In Europe the U.S. dollar is at a distinct disadvantage. But thanks, to the extraordinary inflation in Israel, the dollar here becomes more valuable frbni day to day.
One U.S. dollai;buys 10 loaves of bread, each, weighing a kilogram; (2.2 pounds). A dollar buys 20O grams of chocolate; a kilograrri of apples;; 2 kilos of rice; 2 kilos of sugar; 4 Htres of milk; 2 kilos of oranges; 1 Vi lilos of pears.
What of those items which are coinparatively, more expensive? Coffee, for example, for which one gets only 50 grams per US. dollar. Beef is also very expensive '—^dollar biiys only 170 grams of meat. Gasoline is frightfully expensive. One dollar buys less than half a^ gallon.
3,830,000
live in Israel
JERUSALEM [ZINS] ^
As of December, 1979, the population of Israel totaled 3,830,000. Of this nomber 3,212,000 were Jews, and 618,000 non-Jews. Hie figures were published last week by the government's Central Statistical Bureau.
Further details contained In the report show that! In the year 1979, the population bicreased by 93,000 [3.5%]. Of tWs number, 72,000 were Jews. Immigration ac-connted for a growth of 37,000 compared with 26,000 the previous year. The Jewish population, grew at a rate slightly higher than 2% compared with a gross growth rate of more than 3%. for non-Jews.:
In the last decade, Is-raePs population Increased by more than 900,000, of whom 706,000 were Jews and that number 471,000 were the leaidt donative bbths. The i^oit says noAliig about tile number <tf tiioae who left die countiy during the lastdecade.
Kb the last 10 years Immigrants Includedi 13,200^ engineen^ 6,600 doctors and- d«ntiBts, 6,400 technldans, 12,100 educators, 5,900 nurses and 6,200 artists, authors and composers.
obiservatipn pohits will be honfe for some > 450 families, all pobits befaog occupied by April at the latest. This project Is being accelerated, based on the sncceiwfnl pilot Operations which were begun some
time ago, and which has proven to be a practical way of settling areas that until now were vacant.
It Is anticipated that the settlements to be established at these potato win be based economically
mainly on tadustrlal activity. It Is furflier expected that the setdemento will become brandies of exlst-ing Idbbutilm located In neighboring territories.
Tbe plan is that eveiy observation pohit wfll, in
the first Instance j be occupied by an average of. 12 \ families, and that bi tfie near future they wfll be converted into communal settjemento or co-opera[-tives with much larger popiilatimis.
troyed. "All their exports will not even cover the interest on their debtST^ he said. . . '
Yehuda Saadi, of the Agricultural Centre, said the protesters represented -the entire agricultural sector regardless of political affiliations. The thousands of demonstrators in fact included young fanners and grizzled veterans of the pioneer era.
One observer noted: "The public who came to the Knesset represented •some lOp.OOO voters. If this situation continues, not one of them will vote for Likud in the next elections." But government sources dismissed the demonstration, claiming that the farmers were the most pampered section of Israeli society.
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Members of the pro-Israd Mdcoya sect Cnun Jajpaninardi thrbngh the stiieeto of ^erusidem to express their loyalty to Israel and ttopeo^. Japan Its^ hewfc! io
Arab-Israeli dispute, {MMslUybe^ it must Inqpott 9Q% o£; tb (dl fitiHn die Arab worid.
LONDON (JCNS] — : The recent declaration by the French-govemment supporting. the right of Palestinians to self-determination is in line with Britain's views, a foreign office spokesman said here.
Commenting on the statement of the French president, Giscard d'Es-taing, made in a final communique issued at the close of his talks with Emir Shaikh Jaber al-Ahmed al - Sabah of Kuwait, the spokesman said that these were the views which the British government had been discussing with her European partners and with the policy of the nine as a whole, and exjpressed by the Irish foreign minister at the U.N. General Assembly last September.
the spokesman said that it meant that any solution to the Arab-Israeli dispute had to recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-determination within a framework of negotiated "settlement.
The JCNS diplomatic correspondent writes that President Giscard d' Estaiing's declaration, which followed closely on a similar one made by the Irish foreign minister during his recent visit to B^irein, is obviously part of a wider European diplo-
matic initiative also involving Britain.
Public opinion in France feels rather uncomfortable about the developments. A cartoon published by the: Paris daily newspaper Le, Monde shows President Giscard d'Estaihg asking an Emir about gas prices.
PARIS [JTA] —
A four-member French Jewish delegation led by
; Alairi de Rothschild, president of the Represelntative Council oiF French Jewish
Organizations (CRIF) met with Premier Raymond Barre to protest President Valery Giscard d'Es-taing's one-sided declarations on the Middle East.
The delegation, and a communique issued by the CRIF, stressed Giscard's failure to mention in his recent Kuwaiti declaration
Israel's right to (exist and its heed for safe and recog--nized borders.^
the delegation and'the communique' expressed the Jewish commimity's ' 'fears and. growing con-. cem" regarding France's policy. Rothschild said that France's 'TOdiOOO Jews are "alarriied by the Presiderit!s m(^ntion of Palestinian rights without even mentioning those of ■brael.r;V- v.. . the CRIF cpi^munique; also deplored France's
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"How'much do I owe you
for that? "says the head of
state. ''One Palestinian
state," the Arab replies.
Thik cartoon is significant because this newspaper has a reputation of being more sympathietic to the Arabs than to Israel.
London Jewish Community Council/Centre
seeks a full-time
EXECUTIVE DffiECTOR
Please forward resumes, in confidence, to DR. RALPH I. BROOKE President, London Jewish Community Council c/o 532 Huron Street, London, Ont. N5Y4J5
The position is director of the Jewish Community Centre and some Federation duties.
lack of support for the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty and lack of recognition of Israelis attempt. to find a solution to the Palestinian problem within the framework of the Caihp David accords.
(jiscard, jn a joint communique with Kuwait, stressed the Palestinian "right to self-determina-tioij" and recognized that "theirs is not a refugee problem" but one which he implied needs political solutions.
Israel-oriented fundraising organization seeks self-motivated person to run its Montreal Chapter's office.
Executive, fimdraising and secretarial skills required.
Previblis experience with a Afontreal-based Jewish organization an asset.
Reply in confidence to Box 5757 Canadian Jewish News, 362 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario. M4P IPl
Executive Director
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To provide.the direction and effective leadership requiijed by the Eastern Region of the Canadian arm of a major Jewish International Service Organization. This professional is responsible to the E^xecutive Committee for the development and implementation of the programs and policies of the organization by effective use of his/her personnel, and the resources available to tHe organization. The director serves as a consultant to the menribership through its structures as well as a liaison to other professionals in the various sectors of the entire organization. .
The Executive:
Will b? a creative, mature and diplomatic univer-sfty graduate who has a proven record of achleyement in, a sirnilar or related position.' ; Prefecably .bjlingual and highly skilled in both writtjBn. and verbal corhmunicatiori, this executive must possess an intimate knowledge of Jewish life and values and be able to translate the needs: of Women into dynamic programs. The selected candidate must have, the human skills required to establish and( maintain exceUent rapport with community leaders, professionals arid me menibership at large.
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