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ISRAEU DEFENCE fanes aw shm tnuniag in Ckplan Hdslila, sImMiII iroidile arise villi Syna^
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Arab populia^on in temtdries said
TTEtAVIV --In September, 1980 the Ministry of the Interior took a c^hiiLB on the iitimber of Arabs now living in the Iandt>f Israel, and its-finding weie never made public. According to newsman Denny Rubinstan, writing in Labor's morning daily Davaar, the reason for this reticence Jies in the fact that the •*offidar count oh Arabs living in the administered areas — 1,150,000 — is hot a obnect figure.
In point of fact, it is a significant understatement. That incorrect count, writes Rubenstein, resulted frpm a number of factors, in 1967, immediately after Israelis sensational victory in the Sii Day War, the government Conducted a quick census in the liberated areas but many thousands <>f Arabs avoided the count and failed to register. Apart from this, a largje group had fled the scene of war and only returned to the West Blank months after the census had been completed.
That is why the government arrived at its figure of I;150,000 Arabs Uyihg in die adminisiered areas^ Added to the known 620,000Arabs in the rest of Israel, inclusive of the old city of Jerusalehi, the total arrived at is i^TTift^: How^r. according to Rubenstein, one must add at least ani^^
Tl»^ that even now the Arabs
represent some 40 perceht of the total population of thie country. The tiewsnaan concludes by saying that should the administered areas be aiinexjcd to Israel proper, then the demographic factors leading to a preddininance of Arabs in the total population will be felt much sooner than had previously been anticipated, according to Rubenstein. ZINS,
TEL AVIV — Avraham Yoffi, head of Israefs Nature Res^w Authority, says that great hanin has
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NflW YORK The Israeli film festival in ffew York is underway, presentinjg Anieri-can viewers with the latest achievemehts pi the growing movie industiy in Israd. From Japuaiy 13-21,12 feature fihns — camedks, dramas and musicals — are beii^ screened at theatres in Manhattan and Queens.
The oig^nizeb of the fcstivafl expectatkast 23,000 viewers to paitici|»ate;]ih event. The festival is sponsored by the brael Trade ,Cieiiire in New York, the Isiad 1^ Ciratie in Jenisafem, and the Fimd for Quality Films in Tel Aviv. The Festival is produced by International Film Festival Produc-' tioiK(IFFP}.
■According to festival oisan-izers, the highlight of the festival wiU be the New York premiere of director Mira Recanati*s drama A Thousand Little Kisses. Ms. Recanati, 31, who is regarded as IsraeFs most pro>inising young fiiin director, is expected to attend jthe opening of her film, the story of two generations of women and the^way they react to the df^tli of a husband and father. The film is currently under consideration for nomination in ihe best foreign film caU^oiy for the 1981 Academy Awards.
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Frisoner of Zipn Anatoly Sharan-sl^ was sentenced to 13 years* imprisonment in the USSR on
been done to wildlife in Sinai since the southern part was handed back to E|©pt ncaiiy^^t^
in al weekend radiaintervkw he said that the gazelles had been decimated by Bedouin hynteis, due to lack of govemnKnt supervision, jand the wonderful coral rpdisat Rais Miihainnied ha^ been mined by
IBgyptian fishermen usin^dynamite tnimiied up chaiges of spyingfor the to capture fish. United States. After years in jail, he
YofG said that for the 14 years of is now iapoorhealth. Meanwhile the Isradi ooi^ipatiQn of the le^oh ^oiM-wide campai^ for his release Israel had sought to maihtain s|rictly continues in fiill force and Shaian-Epyptian law oit thcase inattcrs. ^Iry fc^g l*w?oi?ig an outstanding placing penonnel at tlted^^ • symbol of the struggle for Soviet lite authority. But tlte Egyptians had Jewiy^
leading the efforts for his lelesise is his brave aiid resolute wife Avital, l|iAp iKis permitted to leave the Soviet Union and now hves^ IsraeL In heir jmQagging campaign on her husband^ behalf, she hastiaveUed all over theworki to plead hisi icause.
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failed to do so. Yoffi said helnd discussed this witii the l^g^^ and other Arab ofBdals even before the peace treaty, at international
"For 14 yeaus we retained a lot of people who were busy ji^^wnig and
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water and in great measure we succeeded,** Yoffi $aid.^^^ the Egyptians did nmhing to follow through on this. ,
''We h»l a big with the people who are collecting marine turtle eggs — the turtles who have their nasts on the shipre . . . we raforobd Egyptian law about the quail — in September]^ quail come from the north and iue trafy^^ on the beai±^ in nets," he siwL
**Ih the laist 14 years the gazelles have travelled in great numbers and the ibex moved on the mountains, as well as lots of other beasts and bink who got along welL including fox^ -and .hyenas.** v;'
Yoffi said much research material oh nattire preservation in Sinai had been sent to Egypt, but the Cairo authorities hsul done nothmg to halt the vandalism in thf; iEiieas the^ reoccupied. '■_\--[--^:':''yjrr^
countries, including President Ronald Reagan, who promised his siqiport.
Jerusalem publisher-composer David Herman, vdio came to Israel f rom Engtamd; is among those trying in his own way to help the campaign. Anatofy's Sewing, for which he wrote ibc muac and words, has recently been broadcast on Kol Yisrael to the Umted States and Russia in English,
Hebrew and Russian versions and is available incassetteform. Itishoped that the song can help influence world opinion ihKif^ntiniimg fight for the Prisons of Hon and in the struggleforAoatoly^ release.
-WORLD ZIONIST PRESS SERVICE
NGSY program aids Jewish deaf
NEW YORK Deaf .lews in North Americaisr^^ were able io recite ;f^]||^adlik ner shel Chahuka" ipdili|r|lfst^d^ in sign knguage^ tj^^u|»n of Orthodox Jewish Coh^l^ltdu has reported.
"One Wiay,^ the National Confer^ ence of Synagogue Youth program for the Jewish deaf, distributed a Chanuka Mitzyah Sh^ the fifth in a series of iUusttated instructions for agning blessings, to teenagers and adults.
NCSY is the youth branch of the
COLLECTION
JERUSALEM — the Israel Museum in Jerusalem has purchased most of the late Moshe Dayan*s archaeological collectionfor $| million, according to Haamz. The pieces will go on show at the museum^ each bearii^ the legend, "From the collection of the late Moshe Dayan.**
TiEL AVlV^I^^ can stiategic^thitAin^ag^as tte Middle Eaist was t(ui^^ ^Nnner Israeli ambassadiiir to Ben-Elissai; vsaid ia ^ radid iMeiv vieW, that Sadat had to him: "Isinqdy donb^ the Ameiicansi Wiordb ti^ to crawl to the Skwiiai? Is United States iXAmitiU^ on the Saudis:or airt tine Skiidis dependent on the U;$-? Why d«ws America dwarf itself before Saiuli Arabia?** ZINS
NUCLEAR^P^^
TEL AViV — A l^dmg Israeti physicist has recommended to the govenmient that Israel cmioentrate on nuclear power to produce elec-tiricity and make it independent of imported oil. According to Prt>f Amon Dar, dean of the department of physics at the Haifa Tedmifm, nndear power is the safest, deaitest and most reibbk eneigysmm..
LONGON — References to^ the pre-Worid War II Jewish oommtH hit^ of Czechosldyakja 1^ almost completely baiiind ip pnUi^ cations dealing with the nation's general literary and Ic^ hstories, and in major comprdioiswerdcr^^
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New Greei^g^ rebuffs Ubg^
NEW YORK--The^new Greek socialist goV^bmientvslttupfy rcr bufled the suggesl^n iby a Uby^ diplomat that the Israeli diplomatic office in Greece shouU be closed because it is a oentti for spies, according to recem reports. The Socialists have said il^y will be upgrading the status of the PLO office in Athens to the status of "liasion and informatioii boicaii.'' . Praising this action, the new head of ^the Ubyan mission in Athens, Muhammed Gamondi, said of the Israeli office, "It should be closed down and all Israeli diplomats expeU^. It is nqthmg but a nest of spies and^ccfitre Of Zionist terror^ isml** GaunoudilB statements have iited^theXSi^k Oovernmeilt. which has indicated to the Libyans that he does not welcoiiiedictates<mfordigii jwli(^ from ^ajIi^ 2JNS
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^eN£VATfcfe'Ddi^ stiy^announced heiie that the Swiss ^nt^ intends to buy from Israel engines and cannons for the 300 CnifimFpoii>i9iidcs the army bought frtmi'l£n||laiid5 Apparently theianks' did [not fuhiS$oii',pfoperiy and the British immii&ctiuiqg firm could not ft^dfy the problem.