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PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 27, 1985
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OGLETREE’S
It’s been a busy, tense week
as Israel acts on all fronts
by Yaacov Ben Yosef
Special to I he Southern Krnelue
JERUSALEM The Syrian mis
siles are still in place, still threatening
Israeli overflights of Lebanon, but
thus far a confrontation has been
avoided. The American investigation
in Israel into the Jonathan Pollard
espionage affair has concluded with
a reasonably favorable report card
for the Israelis. Prime Minister
Shimon Peres has flown otf to
Geneva in secret to renew relations
with the Ivory Coast, a key African
state. Convicted child killer Zvi
Gur picked up and walked out of
prison last Friday and remains on
the loose. The Cabinet pared another
$ 180 million from next year’s budget.
And opposition is mounting to the
building of a Mormon university
center in Jerusalem.
So, it’s been a busy, tense week
in Israel.
As for the missiles, the Israelis
continue to give warnings to the
Syrians that their threatening presence
could lead to a rapid deterioration
of the situation. “Ifterror is stepped
up—and we know that most of the
terror bases are in the Bekaa—and
the IDF acts against terror bases,
let’s assume from the air, and if
missiles are used, a situation is
likely to be created where, without
this side or the other wanting it,
there'is escalation.” Those words
came from Israel Defense Minister
Yitzhak Rabin on Friday to an IDF
officer trainees meeting.
The Syrians, for their part, say
publicly they will not be intimidated.
Syrian officials insist that they will
not tolerate Israel’s continued
“violation” of Lebanon airspace.
As for the Pollard affair, the
American probe into Israel’s role,
led by State Department Counsel
Abraham Sofaer, ended Friday.
On Friday evening, the State
Department issued a communique
which, the Israelis believe, will go
far toward calming the waters.
Prime M inister Peres’ secret visit
to Geneva last Tuesday took everyone
by surprise. There he met with
Ivory Coast President Felix
Houphouet-Boigny and then later
the renewal of relations between
the two countries, broken off at the
time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War,
was announced at a news conference.
Although Israel has diplomatic
relations with five other African
states, getting the Ivory Coast to
Prisons Services for allowing this
to happen; some 2,000 policemen
joined in a massive search for the
escaped prisoner but as of Tuesday
morning he was still free.
With respect to the economy,
the Cabinet met Sunday and decided
on a $ 180 million package of budget
cuts; half of the package will lead
to higher taxes. Families with one
child in the education system will
pay a S60 one-time levy; the fee for
families with two or more children
in the system will be $ 120. This will
yield an expected $24 million.
Other new measures: Childless
breadwinners will pay more income
tax resulting in another $10 million
of revenue; maternity leave payment
will be taxed at source and will
yield another $5 million; handicapped
people will be entitled to replace
their cars tax-free only after 48
months instead of 33 months, saving
another $5 million.
The Cabinet already cut $400
million from the budget which is
around $21 billion for 1986. With
this extra $ 180 million cut approved.
Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai
said all of the austerity measures
designed to enable his overall
economic program to succeed were
now in place. “It’s now time to give
to the people,” he said on Israel
Television Sunday evening.
As for the Mormon center, the
Cabinet decided Sunday to form a
ministerial committee to examine
the question; this may have satisfied
the religious parties who oppose
the building of the Mormon center
on Mount Scopus for fear that it
will lead the Mormons to step up
their missionary work in Jerusalem.
The Cabinet is split on the issue:
supporters of the center argue that
to cancel the center now' might
induce Christian countries to impede
the establishment or functioning ot
a Jewish school or college.
If the religious parties are still
not satisfied, they may bring a no-
confidence motion against the
government that could lead to some
of them walking out of the national
unity coalition. That would not
bring the government down (it has
the support of 97 out of 120 Knesset
members) but it would make it
most unlikely that Labor Party
Prime Minister Peres could form a
narrow government with the religious
parties should he feel compelled to
disband the unity government.
Yaacov Ben Yosef
fall in line was considered a major
breakthrough in Israel’s ties with
Black Africa. “Houphouet-Boigny
has enormous influence with the
rest of Africa," one Israeli official
noted, “and we hope that what is
happening will have a chain reaction
with the othiy African states.”
The Ivory Coast was the last of a
string of Black African states to
break off relations with Israel at
the time of the 1973 war. They did
so apparently in response to Arab
pressure: the Arabs reportedly
threatened not to provide oil to the
Africans unless they severed ties
with Israel.
The Ivory Coast was the third
Black African state to resume
relations with Israel; the other two
are Zaire and Liberia. Israel has
had diplomatic relations with Malawi,
Swasiland, and Lesotho dating back
to the 1960s. Another half dozen
Af rican states may re-establish ties
with Israel as a result of the Ivory
Coast decision of last week.
Meanwhile, one of the most
gripping events occuring in Israel
had to do with the dramatic prison
escape Friday afternoon of Zvi
Gur, the 38-year-old convicted killer
of Amos Yarden in 1980. Gur had
kidnapped the 8-year-old child;
though he entered into a ransom
negotiation for the boy’s freedom,
Gur had already killed the child.
The case shocked the nation. Gur
was given a 59-year-prison sentence,
the longest ever meted out to an
Israeli. After five years of prison
and good behavior, he was allowed
tojoin an unsupervised work detail
outside but near the prison; he was
helping to paint the prison walls at
the time of his escape.
Gur’s breakout has unleashed
enormous criticism against the Israeli
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