The Financial Timés of June’ 19 reported;-.. "Israeli manufacturers are . pressing the Government to sponsor a high powered investment-seeking mission abroad, One of the'main reasons for the urgency is the prospect of catering for an extra 1.25m. Arab consumers on the West bank of the Jordan and in Gaza, according a Mr. He Sunevelt, chairman of the Israeli Manufacturers’ Association, : we UF oh, hae A representative of the Association’ ‘to-day. met Mr. Zeev: Sharef,. the Minister of Industry and Commerce. Among their proposals. to help, reassure foreign investors is that the Government should make strikes illegal for a three-yeér period.” At=thé samé time, the Association is seeking an agreement from the National Federation of Labour ona” threeyear pay. pact, whereby annual wage’ rises should be: pat a.rate.jlower than the in¢rease tn productivity. “RNGHS ol ise BH ye
ah Dae * Why boven Wants Jerusalem - from U.S. News & World Report, June 26 Before sie Sipnting; Tsrael took. in about 60 million dollars in: foreign currency: annually from about 300,000 tourists. But the number of visitors. was declining. ; Now, with the Old’ City being incorporated into Israel, all the Holy Land is under Israeli occupation '- although the - — powell ty has, been raised that Bethlehem might be returned to Jordan, With the added attractions of the Old City, Israeli officials expect tourist revenue to go up at least 20 million dollars a year, ,