The United States government was accused Sunday of reneging on an agreement to give Israeli companies half of the contracts for construction of Voice of America (VOA) radio transmitters in the Negev.
Ilan Oren, chairman of the Arava regional council, charged that the Communications Ministry yielded to an American decision to give local contractors only 20 percent of the work instead of the 50 percent guaranteed when the U.S. and Israel signed an agreement in principle for the project last July.
Israel Radio reported that Premier Yitzhak Shamir will appoint a ministerial committee to decide whether to accept the American terms.
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