More than 70 percent of the 100,000 immigrants expected to enter Israel this year will come from European countries, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Jewish Agency president, declared last night at a session of the 13th convention of the Women’s International Zionist Organization. He noted that the unexpected migration of European Jews presented Israel with additional problems, since they were used to a relatively high standard of living.
Citing a statement by Premier David Ben Gurion that Israel expected its security situation to ease up for the next three years as a result of the Sinai campaign, Dr. Goldmann called on the Zionist movement to use this time to intensify immigration and absorption work. He stressed that more than the regular fund-raising campaigns would be needed.
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