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3,000,000 Trees to Be Planted in Israel Today on Occasion of Jewish Arbor Day

February 2, 1950
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Three million trees will be planted in Israel beginning tomorrow by thousands of children on the occasion of Chemish Asar B’Shvat, the Jewish Arbor Day. Saplings will be planted in the Jerusalem area, western Galilee, eastern Galilee and in the Beersheba and Revivin areas of the Negev desert.

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