The Israeli Ministry of Commerce today established a committee to expedite a series of industrial enterprises with joint Arab-Jewish capital in the latest Government-sponsored move to speed the integration of Israel’s Arab minority.
The committee was set up after a study of plans submitted by Arab and Government officials and the projects to be fostered include canning plants for fruits and vegetables and a textile factory in the Arab-populated Samaria district known as “The Little Triangle.”
These plans received a vigorous push after a meeting between Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and representatives of Israeli Arabs last month. In a follow-up to that meeting, Fares Hamdan, Arabian member of the Israel Parliament, discussed details of the project with Pinhas Saphir, Commerce Minister. The Government was expected to provide easy long-term loans to enable the project builders to capitalize such enterprises soundly.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
