Ten new settlements–eight moshavim (cooperative settlements) and two kibbutzim–will be established in the near future in the Raffah approaches in the Gaza Strip. Leon Dulzin, the Jewish Agency Treasurer, said after a visit to the region several days ago.
He said the World Zionist Organization will make special efforts aimed at creating a continuous line of settlements in the Pithat Raffiah region. Dulzin stressed that emphasis would be on the quality rather than the quantity of settlers, adding that the planned moshavim will include some to be settled by newcomers from the Soviet Union and the United States.
A development effort is underway in the Pithat Raffiah area, Dulzin said. In addition to construction of housing for the settlements, work is proceeding on building of large packing houses, particularly for flowers and vegetables which the region is producing. The packing houses are being built at Dikia, Saddot, Kerem Shelom and Sdeh-Nitzha, described as veteran settlements of the region.
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