The Agudat Israel world executive concluded its weeklong conference here today with the adoption of a resolution calling on the Israeli Government to enact legislation against the spread of missionary activities in Israel. The delegates also voted to set up a world central organization for Agudat Israel’s complex of independent schools in Israel which are operated outside the Government educational network.
The executive also decided to convene a world convention of Agudat Israel next summer in Jerusalem, and to embark on the construction of a new settlement, Kiryat Agudat Israel, for immigrants from the United States.
In other resolutions adopted at the final session of the conclave, the delegates condemned Egyptian threats to destroy Israel, and the refusal by Jordan to permit access to the Wailing Wall. Other resolutions called for the immediate halt by Jordan of construction activities on the ancient Mount of Olives cemetery, one of Jewry’s sacred shrines.
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