Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion told a 60th anniversary meeting of the Jewish National Fund today that the JNF’s reason for being was not fulfilled by its “glorious past” but rather depended on its current work and plans for the future. The Prime Minister warned that an attitude confined to “preserving past achievements” was doomed to failure.
Yaacov Tzur, JNF board chairman, reviewed the fund’s history and aims. Yosef Weitz, chairman of the Land Development Authority, stressed that the work of forest planting of the JNF would continue, Israel Goldstein, chairmen of the Keren Hayesod, extended congratulations on the anniversary as did representatives of a number of settlements. Similar rallies were held in Tel Aviv and Haifa.
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