(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The seventh Arab Congress was opened here today with the participation of both Moslem and Christian Arabs. Nearly 200 delegates are attending the session.
One of the principal points of the agenda is the demand for the establishment of a legislative counsel, which came up at the last Congress held in 1923.
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