The cornerstone of a Moslem home for the aged was laid in Jaffa yesterday at a ceremony attended by Moslem leaders in Israel, Welfare Minister Moshe Shapira and other Israel officials. The home, to be erected on a two acre plot at a cost of some 100,000 pounds, will be financed by income from Moslem religious property in Israel. Besides living quarters for some 110 persons, the home will contain a mosque, a clinic and dining hall.
Sheikh Taher Hamadi, leader of the Jaffa Arab community, thanked the Israel Government for its thoughtfulness in relation to the Arab minority, and called on all Arabs in the country to cooperate fully with the government.
Mr. Shapira and A. Shattner, of the Israel Government Development Authority, revealed that 500,000 pounds had been set aside for social welfare and health institutions for the Arab minority, that the government was spending 70,000 pounds annually for such purposes and that an orphanage for Arab children would soon go up in Acre.
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