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Cornerstone Laid for First of Five Ort-sponsored Centers in the Galilee

February 5, 1985
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The cornerstone of the International ORT Braude Institute of Technology, the first of five ORT-sponsored technological education centers in Galilee, was laid in Carmiel today. The ceremonies were part of a festive gathering of the World ORT Union, attended by delegates from 40 countries who were addressed by Premier Shimon Peres last night.

He praised ORT for expanding its educational network in Israel and stressed the need to prevent Israeli society from deteriorating into explosive divisions between the “educated employed” and the “uneducated jobless.”

Peres said Israel’s economy is basically sound. But it requires radical reform measures and occupational restructuring, meaning a shift of the work force from service to productive enterprises.

Referring to the ORT technological educational centers, Peres said that the best response to the danger facing Galilee after the Israel Defense Force is with-drawn from south Lebanon is not rockets and troops but more development and more high technology.

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