The anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism said today that its Philanthropic Fund had given $10,000 for relief of refugees and displaced persons in Israel, half for Arab refugees and half for the Shaarey Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. The Council said the contribution for the hospital was made because its “facilities are overtaxed by casualties from both sides.”
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