Dov Shilansky. Deputy Minister to the office of Premier Menachem Begin will arrive in the United States January 22 for a series of meeting with Jewish Agency officials concerning the problem of Israeli emigres (yordim). Shilansky’s two-week visit comes at a time when conservative estimates put the number of Israelis living abroad permanently at more than 200,000, approximately seven percent of Israel’s population, according to the Israel Aliya Center here which announced Shilansky’s visit.
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