The election of Dr. Peretz Naphtali as a member of the Jewish Agency executive was announced here today at a meeting of that body Dr. Naphtali, who received 73 of a possible 86 votes in a mail election, succeeds. Dr. Giora Josephthal who left the executive after 11 years of service to take up the post of secretary general of the Mapai Party of Israel.
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