Financial difficulties are the main reason for the slowdown in the development of Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley, Shimon Ravid, director of the World Zionist Organization Settlement Department, told members of the Labor Party Bureau while touring the area Sunday Gen. Moshe Levy, commander of the central region command, told the group the settlements could serve as a contributing defense force should there be a military confrontation.
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