A new settlement called Admit was inaugurated near the Lebanese border last night amid scenes that resembled a Rock Festival. The settlers are “hippies” and former a therents of the New Left from various Western countries who took their training at Hashomer Hatzuir kibbutzim and decided to establish their own settlement in Israel. Gen. Uzzi Narkiss, head of the Jewish Agency’s immigration department, suggested that if Admit ever runs short of money they could raise it by staging a Woodstock Festival. Absorption Minister Nathan Peled, a member of Mapam, was also on hand. As the youngsters twisted and shook to the rock rythms bouncing over the hills he expressed delight that these “rebellious youth” had “discovered their Jewishness.” According to Peled, the new settlement and the fact that nearly 10,000 Jews from the United States and Canada settled in Israel this year encouraged the hope “that many more youth will find a new challenge in the Zionist ideal.”
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