The Israel transport S.S. Galilah sailed from the port of Bari yesterday carrying a contingent of 1,000 Jewish displaced persons who will settle in the Jewish state. The Israel-bound immigrants come from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria and elsewhere.
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