Immigration to Israel during 1978 increased by 17.4 percent over that of the preceding year, it was reported Sunday by Zvi Wolf, the chairman of Histadrut’s department for immigration and development. Wolf added that the number of new immigrants registering as Histadrut members also rose, by 25 percent during 1978. He contended that this rising interest in Histadrut on the part of new immigrants necessitates a new reevaluation of Histadrut activities, noting that the Jewish Agency’s department of immigration and absorption had agreed to allow Histadrut employees to maintain contact with immigrants through absorption centers throughout the country.
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