The Interior Ministry has issued 2,000 new permits for former West Bank residents now in Jordan who wish to return to their homes, it was learned here today. Last November the Ministry announced that the validity of 7,000 unused permits that was to have expired at the end of 1968 would be extended through Jan 31, 1969. So far, however, less than 100 of the extended permits have been used.
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