The Israel Government has agreed to pay the Lutheran World Federation approximately $1,000,000 for confiscated German missionary property in Israel, it was reported here today by the Protestant Chruch of Wuerttemberg. The money will be used for missionary work among the Palestine Arab refugees, the report said.
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