New rules allowing greater freedom of movement for about 80,000 Arabs living in Israeli areas under the jurisdiction of the military authorities were issued today by Maj. Gen. Itzhak Rabin, chief of staff of Israel’s defense forces. The rules were issued on the orders of Premier Eshkol, and are to take effect immediately.
Under the new rules, more than 20,000 Bedouins living in restricted areas in the Negev Desert will no longer need individual permits for moving into any part of Israel. In central Galilee, the rules will ease restrictions heretofore imposed on about 60,000 Arabs. The latter live in the Triangle district. They will no longer need military permits to enter closed zones under military rule in the district, around Nazareth. However, students at the all-Arab city of Nazareth will still not be able to enter the Triangle without permits.
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