A subcommittee of the Government-Jewish Agency Coordinating Committee today authorized the construction of 2,500 special housing units designed for immigrants from Western countries. The housing units will be built mainly in development and urban areas.
The decision to authorize the special housing construction for Western immigrants was made at a meeting of the subcommittee presided over by Finance Minister Levi Eshkol and attended by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Sharett, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive.
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