Two Arab villages near Hebron, in the west bank area, destroyed during last June’s Six-Day War, are being rebuilt by Israel, and the residents of three Arab refugee camps will be relocated there, the newspaper, Maariv, reported today.
The refugees to be moved to the rebuilt villages are among those who have been aided since 1950 by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. According to the newspaper, Israel will establish industries that would help them, as well as the former inhabitants of the villages, to become self-supporting. According to Maariv, the project will be the first to be developed by Israel to aid the Arab refugees from the 1948 war, and Foreign Minister Abba S. Eban will report this development to the United Nations General Assembly.
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