Frederick Sylvester, a British resident of Jerusalem, was today convicted by a district court here of illegal possession of a transmitter and of broadcasting information of value to the enemy. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. His attorneys will appeal to the Supreme Court. Four other Britons, arrested on the same charge, were freed earlier.
Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate, the Jewish National Council and a number of religious organization met here today to discuss the “position of religion in the framework of the state of Israel.” A number of the speakers complained that the influence of the Jewish religion was not yet being felt in the government machinery, the proposed constitution or existing legislation. A committee of three, headed by Rabbi Meir Berlin, Mizrachi leader, was appointed to work out proposals for changing the situation.
(The New York Hearld Tribune today published an interview with David Horowitz, Israel’s economic planning director, in Tel Aviv, revealing that Israel is preparing to pass special legislation to attract foreign private capital to Israel. The government seeks the private investment of $1,000,000,000 within the next ten years, Horowitz said. He disclosed that legislation is being drafted to give private investors preferential treatment through tax reductions, subsidies, land grants or lowered customs duties.)
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