The Arab population of Nazareth yesterday gave a warm welcome to the Israeli Minister of Education, Zalman Shazar, who came to the city to address a specially arranged course for Jewish and Arab teachers. The course is designed to encouraged an interchange of views and experiences between Jewish and Arab teachers in Israel.
In connection with the Minister’s visit to Nazareth, it was reported here today that the course which he is to address is attended by 52 Jews teaching Arabic in Jewish schools and 72 Arab teachers who are teaching Hebrew in Arab schools. The Mayor of Nazareth gave a reception in honor of Minister Shazar.
A census of Palestine Arab refugees is provided for under a plan to be submitted in a few days to the United Nations Conciliation Commission, now meeting in Lausanne. The proposal, it was learned today, will be offered by the technical refugee committee of the Commission, with headquarters here.
The proposed census would establish the precise number of the refugees, the extent of their abandoned property in Israel, and their last vocations. It would be carried out by Red Cross groups, the American Friends Service Committee and by Arab personal “familiar with the language and the mentality of the refugees.” Officials admitted that preparation of the census report, after the counting had been completed, would take many months.
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