Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak voiced support for a project to offer Jewish youth in the Diaspora free first-time, 10-day trips to Israel. Barak will decide over the next month whether to uphold Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise to contribute $100 million over the next five years to the Birthright Israel initiative, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. A first group of 6,000 Jewish students is expected to come to Israel this winter as part of the program, half of whom will go on trips organized by Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, the Jewish student organization announced Thursday.
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