A project for the reclamation of 3,250 acres of land along the Jordanian border, so as to strengthen the frontier posts along Jordan by the establishment of new settlements there, was announced here today by the Jewish National Fund’s Land Development Authority.
The announcement was made after a meeting of the JNF executive committee. The group also voted to carry out a number of other reclamation projects in 1963, involving 6,500 acres in 52 settlements. Shimon Ben-Shemesh, director of the Land Development Authority, reported that 4,800,000 trees were planted during the last season, providing nearly 750, 000 days of work for Israelis.
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