The Jewish Agency office here today issued another statement condemning the intention of the Agudah laborite organization to conduct an independent fund-raising campaign in England as a “serious breach of national discipline.”
The Agudah Labor Party indicated that it will start its drive prior to the arrival in London of Israel’s Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett who will launch the 1952 Joint Palestine Appeal here. In its statement, the Jewish Agency said that the timing of the Agudah campaign was “most unfortunate,” and called upon the Orthodox laborite group “not to undermine the national appeal.”
(In Israel, the Jewish Agency executive today took up a request of the Agudah Labor Party for representation on the Agency. The executive decided to refer this request to the plenary session of the Agency which opens in Jerusalem March 4.)
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