An additional 8,500 dunams of land were added to the Jewish National Fund holdings in Palestine during the month of July, it was announced here today. This brings to 29,770 dunams the amount of land acquired by the JNF since last October.
The July acquisitions include 500 dunams east of Emek Jezreal between En Harod and Kfar Tabor, thus partially bridging the land stretching between the Zionist settlements and the ICA settlements in Galilee. The new territory borders on the B’nai B’rith colonies financed by the American B’nai B’rith.
Other purchases in July include land in the Beisan Valley on which it is planned to establish a new colony. Another site was acquired in the Jerusalem district for the settlement, Nachlat Herzog, named to honor Chief Rabbi Herzog. Nachlat Herzog will be the objective of a campaign by American Jews to raise sufficient money to establish settlers on the land.
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