More than six million dollars have been invested by Jews in motor vehicles in Palestine, which have proved to be exceptionally helpful to the British war effort in the Middle East, it was reported here today. The report said that seventy percent of the motor transportation facilities in Palestine belongs to Jews. At present the Palestine Government is pursuing a policy of concentrating transportation facilities in the hands of non-Jews, it was charged by leaders of the Histadruth at a press conference today.
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