The Joint Palestine Appeal will be the sole fund-raiser on behalf of Israel during the period November 1 to April 30. Such a procedure was adopted in 1967 but not since then. Michael Sacher, chairman of the JPA, stated that he had met with the leaders of a number of fund-raising bodies and they had all agreed to suspend their direct fund-raising activities for the next six months.
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