The collective settlement of Ein Harod, one of the oldest in Israel, will be split into two self-contained settlements as a result of the fights which have been taking place there recently between followers of the left- wing Mapam Party and those belonging to the right-wing Mapai group.
A decision to this effect was taken today by the settlement department of the Agricultural Workers Union. The Union appointed a special committee to advise on the problems involved in the partitioning of the socialist settlement. Similar solutions will be imposed in a number of other collective colonies, known as Kibbutzim, because of the antagonistic feelings that developed between the Mapai and Mapam members of these colonies.
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