The city of Tel Aviv was plastered today with posters calling on all residents of this city to register in the Israel Army reserve corps. Persons born in 1901 were urged to enlist first.
The Mediterranean will be joined to the Red Sea by air early next month when Israel Airlines opens a new passenger and freight service between Tel Aviv and Elath, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Arrangements are under way to use the Tel Aviv airfield instead of the Lydda airport, which is Israel’s biggest air terminal.
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