President Nixon signed a foreign aid bill today which includes a $20 million grant to Israel for a desalination program and grants for other projects and institutions in Israel. The grant was advocated in the Senate by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and in the House by joint Democratic-Republican sponsorship. The concept behind the desalting grant is that Israeli expertise would be made available to other nations with similar problems involving water. Israeli institutions which will benefit from the grant include Hadassah Hospital. Weizman Institute. Merkaz Ulpanat B.A. Merkaz Lechinuch Ichud, Beth Yaacov Avat Girls School, Educational Center of Galilee and Amana Ulpanat B.A.
The grants were assailed when proposed by Senator J. W. Fullbright, Arkansas Democrat, as “practically dictated by special interest groups.” He said that the grants resulted from manipulation by “lobbyists for special interests and foreign governments.”
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