President Shazar greeted Israeli Moslem dignitaries here last night at a reception marking the Id Eladha sacrificial feast, a Moslem festival that was celebrated last Saturday. President Shazar took the occasion to extend his own and the State’s best whishes to Moslems in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Sinai.
Town councilors and several leading merchants are among the 55 residents of Bethlehem who have enrolled in Hebrew classes conducted by instructors from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, it was announced today.
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