President Zalman Shazar of Israel held open house yesterday and was visited by more than 10,000 people–Jews, Moslems and Christians–from all over Israel. It was a holiday tradition, coinciding with the Succot pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
The President was greeted by new immigrants from villages around Jerusalem, by Arabs and Jews from Hebron, by East Jerusalemites and Druze tribesmen from the Golan Heights, and by representatives of the various Christian minorities. Israelis came by the thousands, on pilgrimages organized by the Israel Information Service and Histadrut, the labor federation. The latter brought 135 busloads of pilgrims to the capital. Shiekh Jaber Muadi, an Arab member of the Knesset (Parliament), addressed the President on behalf of Israeli Arabs.
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