Some 5000 school children from all over the country took part last Thursday in a central tree-planting ceremony at Gamla on the Golan Heights, site of a fortress in the days of Josephus and the Jewish wars. the ceremony was arranged Jointly by the Jewish National Fund and the Golan Settlements Committee. Minister Gideon Hausner, who attended, affirmed the government’s support for the Golan settlement.
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