Several old members of Hapoel Hamizrachi, the orthodox labor Zionist organization, among them some of the founders of the organization, have quit the parent body because of dissatisfaction with its present policies. They have formed a separate organization to be known as Original Hapoel Hamizrchi”.
It is understood that the new wing will request recognition as a separate group at the forthcoming world convention of the Mizraci organization, which will take place in Lucerne on the eve of the World Zionist Congress.
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