The chairman of the organizing committee for Israel’s 50th anniversary celebrations resigned after two months on the job. Yitzhak Modai’i was said to have stepped down over differences with Tourism Minister Moshe Katzav and frustration that not enough money was being allocated for the celebrations.
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