The German-Israeli Association has donated DM 25,000 to the women’s organization of the Israeli trade unions. The money is to be used to renovate and equip a kindergarten at Beit Shean, a town south of the Sea of Galilee populated mainly by Oriental Jews. The donation was presented by the Association’s president, Heinz Westphal, an SPD Deputy, currently in Israel with an SPD delegation.
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