The Jewish Agency for Israel is increasing funding for a program aimed at attracting young people to study in Israel. Israel’s government secretary, Israel Maimon, and the executive director of the MASA program, Elan Ezrachi, made the announcement on the sidelines of last week’s visit to France by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
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