The port here was the scene of welcoming ceremonies Friday when the Israeli passenger ship Nili brought some 300 immigrants from Latin America who embarked at a European port. The group included 110 members of the Masada youth organization in Buenos Aires. Twenty-six families were sent to Beersheba and the rest to absorption centers around the country.
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