The third Jordan Valley outpost manned by settlers serving in the Israeli armed forces was inaugurated yesterday in ceremonies attended by high-ranking army officers and representatives of the Jewish Agency. Nahal Argaman is named for two Israeli officers killed in the pursuit of Arab saboteurs in the area. The settlement, which is to receive during its first year a Jewish Agency investment of $285,000, is located on the Beisan-Jericho road east of Nablus.
The settlement is expected to support itself by growing vegetables, particularly early winter produce, and 2,000 of its 6,000 dunams will be workable by the end of the year, officials said. Like the other two similar settlements, Nahal Argman is expected to make a major contribution toward converting the cease-fire lines into secure borders. Resolutions demanding urban and rural settlement by Israel of all occupied areas and flatly opposing any “re-division” of “Eretz Yisrael” were approved yesterday by a meeting of leaders of the Gahal (Liberal-Herut) alignment. The councils of the two participant parties held a festive joint meeting to mark the fourth anniversary of the formation of the alignment.
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