Education Minister Aharon Yadlin has recommended that youth exchange programs be curtailed for a year because of the current economic situation. Writing to Knesseter Adi Amorai, chairman of the Public Council for Youth Exchanges, Yadlin suggested that the Council revise its plans and hold most of its youth meetings between Israeli and foreign youth here in Israel. Only really exceptional programs should continue as planned, Yadlin proposed.
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