World Jewry outside the U.S. has already contributed $500 million to Israel since the war broke out. This was reported yesterday by Ezra Shapiro, the head of Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal, which covers 30 countries and 2.1/2 million Jews outside the U.S. Shapiro, who was addressing the opening session of the Zionist Executive meeting, said Keren Hayesod hoped to reach $600 million. To illustrate the magnitude of the achievement, Shapiro pointed out that the Keren Hayesod figure in 1966 had been $15 million and in 1967 $146 million. There were places where Jewish communities had tripled or quintupled their annual contributions, Shapiro said. Acting chairman Leon Dulzin said world Jewry would not rest till Israel’s POWs in Syria had been freed. The Executive addressed a call on this issue to “all enlightened opinion in the world.”
BULLETIN: A further improvement was noted today in David Ben Gurion’s condition.
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