The World Zionist Congress will take place December 20 in Jerusalem, Eliahu Dobkin announced today at a press conference. He said that elections to the Congress had already been held in a number of smaller countries.
Mr. Dobkin said that Zionist parties in the United States will not hold elections but will receive 120 seats as follows: General Zionists, 33; Hadassah, 33; Labor Zionists, 25; Mizrachi, 12; Hapoel Hamizrachi, 7; Hashomer Hatzair-Mapam, 3; and Revisionists 6,
The Jewish Agency official disclosed that 450,000 Shkolin had already been sold in Israel, making Israel’s the largest delegation to the Congress. Elections to the Congress will be held in the Jewish state at the end of October.
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