The Yitzhak and Leah Rabin forest was inaugurated today near Baram by the Lebanese border. The road leading to the forest was also inaugurated and called after Alexander and Sylvia Hassan of Washington. The forest was contributed by American Jewry as a token of appreciation to Rabin for his “Jewish and Israeli pride” as Israel’s former Ambassador to the U.S.
Tens of thousands of trees are planned for the forest and contributions continue to flow into the Jewish National Fund offices in the U.S. Alexander Hassan is one of the leading friends of Israel with close ties to Israeli circles in Washington. He is one of the initiators of the project.
The forest was inaugurated in the presence of Yitzhak and Leah Rabin, Alexander and Sylvia Hassan, Larry Rooder, American Consul General to Israel, Yaacov Tsur, chairman of the JNF board of directors, Shimon Ben Shemesh, director general of the JNF, and representatives of neighboring settlements.
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