The Italian Zionist Federation elected at its annual conference in Rome a completely new executive committee of 13 members, all of them young Zionists. None of the members of the outgoing executive were reelected. The Mizrachi religious Zionists obtained a majority in the executive with representation also from Herut, Mapam, Mapai and the General Zionists.
During debate, the younger delegates asserted that the “old guard” Italian Zionists were “crystallized in old Zionist schemes.” They stressed the need for a more “dynamic realistic” approach, although this was not defined in the debate.
Zvi Lurie, head of the organization department of the Jewish Agency, and Sna Haqlai, European director of the cultural and educational department of the Agency, attended the conference.
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