(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A petition asking for separate Orthodox Jewish communities in Palestine was submitted to the High Commissioner by the Agudath Israel.
The petition, which bases its demand on the principle of freedom of communal religious affairs, hears the 7,000 signatures solicited by the Agudath Israel.
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