A British grove within the projected forest of the Women’s International Zionist Organization was initiated in the Lachish development area today by officials of the British section of the WIZO and the British Ambassador to Israel, Sir Francis Randall. The British grove will eventually number 20,000 trees within a 250,000 tree forest.
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