The Israel Government yesterday notified Al Ard, a leftist, Arab nationalist group, that it is considered an illegal organization and that its heads would be prosecuted unless they dissolved the group. According to a Government spokesman, the “real aims” of Al Ard were “to bring about the elimination of Israel as a state.”
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