President Yitzhak Navon, following the tradition of all his predecessors, has accepted the invitation to be the sponsor of the Eleventh Maccabiah, the all Jewish world sports event, to take place July, 1981 A delegation of the Maccabi World Movement and the International Maccabiah Games Committee representatives met with Navon and informed him of the preparations throughout the world of youngsters and adults for their participation in the Games. Navon stressed the importance of this national sports event.
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