Twenty families of Seventh Day Adventists now living in Texas have applied for admission as immigrants to Israel, Minister of the Interior Israel Bar Yehuda reported in Parliament. The applicants see Israel as the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.
He reported that the Foreign Ministry had been asked to inform the Texas families of the financial requirements for setting up farms in Israel.
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