The World Zionist Organization’s actions committee today approved a 1964-65 budget amounting to more than 52,000,000 Israeli pounds ($17,000,000). The sum was voted by the committee’s permanent finance and budgetary committee.
Dr. Yacov Tzur, board chairman of the actions committee, said that 60 per cent of the new budget would be earmarked for land development and afforestation, while 24 per cent would be allocated toward debt repayments.
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