THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
12 Friday, May 25, 1919
Tension, Frustration Grow in the Galilee
Bat-Dor Dancers Have New Ballet
JERUSALEM — Alvin Bat-Dor makes its first U.S.
Ailey, one of America's tour later this year.
leading black choreog-
Ailey made his first trip
raphers, has created a new
ballet for Israel's Bat-Dor to Israel in 1967 when his
own dance troupe per-
dance company.
The ballet, entitled "Shi- formed in the annual Israel
gaon" ("craziness" in He- Festival. Ailey worked with
brew) premiered last sum- Bat-Dor dancers in 1974,
mer in Tel Aviv. American teaching his ballet
audiences will see it when "Streams.
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By BARBIE ZELIZER
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Settlers in nearly 100 set-
tlements and a dozen urban
centers in the Galilee region
are becoming increasingly
alarmed by what they term
"growing neglect" and seri-
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He added that the
Galilee's potential for set-
tlement should be one of the
nation's most vital con-
cerns. He said the hilly, wild
beauty of the region should
be emphasized to potential
settlers both in Israel and
abroad.
The problem is com-
pounded by the growing
Arab population in the area.
While the ratio of Jews to
Arabs currently stands at
52-48 percent, one Housing
Ministry official recently
estimated that the govern-
ment must build 7,000 flats
and settle 27,000 people a
year in order to maintain
that slim majority. The
population rate increase
among the Arabs more than
doubles that of the Jews
(3.8-1.7 percent).
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mote. The region is sorely
lacking in permanent hous-
ing units, communications
and service facilities and
roads.
Thousands of residents
are increasingly frustrated
in their struggle to main-
tain a high quality of life in
the face of "governmental
indifference."
"It is time the govern-
ment did for us what we
did for them by coming
here years ago," one
town council head com-
plained. "By avoiding
these very essential prob-
lems, it is making us un-
able to attract new
settlers to the region."
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tion" concerning future de-
velopment of the area.
While some 600 families
are currently waiting to es-
tablish themselves in
planned settlements in
Galilee and hundreds more
in the region's towns, the
snail's pace of development
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In some cases this ratio
has heightened tension be-
tween Jews and Arabs. In
one settlement, power lines
have been cut and the set-
tlement's only access road
has been blocked. These
signs of growing Arab
claims to the land can only
be halted by rapidly in-
creasing Jewish settlement
in the region, the settlers
contend.
Plans for expanded
tlement exist in ablin-
dance. Thirty outposts
manned by the Nahal
army reservists are to be
established by the end of
this summer to protect
state land from illegal
settlement by local
Arabs. In addition, an-
other 26 new settlements
are planned for the
Segev, Tefen and Tsal-
mon districts.
The settlers contend,
however, that funds are not
forthcoming for the im-
provement of existing set-
tlements. They fear that the
pressure of time will force
them into accepting less
than originally planned.
Last month, Agriculture
Minister Ariel Sharon
urged settlers of the Segev
region to abandon their
temporary living quarters
and move immediately into
trailers on permanent set-
tlement sites where perma-
nent housing units are still
lacking.
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