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Jewish Agency
Assembly Concludes
Jerusalem (JTA)— The Jewish migration and absorption, youth
Agency Assembly concluded last aliyah, and rural and urban de-
month with the strained part- velopment. The positions have
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years.
Assembly delegates signed an Zionist Congress.
The assembly also agreed on a
agreement that continues to des-
ignate the Jewish Agency as the controversial plan, to take effect
exclusive recipient of funds raised right away, to enlarge the num-
by the United Jewish Appeal and ber of members on the Board of
transferred by the United Israel Governors from 74 to 120 and on
the assembly from 398 to 518.
Appeal.
The increase is aimed at
The agreement is to last five
years, with an option for either broadening the base of partici-
side to reopen the terms after pation to include sectors not tra-
ditionally represented, including
three years.
The assembly also agreed to academia and industry.
The assembly also agreed to
implement key reforms aimed at
making the agency less political reduce the WZO staff by 20 per-
and more efficient. The reforms cent over the next four years.
The three actions were part of
were pushed primarily by the
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fund-raisers and were resisted by a package of reforms proposed by
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some of the Zionists, who believed the Committee of Six, composed
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the reforms were part of an effort of three representatives from
apples to select specific products only. Quick irstafi excludes acts of Gad, weekends, holkiays. freight damage, bock orders,
strikes, damaged materio, clerical errors, conditions beyond our control specialty Ilades, fabrics, materials and colors.
each side of the partnership.
to undermine their status.
Sterling Heights, Utica,
Canton, Livonia
Troy, Bloomfield,
Novi, Northville,
They were approved only after
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ter three years will depend on eral Council, the WZO's legisla-
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met amidst deeply felt tensions
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On the other side are the
Diaspora fund-raisers, who con-
tribute the bulk of the Jewish tive body, of 84 to 52 .'The vote
Agency's $500 million budget came after pressure was applied
with funds raised by UJA by WZO leaders who told dele-
through local federations and by gates the entire partnership
Keren Hayesod, UJA's interna- would be threatened if they didn't
support the reforms.
tional sibling.
The assembly meeting was
The contract agreement be-
tween the two sides followed held against a background of in-
heated debate begun even before creasingly insistent calls by
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the assembly, when some of the Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi
fund-raisers threatened to elim- Beilin to dismantle the Jewish
inate the Jewish Agency's exclu- Agency. Mr. Beilin has charged
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The threat triggered a fierce longer effectively serves the
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response in some quarters of the Israel-Diaspora partnership.
Mr. Beilin renewed his calls at
Jewish Agency. Agency Treas-
urer Hanan Ben-Yehuda threat- a meeting with reporters in
ened to sever the agency's ties NewYork earlier this month,
with UTA and raise funds inde- promising to have a full, detailed
pendently if agency exclusivity plan available by September.
Mr. Beilin said in New York he
were removed.
During the assembly, Mr. Ben- believes that Diaspora philan-
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Yehuda offered a carefully thropy should leave Israel's social
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controversial plan,
to take effect right
away, to enlarge the
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