The New York Times · 12 March 1947
CP-1947-054
TWO NEW VILLAGES BEGUN IN PALESTINE
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TWO NEW VILLAGES BEGUN IN PALESTINE One in Galilee Settled by War Veterans-Second, Near Tel Aviv, Is Collective Special to THE NEw YoRx TIMES. JERUSALEM, March 11-Sev- eral American Jews who served in the American forces during the war were among the pioneers who founded new communal settle- ment in Upper Galilee today.
The group also included South African Jews who fought in their country's Sixth Armored Division and Rhodesians who served in the British army. A second village was on the Plain of Sharon, established north of Tel Aviv. During their wartime campaign- ing these South Africans formed a group with the litimate purpose of becoming farmers • in communal Palestine.
They met as often as i they could and came here on fur- They lough to do farm chores. used their savings as an initial set- tlement fund. months A few after their dis- of a group charge the first five of thirty return
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"TWO NEW VILLAGES BEGUN IN PALESTINE," The New York Times, 12 March 1947. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1947-054. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1947-054
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