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The New York Times · 18 January 1949

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Israel Speeds Resettlement of Areas Left by the Arabs

Anne O'Hare McCormick

Israel Speeds Resettlement of Areas Left by the Arabs — The New York Times, 18 January 1949
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1l l Israel Speeds Resettlement g Of Areas Left by the Arabs G By ANNE O'HARE McCORMICK Special to THE NEw YoRk TIMES. TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan, 17—The Israeli Government is mov- LS ing at top speed to repopulate the land left empty by the Arab exodus.

The shooting had hardly stopped in south Israel two *weeks ago when bulldozers began clearing away a wrecked Arab BOARD OF SECURITY village for the first of nine settlements.

Seven were started SET UP IN GERMANY last week in Galilee also on st ris ground left behind by fleeing tic Arabs. t, Plans for establishing flfty-one po tic settlements of the "Kibbutz," or ir Three Powers Name Generals communal type, in the next six of months are being pushed forward pu to Prevent Any Resurgence tie so rapidly that new villages spring of Spirit of Militarism up overnight, in almost every case ar re at points considered strategic not Tol only for develop

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"Israel Speeds Resettlement of Areas Left by the Arabs," The New York Times, 18 January 1949. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1949-029. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1949-029

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