ISRAEL: II-THOUSAND TAKE PART IN THREE-DAY MARCH.

Record ID: 399211

  • Title: ISRAEL: II-THOUSAND TAKE PART IN THREE-DAY MARCH.
  • Date: 28th April 1969
  • Summary: ISRAELI FLAG; DUTCH AND JAPANESE FLAGS; MARCHERS; ISRAELI SOLDIERS; JAPANESE AND AFRICAN MARCHERS. Initials GS/VS/BOB/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 13th May 1969 13:00
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  • Location: JUDEAN MOUNTAINS, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA2K8XXSFSU6NU4WZR869P5B9T8
  • Story Text: ABOUT 11-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE TAKING PART IN THE THREE-DAY MARCH TO JERUSALEM. MANY MARCHERS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE ALSO TAKING PART.

    TODAY (MONDAY) THE MARCHERS SET OFF FROM THE BEIT-EL ENCAMPMENT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED NORTH OF RAMALLAH, ON THEIR LONG JOURNEY. THIS YEAR'S TOTAL OF PARTICIPATING SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS SETS A NEW RECORD. TWO-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-SEVEN MARCHERS HAVE COME FROM HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, BRITAIN, JAPAN, FINLAND, UGANDA AND THE UNITED STATES. THIS YEAR'S MARCH IS THE 15TH IN SUCCESSION.

    THE ROUTE PASSES THROUGH ARAB TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE JUDEAN AND SAMARIAN MOUNTAINS AND WILL TAKE THE MARCHERS TO WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE DEAD SEA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE MARCH IS SCHEDULED TO END WITH A MASS PARADE IN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM.
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