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As the situation deteriorated at the end of 1947, Weingarten advocated co-operation with the
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A ratio of about P£2.50 per person which compares with municipal spending of P£3.90 in Tel Aviv, P£1.31 in Petah Tikvah, P£1.14 in Jaffa, P£0.57 in Nablus, P£0.32 in
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etc.' Also: 'nothing handicapped us as much as the character of the Jewish population there (the Old City).' He also quotes returning prisoners as describing
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