To grasp the significance of this figure we would have to imagine a Aprl 25. 19k66. school population in this country of over 190 million at the end of the next 16 years. The accomplishments are great. but the problems that remain are still huge. While elementary education in Israel is free. universal. and compulsory. secondary education is not. because the limited Government budget cannot be stretched that far. There is a serious shortage of teachers and adequate facilities. And the measures favoring the culturally deprived immigrants still have not bridged the gap between East and West. Thus at home both America and Israel continue to fight the war on poverty. the war on illiteracy. and the war on inequality. Mr.
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