President. this year in testimony before the House and Senate. the administration stated that the $50 million already appropriated for resettlement assistance would be sufficient not only for fiscal year 1973 but for fiscal year 1974 as well. I completely disagree with this assessment. According to State Department figures. 31.652 Russian immigrants settled in Israel in 1972. Over 31.000 more Russian immigrants have come to Israel thus far in 1973. Moreover. in the last 3 months of this year. the rate of immigration has increased substantially. All of us are aware of the extraordinary economic burden which has been placed on Israel by her defense requirements and by the most recent war in the Middle East. Israels defense expenditures even before the war ran close to half of her annual budget. and the Israel taxpayer has been supporting this with one of the highest taxation rates in the world.
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