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The party distribution of seats was as follows:

Party

No. of delegates

General Zionist.s 123

Ihud Olami - Poalei Zion (Mapai) 101

Mizrahi (including Hapoel Harnizrahi) 58

United Zionists Revisionists 41

Hashomer Hatzair 26

Achdut A vode - Poalei Zion 26

Aliya Hadasha

Independents

The delegates are elected by qualified persons in the respective countries where there is a branch of the World Zionist Organisation who have purchased the Shekel either during the Congress year or during the previous (Jewish) year. To be qualified the voter must be 18 years of age or over. The electoral system is direct, in that each voter votes for a party list, and is proportional in that seats are distributed among the successful parties in proportion to the number of votes received by each party list. Allocation of seats within the party block is at the discretion of the party provided that the name of the delegate selected appeared in the party list submitted to the central electoral committee.

(p. 910) (§ 86)

At present, the body, styled the Executive of the Jewish Agency, is identical with the Zionist Executive, since no steps were taken after the World Zionist Congress held at Basie in December, 1946, to convene the Jewish Agency Council.

THE STATUTORY JEWISH COMMUNITY.

(p .917)

(§ 96 iii)

The following are the present members of the Executive Committee of the General Council :

Mr. Itzhaq Ben Zvi, M.B.k Mr. David Remez

Mr. Eliahu Berligne

Mr. Meir Grabovsky

Mr. Abraham Katznelson Rabbi Moshe Meiri

Dr. Nahum Nir

Mr. Mordechai Shatner


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