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face width of the principal highways is from
occupied Tulkarm. A major project now un-
raeli I
14 to 25 feet with 2 to 6 foot shoulders. Sec-
der construction will shorten the present
toward
ondary highways generally have a stone or
Haifa-Tel Aviv route from 128 to 82 kilometers
servar
bituminous treated surface 10 to 14 feet in
by laying the tracks along the coast between
on the
width. Unsurfaced roads and tracks are gen-
Tel Aviv and Hadera. After an adjustment
uled a
erally narrow and often impassable during
of territories in the environs of Jerusalem,
Bef
heavy rains, although during the dry seasons
railway services between Lydda and Jewish
return
they are sometimes as satisfactory as the sur-
Jerusalem were resumed under the terms of
Haifa
faced roads. There are numerous bridges and
the Israel-Jordan Armistice Agreement.
the fi
culverts in the highway network of Israel.
The narrow gauge branch lines in Arab
aircra
Most of the bridges are of concrete construc-
Palestine are not now in operation.
the 1
tion and, on the principal roads, are generally
depar
wide enough to permit two lanes of truck
4. Airlines.
cope
traffic. On the secondary and unsurfaced
Since the re-opening of Lydda airport to
impro
roads, the bridges are often narrow and will
civilian traffic in November 1948, civil aviation
pecial
only permit one lane of traffic. The high-
in Israel has been developing rapidly. The
of Cc
ways are generally in poor condition, but a
national Israeli aviation company, "EL AL,"
Israei
construction program with a goal of 1,000
in which the government has invested I£ 200,-
ture
miles of new surfaced highways is now under
000, has the top men of the Ministry of Com-
way. Improvements revalso being made on
munications serving on its board. "EL AL"
5.
1
present roads.
flies scheduled services from Lydda to Lon-
don via Rome and Paris, and from Lydda to
Isr
3. Railroads.
Zurich via Rome. A petition to conduct
muni
The Israeli Government has inherited the
scheduled air service to the US is pending
quat
railway system which served Palestine under
before the US Civil Aeronautics Board. Ex-
have
the Mandate. Two railway lines, one stand-
pansion of the services to the east and south is
other
ard gauge (4'8 1/2") and the other narrow
currently precluded by the Arab ban against
the r
gauge (105 cm), are strategically important.
air transit or traffic by Israeli aircraft and by
opera
The first line runs the length of Israel from
foreign aircraft serving Israel.
tion
the Egyptian-held Gaza strip in the south
men
Eleven international air carriers, all repre-
through Lydda, Haifa, and Acre to Ras en
mun
senting western-oriented nations, currently
Naqura in the north and has a branch con-
fly scheduled air services into Israel. TWA
cons
necting Jaffa with Jerusalem through Lydda.
rout
(US), BOAC (UK), SAS (Norway, Denmark,
The narrow gauge line runs from Acre
Aviv
Sweden), KLM (Netherlands), SABENA (Bel-
through Haifa, Affula, and Beisan to Samakh
with
gium), Air France (France), Swissair (Switz-
near the Syrian border and has a branch into
erland), LAI (Italy), HELLAS (Greece), Cy-
Arab Palestine which runs from Affula
prus Airways (Cyprus), and PAL (Philippine
through Jenin to Masudiya, where it splits
Republic) all maintain one or more flights
west to Tulkarm and east to Nablus. Only
per week to Lydda. The routes are adjusted
Haifa and Lydda on the standard gauge line
to comply with the Arab air ban. Soviet-
and Haifa and Samakh on the narrow gauge
influenced air services into Israel were shut
line have adequate terminal facilities.
off in mid-1949, when operating rights
The Palestine war disrupted the normal op-
through Greece and Italy were withdrawn
eration of these lines. Since the end of hos-
from the Czech carrier CSA, the European
tilities, however, Israel has not only brought
satellite air agent.
them back into operation insofar as possible
US non-scheduled airlines have been active
but has also initiated improvements. In or-
in conducting operations into Lydda, pri-
der to maintain railway communication be-
marily to transport displaced persons from
tween Haifa and Tel Aviv, a 42-kilometer
various parts of the world to Israel. Follow-
stretch from Ras el Ain to Hadera had to be
ing the return of foreign scheduled air opera-
repaired and the tracks diverted around Arab-
tors into Israel, and the emergence of an Is-
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