All Belgian office buildings and the building housing the Commission of the European Economic Community flew their flags at half-mast today to honor the memory of President Ben-Zvi who died yesterday. Expressions of condolences continued to be brought to the Israel Embassy by many Belgian and Jewish personalities.
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