Dowager Queen Elizabeth today accepted patronage over the Belgian Jewish National Fund campaign for a forest in Palestine to be named after the late King Albert.
The king was known as a friend of the Jews. He had visited Palestine several times and was enthusiastic in his praise of Jewish achievements there.
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