Gen. Omar Torrijos, the head of Panama, opened a “Panama Road” in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Menahem suburb Wednesday, the first day of his official visit here. Later he was the luncheon guest of Premier Menachem Begin at the Knesset succah. Begin delighted Torrijos and the guests by switching from Hebrew to Castilian Spanish for his opening remarks. He expressed hope that Torrijos would be able to use the visit to learn at first hard of Israel’s quest for peace. Torrijos replied that he indeed had come “to learn the truth” about Israel.
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