Israel is not participating in the 1982 World’s Fair which opened last Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. for economic reasons, Shmuel Ben-Tovim, Israel’s Trade Commissioner in the United States, said Tuesday. He made the statement in response to an inquiry from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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