Joseph Ariel, Israel Minister to Belgium, called today on Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak to present Israel’s version of the Gaza incident.
Meanwhile, Paul Struye, president of the Belgian Senate, writing in the newspaper “Libre Belgique,” has placed the blame for the incident upon the generally tense Arab-Israel situation. M. Struye, in a review of the overall situation, pointed out the many acts of aggression committed by the various Arab states against Israel citizens and territory and the boycotts and blockades prosecuted by the Arabs against Israel.
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