Nine members of Israel’s Knesset (Parliament) arrived here as guests of the Belgian Parliament. They were met at the airport by leaders of the Belgian Senate and Chamber of Deputies, officers of the Belgo-Israeli section of the Interparliamentary Union, Israel Ambassador Amiel Najar, and a delegation representing the Zionist Federation of Belgium. The Israeli delegation is headed by Reuven Barkatt, and includes Moshe Rosetti, general secretary of the Knesset.
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