King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium left Lydda Air-port for Brussels last night after completing a two day visit to Israel in which they toured the country’s Christian Holy Places and were received by President Zalman Shazar. In the morning, the Royal couple participated in a planting ceremony of King Baudouin Forest near Nazareth. Yaskov Tsur, world chairman of the Jewish National Fund, presided at the ceremony.
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