The king of England will tender a garden party at ?uokingham Palace for the Israel Parliamentary delegation which is due to arrive by ?ir here tomorrow. The affair will take place on Thursday afternoon.
Contrary to reports from Jerusalem that the left Socialist Mapam party is not ? represented on the delegation, it was learned here today that the delegation represents seven parties in the Israel Parliament including the Mapam. However, the ex?reme right-wing Herut Party, which is strongly anti-British, is not represented in the delegation.
The delegation will, upon its arrival, be met at the airfield by representatives of the British section of Interparliamentary Union and by officials of the Israel Legation. It will call on Thursday morning on the Lord Mayer of London at Mansion House and will later be received by the Parliamentary Undersecretary of the foreign Office. On Friday the Israelis will lunch with Prime Minister Clement Attlee. The delegation will spend more than a week in England during which it will meet with leading members of the British Parliament on questions concerning British-Israel friendship.
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