Maurice Fischer, the Israeli Ambassador to Italy, died today in a Swiss clinic at the age of 62. The career diplomat came to Palestine in 1930 from Belgium, where he was born, and fought in the Free French Forces during World War II. After the establishment of Israel, he served as Ambassador to France and, later, Turkey. Before his appointment to the Rome post, in 1961, he was assistant director-general of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in Jerusalem.
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