The appointment of Gustavo Ortiz Hernan as Mexico’s first diplomatic representative to Israel will be announced shortly, it became known-here today. Sr. Ortiz Hernan formerly held the post of director general of the Mexican Government’s tourism department. Israel has maintained a diplomatic mission here for about three years.
A delegation of Jewish leaders here has been told by Monsignor Gregorio Araiza that “I pray every day for the victory and success of the State of Israel.” The delegation. which included Israel’s representative here, Yosef Kessary, had met with Monsignor Araiza when they called on Archbishop Miguel Dario Miranda to present to him Sephardic Rabbi Itzhak Alcalai of New York who was here for a ten-day visit.
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