Some 1,200 people attended an Israel Independence Day reception Thursday at the Israel Embassy. The main topic of conversation was Israeli Premier Menachem Begin’s attacks on President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of France and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of West Germany. Some of the top government officials and representatives of government and opposition parties present felt that Begin was moved by the elections in France May 10 and in Israel June 30.
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