The blue-white flag of the State of Israel flew proudly today over several of the pavilions at the Brussels International Fair as its sister-nations joined with the Jewish State in marking the tenth anniversary of its independence.
There was, in fact, a shortage of Israeli flags in Brussels and the Israeli Legation was unable to comply with all requests for the national emblem to be flown today. This afternoon, the big carillon of the Dutch pavilion presented a concert of Israeli music. Later, General Igal Yadin addressed a mass meeting of Belgian Jewish youth, after which the youngsters visited the Israeli pavilion.
In the evening, Gideon Rafael, the Israel Minister to Belgium, tendered a reception, after which there was a special Israel program at the National Theatre of Brussels. After the reading of the Israeli declaration of independence in Hebrew, French and Flemish the assemblage heard addresses by Israel Finance Minister Levi Eshkol, Camille Huysmans. Speaker of the Belgian Parliament, and by other members of both Houses of the Belgian Parliament.
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