Wiesenthal Center exhibition, “People, Book, Land: The 3,500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People with the Holy Land" Opens at Panama Book Fair”

August 15, 2018

Centro Simon Wiesenthal
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Panama City

The Wiesenthal Center exhibition, “People, Book, Land: The 3,500.Year Relationship of the Jewish People with the Holy Land" opened at the Panama International Book Fair on the Israel Embassy stand, in the framework of Israel’s status as the Fair’s “Honoured Guest 2018".

The ceremony was led by Panamanian Deputy Foreign Minister Luis Miguel Hincapié, Orit Betesh, Chair of the Book Association and Israeli Ambassador Reda Mansour.

The Ambassador himself is a poet and writer from the Druze community.

The Fair will be visited by 15.000 people in the next 5 days.


Photo: left to right, Dr. Gelblung, Deputy FM Hincapié, Mrs. Betesh, Ambassador Mansour and Deputy Ambassador Rotem Gabay-Bareket


Photo: Dr. Gelblung and Ambassador Mansour


Photo: Deputy Ambassador Gabay-Bareket and Dr. Gelblung


Photo: Dr. Gelblung and Members of Jewish Community of Panamá


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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization numbering over 400.000 members. It holds consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the OAS and the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO)