News Brief

Tammuz 13, 5769 / July 5, '09 
 
Blogs
Check It Out
Arutz 7 TV


Bomb Alert at Paris Book Fair, Thousands Evacuated

Reported: 20:03 PM - Mar/16/08

(IsraelNN.com) Thousands of people were told to evacuate the international book fair in Paris after a bomb threat was received.

This year's book fair gave special honor to Israel, because of the 60th anniversary of its independence. Israeli writers Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, Aharon Appelfeld and others participated at the fair, and President Shimon Peres also paid a visit.

Arab countries including Lebanon, Yemen,, Tunisia and Morocco boycotted the fair because of the special honor given Israel.


Previous Next



Sign up to receive the Daily Israel Report by email (Free)





© IsraelNN Syndications - This article may not be republished freely. Review what you can publish free of charge and what requires a syndication payment on the Syndications Page.

News Briefs