01.07.2012                      11.Tammus. 5772

Botschafter gegen Israel:

Arab states withdraw prize over Israel visit

Paris-based Arab Ambassadors’ Council withdraws 15,000 euro from Algerian author Boualem Sansal for his May visit to Israel.

The Paris-based Arab Ambassadors’ Council pulled the plug last week on a 15,000 euro literary prize award to the distinguished Algerian author Boualem Sansal because he visited Israel in May, France 24 TV reported.
Sansal participated in a panel discussion with Daniel Ben-Simon, a Moroccan-born Labor MK, at the third International Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem….