At the invitation of Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, a group of 50 children from Sderot, Israel, played parliamentarians for a day during a visit to the Belgian Federal Parliament.
The children, who are spending a free summer at the Camp Gan Israel run by Chabad-Lubavitch of Antwerp, spoke from the lectern and tried out the seats in the bicameral legislature.
According to Rabbi Shabtai Slaviticki, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Antwerp, Leterme told the children that he has three children who have never experienced war.
His wish, Leterme said, was that his visitors would soon live in a world without war.
The prime minister gave each camper a souvenir shirt and pen; in return, the children gave Leterme a glass-enclosed Kassam rocket that had been fired by Palestinian terrorists at their hometown. …
Start a Discussion