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World leaders arriving at Ben Gurion for World Holocaust Forum

22 January 2020, 4:25 pm
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The procession of world leaders coming to attend the 5th World Holocaust Forum is well underway now. Spain’s King Felipe VI (he’ll be the tallest man in most photos in Israel, including the one below) just landed.

Some key European leaders are already here, including France’s President Emmanuel Macron, but the biggest geopolitical guns, at least where the geopolitics of the Middle East are concerned, will land tomorrow. Vice President Mike Pence’s plane is due to touch down at Ben Gurion Airport at 7:55 a.m. and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plane 35 minutes later, at 8:30 a.m.

King Felipe VI of Spain, left, is welcomed to Israel by Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, center, and Foreign Ministry Director General Yuval Rotem, right, at Ben Gurion Airport, January 22, 2020. (Israeli Foreign Ministry)

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