Walt Disney says its exposition is cultural
Regional, Politics, 9/11/1999

The spokesman for the Walt Disney company Bill Warren claimed on Thursday that there is any political implication for an exhibition about Israel organised by the company in Florida and opposed by Arab and Islamic states.

AFP said that Warren explained that this exposition is a cultural event and has no links with politics, as he said. He expressed his shock over the strong opposition has met.

However, several Arab states, the Arab league and US Islamic organisations have expressed their objection to the decision of Disney company to allocate a pavilion in its exposition which will be open in the first of October, introducing Arab Jerusalem as a capital of Israel.

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