The World Jewish Congress urgently appealed today to the Government of Egypt to halt the mass arrests of Egyptian Jews which are now going forward “without abatement.”
Pointing out that the situation of Egypt’s 35,000 Jews “has precipitously deteriorated” within the past several months, spokesmen for the WJC declared that reports reaching its New York headquarters in recent weeks indicate that more than 150 Jews “have been corralled in mass arrests and have been charged with Zionism as a crime and with other crimes ranging from attempted arson to Communism.”
Emphasizing that the mass arrests have caused panic among the Jews in Egypt, the WJC appeal to Egypt says; “As a member of the United Nations, committed to the principles and purposes of the Charter, Egypt is under a solemn obligation to protect the human rights of all its inhabitants. The World Jewish Congress asks for nothing more than that Egypt shall be faithful to these obligations.”
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