An appeal to the Israel Government to release from imprisonment Rabbi Amram Blau, Neturei Karta leader convicted of breaking the peace in the recent attempts by ultra-Orthodox elements in Jerusalem to prevent the movement of traffic on the Sabbath, was made by the World Agudas Israel Organization here today.
In a discussion between H. L. Goodman, Agudah leader, and Gershon Avner, Israel Embassy counsellor, the former also requested that the Laborite youth club and playground established on the edge of the Mea Shearim quarter of Jerusalem–a source of friction between the Orthodox and Labor elements–be removed from Mea Shearim or that the administration of the club be turned over to a religious body. Mr. Avner promised to convey the Agudah views to the Israel Government.
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