Two young New York Jews who arrived in Israel as stowaways Wednesday and claimed the right to remain under the Law of the Return will be sent back to the United States as soon as possible, police officials told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today.
Yehuda Finkel, 21 and Barchi Bezler, 23, were returned to Haifa to await transportation back to New York, police said, adding it was impossible to permit them to stay in Israel. S. S. Israel crew members told police the two youths expressed a desire to participate in the manning of a test ship via the Suez Canal.
The youths smuggled themselves aboard the S.S. Israel and escaped from the ship while it was anchoring in Haifa. They were detained in Jerusalem while officials pondered their demand to be allowed to stay.
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