Taking note of reports that former Nazi collaborators and persons guilty of atrocities in Europe were among recent immigrants to Australia, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry today pledged cooperation with any government action to correct this situation.
The pledge, which was coupled with an expression of concern over the development, was voiced at the Council’s somi-annual conference. The body also urged the government to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Genocide. It expressed satisfaction with the progress of a project, sponsored by the Federation of Australian Jewish Welfare Societies, to resettle Jewish immigrants in Tasmania.
The conference voiced pleasure at the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Australia and asked the Australian Government to press in the United Nations for inclusion of Jewish Jerusalem into Israel as the “minimum solution which would give satisfaction to the inhabitants and lead to further development of the Holy City.”
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