The Board of Deputies of British Jews has prepared a national petition aimed at the rescue of the remaining Jews of Iraq and other Arab countries. Alderman Michael M. Fidler, board president, announced today that the petition would be addressed to United Nations Secretary General U Thant, urging him on behalf of “the men and women of Britain” to use his good offices to persuade the Baghdad Government to permit the immediate emigration of Iraqi Jews. The petition will also call on Mr. Thant to call upon the Governments of Egypt and Syria to permit their Jews to leave as well.
In Amsterdam, the Holland-Israel Society and the Catholic Peoples Party, the largest political party in The Netherlands, have urged high level intervention in Arab countries to secure permission for emigration by Jews whose lives are endangered. The Catholic Party called on the Dutch Government to act. The Society asked the local Red Cross to request intervention by the International Red Cross in Geneva to speed the departure of Jews from Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
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