An urgent call has been issued for the start of a nation-wide campaign to collect 100,000 signatures to a petition protesting the current anti-Israel policy of the French government. The announcement was made by Rubin R. Dobin, chairman of the Far Rockaway, N.Y. Jewish Community Council. The Council is acting at this time so that the petition can be presented to President Georges Pompidou of France during his forthcoming state visit in Washington the last week of February.
Dobin stated that petition forms can be secured free of charge by sending a stamped- self-addressed envelope to him in are of the Far Rockaway Jewish Community Council.
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