The Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) sent a telegram yesterday to Premier Menachem Begin of Israel declaring that the CJC, on behalf of all Canadian Jewry, “strongly reaffirms their fullest support and solidarity with the State of Israel and your government.”
The telegram, signed by Rabbi Gunther Plaut, president of the CJC, followed a meeting of the CJC. It read: “Destructive pressure tactics in the international political arena are being exerted on the government of Israel. One of these tactics is the attempt to split and weaken the support of world Jewry for the State of Israel. The CJC, on behalf of all Canadian Jews, strongly reaffirms their fullest support and solidarity with the State of Israel and your government.”
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