The Egyptian customs have seized a large consignment of woolen goods shipped to a local merchant by a British firm, on the grounds that the merchandise was “Zionist-made.” Officials claim that the goods were manufactured in Palestine and routed by way of Britain to evade the Arab League boycott.
Reports circulating here today state that members of an underground youth group assigned to carrying out anti-Semitic activities are in the process of taking a census of the names and addresses of all Jewish residents of Cairo.
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