ered before the Palestine Offices and flourished revolvers and knives in front of the officials with threats to kill them if they did not provide certificates. The director of the office succeeded in escaping from the infuriated crowd through the back door after handing in his resignation.
Jewish papers outspokenly condemned the Jewish agency for not having assigned enough certificates for Greece and for having imposed a tax of about $70 on every immigrant family of five persons. “Certificates,” L’Action, Zionist paper, declared, “are now a luxury for the rich.”
The Greek Zionist Federation issued a statement denouncing the threats made by the various groups and pointed out that the organization had protested vigorously against the mere 150 immigration certificates issued to Greek Jews. Immediate redress was hoped for from the Jewish Agency, the statement concluded.
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