Forty Jewish illegal immigrants today ended a three-day hunger-strike in the offices of the Jerusalem Jewish Community after intervention by Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog. They had been seeking legislation enabling them to bring their families into Palestine. The Jewish Agency for Palestine is granting permission for their families to come here.
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