Israel served notice this week-end that it may take further action in the United Nations General Assembly over the maltreatment of the Jews in Egypt. The Israel delegation here, for the third time in two weeks formally notified the President of the General Assembly of the situation in Egypt and called for prompt intervention. It accused Egypt of violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the UN Genocide Convention.
“The Government of Israel,” the delegation stated, “is in daily receipt of first-hand reports which fully confirm the deep apprehensions which these policies of the Egyptian Government have aroused. From these reports, it is manifest that the atmosphere in which the Jews of Egypt now live is one of terror. They are arbitrarily deprived of their liberties. They are dispossessed of their movable and immovable properties. Members of the free possessions are prohibited from exercising their professions. Employees are dismissed from their employment. The whole community lives under a police regime. Those who remain in Egypt are indeed in more tragic condition than those who have been expelled or who have fled, because they no longer have means of livelihood.”
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