Several dozen members of the Jewish Defense League hurled bottles and rocks at the midtown Manhattan offices of the Soviet airline Aeroflot yesterday afternoon immediately following the conclusion of the 11th annual Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry rally. The attack shattered a window of the Aeroflot offices, the police reported.
Of the 18 JDL members originally detained when the group was confronted by police, three were subse-quently arrested and charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and incitement to riot, according to a spokesperson for the JDL.
JDL national chairman Meir Jolovitz, in a statement released here today said: “Unlike the many groups of the Jewish establishment, we did not have the patience to demonstrate once every year our displeasure of Soviet anti-Jewish policies.” The JDL said that as long as official Soviet harassment against Jews continues, “the streets of New York will continue to remain unsafe for all Soviet officials.”
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