The Jewish Agency today opened an immigration office in West Berlin to assist Jewish refugees from East Germany who wish to emigrate to Israel. Itshak Raphael, Agency immigration head, who came here to open the office, said that the organization is ready to bring all refugees from East Germany to Israel at the “expense of the Zionist movement.”
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