Fear developing among Jews in the Soviet Union as a result of the hostile attitude of the Soviet Government against Israel is making many Jews in the USSR fall in line with the official anti-Israel campaign. The Soviet press and radio are in full cry against Israel, following yesterday’s demonstrations in front of the Israeli Embassy in Moscow.
The Moscow newspaper “Pravda” today published a letter signed by 34 well-known Soviet Jews protesting against what they call Israel’s “criminal” attack on Egypt. The letter says that the Israeli Government “has isolated the Israeli people from the whole world.” One of the co-signers of the letter is David Bronstein, Soviet chess expert.
Cables from Moscow to the press here relate that A. Cheluche, the Israeli Charge d’Affaires in Moscow, telephoned the Soviet Foreign Ministry requesting police protection against demonstrators hammering at the doors of the Israeli Embassy. This plea was ignored, the dispatches state, adding that Soviet policemen in front of the Embassy smiled good-naturedly as a crowd festooned the Embassy with anti-Israel placards last night.
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