A number of Members of Parliament from various parties sought today to obtain action of some sort for Jews in Arab countries who have been harassed, beaten and killed in the wake of Israel’s latest victory over the Arab countries.
Their activities were in response to reports that Jews in Damascus and Aleppo were attacked in a manner reminiscent of European pogroms. Similar reports concerned maltreatment of Jews in Libya, Egypt, Tunis and Lebanon. The Knesset members approached the Government to take up the problem.
Letters to Israeli newspapers suggested that the release of Egyptian prisoners of war still held by Israel be made conditional on exchange for Jews now held in Egyptian captivity.
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