A resolution asking the Rumanian Government to permit the emigration to Israel of 10,000 Jews with relatives in Israel was adopted here at a mass meeting arranged jointly by the Confederation of Jewish Institutions in Brazil and the United Zionist Organization. The resolution will be conveyed to the Bucharest Government through its diplomatic representative here.
Addressing the meeting, Yidov Cohen, member of the Israel Parliament and president of the Union of Rumanian Jews in Israel, said that the 10,000 relatives for whom exit permits are requested include 8,000 children and 2,000 parents separated from their next of him.
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