A committee that includes an Israeli Cabinet minister and a member of the Knesset has been formed here to conduct a public campaign “for the release of Soviet Jews and their natural rights to return to their homeland.” Formation of the committee was announced by the Zionist Revisionists, a militant Zionist group. Committee members include Chaim Landau, of the Herut Party, a Minister-Without-Portfolio in the Israeli government, Dr. Benjamin Halevi, MK, Joseph Klarman, a member of the Jewish Agency executive and Dr. Joseph Schectman, an author and journalist.
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