The situation of Syria’s Jewish community has taken a dangerous turn for the worse in recent weeks, the French press reported today.
The report said that new and severe anti-Jewish measures had been proclaimed by authorities in Damascus. Syrian Jews are henceforth forbidden to travel more than three miles from their places of residence without a special travel permit.
They are not to be permitted to occupy official positions in civil service or to serve in the army. In very exceptional cases, they will be permitted to leave Syria but they can take with them a maximum of $100 and must abandon all other properties.
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