The Union of Jewish Students of France (UJSF) has set up here a “Committee for the Liberation of Israeli Prisoners in Syria.” A UJSF spokesman said the major aim of the committee is to “alert French public opinion about the problem of Israeli POWs in Syria,” and to see to it “that Syria accepts a reciprocal exchange of POWs with Israel.”
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