The Tunisian Immigrants Association of Israel today cabled an appeal to United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, asking him to intervene with Tunisian authorities toward restoration of postal communications between Israel and Tunisia. Tunisia, last week, ordered those postal ties severed, basing its step on the fact that the Arab League’s postal union forbids mail contact between League member states and Israel.
In the cable to Mr. Hammarskjold, the association termed the Tunisian move “inhuman and contrary to international law.” According to the association, the Tunisian ruling has brought “distress” to thousands of former Tunisian Jews who live now in Israel, interrupting contact among families.
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