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Protest Increased Aliya of Non-Jews from the C.I.S

by Betzalel Kahn

Scores of activists from Shai, the Association for the Preservation of the Jewish Character of the State of Israel, demonstrated on Tuesday 11 Tishrei, in Paris Square which is near the Prime Minister's home in Jerusalem. They protested the continuation of the policy of encouraging immigration of non-Jews from the C.I.S. The demonstrators were joined by a number of Israelis from Jerusalem, and were guarded by a large contingent of police.

The demonstrators spoke to passersby, since there was no actual purpose to demonstrating in front of the home of the Prime Minister, who was abroad at the time. All of the speakers, who had once been citizens of the former Soviet Union, called on the public to protest the inundation of the country with non-Jews. They claimed that the fact that the Interior Ministry refuses to disclose data regarding the amount of Jews and non-Jews who immigrate to Israel, indicates that the government is firm in its resolve to bring a maximal number of non-Jews from the C.I.S to Israel, while keeping the facts from the public. Some of the speakers had been outstanding activists in Russia.

During the day, they set up an information stand and distributed shocking material on the extent of the non-Jewish immigration.

The Shai activists related that the life of a journalist who had written about this trend in a Beit Shemesh newspaper had been threatened. The article appeared under a huge headline disclosing Shai's revelation concerning the number of non- Jews who came to Israel. One of those who threatened him called him and said: "I can't get an identity card because of people like you. If I don't get a card, I'll kill you."

The journalist, Asaf Tfiro filed a complaint with the police.


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