Besides threatening to apply sanctions to Israel at the time of the Suez crisis. the administration cut off aid to Israel. This meant that Israel did not benefit some months from a grantinaid program. a technicalassistance program. or a surplus food program. At a time when Israel was still admitting large numbers of homeless Jewish refugees from Poland. Hungary. and most desperate of all. Jews who were being expelled from Egypt with nothing but the ragged clothes on their backs. the withdrawal of American aid was a serious blow. Curtailment of United States aid worked serious hardship on the refugees as well as on Israels economy. The State Department also denied passports to Americans of Jewish faith who wanted to visit Israel for a period of some months. including the period of the Passover. an important Jewish high holy day. in April of this year. Another byproduct of the State Departments decision was to deprive Israel of an important amount of foreign exchange.
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