The Soviet government. which supported the Arabs and therefore suffered a clear setback by the defeat of the Arabs. seems -to take the attitude that even Jews in the Soviet Union had a share in the Arab defeata preposterous attitude. but one that bespeaks quite eloquently for the Soviets antiSemitic posture. The governmentowned and rigidly controlled Soviet press is allowed to brand Zionism as a hastily inspired concept. In its "cold war" against the Jews. the Soviet Government barred the emigration of some 6.000 Soviet Jews to Israel late in August. and it is reported more recently that Soviet authorities are exerting some pressure upon the governments of Soviet satellite countries in Europe to do likewise. preventing the departure of Jews to Israel. The overall picture one sees through such ugly instances is not a bright one. While we of the free world are limited in what can be done in a concrete way to aid these victims of Soviet antiSemitism effectively. still. we as free men in a free society have an obligation to use- what means we do have available. the most inportant of which is our freedom to speak. to raise our voices in protest against Soviet actions taken against Soviet Jewry.
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Accusation that Soviet Jews shared in the Arab defeat, implying disloyalty.