Such propaganda. of course. continues to incite hatred and discrimination against Jews and further separates the Jew from his fellow Russian. Most distressing to many. perhaps. is the fact that the Soviet Government has not lived up to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. which was ratified by the Supreme Soviet in 1969. and which says that any citizen has the right to leave any country. including his own. It is this refusal to allow Jews to emigrate to Israel which has aroused tremendous indignation on the part of Russian Jews and their coreligionists throughout the world. It is interesting to note that 5 years ago the Jews in Russia were silent despite the severe conditions under which they lived. But two things happened: the intensification of Soviet antiSemitic practices and the 5day war in the Middle East combined to bring a revival of Jewish consciousness.
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