Their opportunities for employment have been restricted. with Jews being prohibited from holding jobs in civil service or nationalized sectors of the economy. The above is not meant to be an allinclusive list. but merely an indication of the type of discrimination affecting Syrian Jews. Perhaps the most tragic repression lies in the inability of these Jewish citizens to escape from this situation by emigrating. The Syrian government has refused to permit such emigration. and this has resulted in the arrests of those who have tried to leave the country without a passport. Several Jewish men and women thus caught seeking to make their way out of the country received lengthy prison sentences. In January 1970. more than 100 delegates from 26 countries met at a conference in Paris and made a formal appeal to world opinion to save those Jews remaining in Iraq. Syria and the United Arab Republic. Refugee witnesses at this conference gave testimony of the humiliation and suffering in their communities. Cablegrams appealing for the right of emigration were addressed to the three Arab countries and to Secretary General Thant of the United Nations. Delegates also made plans to press their own governments to make diplomatic representations as well. Mr.
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