Israeli newspapers have said that more than 5.000 arrived in 1971. Today more than 25.000 Soviet Jews live in Israel. They constitute the largest group of refugees from the U.S.S.R. since the end of World War II. Since January of this year. nearly 2.000 per month have left Russia and while the exodus has greatly increased over the past years we cannot rest until all who wish to be free are in fact free. The motivation for this uprising in immigration remains unclear. yet several possibilities come to mind. First. Pressure from the United States and other countries has joined the Soviet Union to relax its policies.
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