Such dictatorships often have little regard for human dignity and personal liberties when such freedoms interfere with the supposed goals of the State. These recent increases in fees for Jews with higher education to leave the Soviet Union for Israel is an example of political repression in its lowest form. This latest action is another chapter in the tragic history of repression against Jews. Can we as a nation condone this action of holding back Soviet Jewry from emigrating to Israel? I think not. My colleagues have noted that these exit fees may also violate the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights by imposing double jeopardy on Soviet Jews trying to go to Israel.
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