In considering these requests. we ought to show our concern for a community held captive in Syria. much as we have done for the Jewish community in the Soviet Union. and as we failed to do for European Jewry under Hitler. The parallels between the state of Syrian Jewry today and that of Jews of other times and places are all too clear. Like their European counterparts of the thirties. they are now required to carry identity cards stamped in yellow. Like the Soviet Jews of today. they are persecuted and forbidden to emigrate. These prejudices reflect themselves in a multitude of conscious policy measures that the Syrian Government directs toward its captive Jewish population. The severe discriminations that the Jews in Syria have been subjected to have become draconian since the 6day war.
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