President. at a time when this Nations energies are focused on peace initiatives in the Middle East. I believe it is important to have as a goal of those negotiations greater respect by all nations for humanitarian concerns. I have written Secretary Kissinger about this matter and have brought to his attention a situation that is nothing less than deplorable in the eyes of free people everywhere: the harassment of and discrimination against Syrian Jews by their government as well as the severe government restrictions on the right of Jews to emigrate. This minority is confined to the despair of teeming ghettos. they are not allowed to venture beyond a 3mile radius of that environment without express permission. and their economic activities are severely limited. In some cities Jews must check in with police three times a day and night raids on private Jewish homes are common.
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