It also brought her to the attention of the Soviet secret police. the KGB. After 7 fruitless years of hard work and continued harassment. she finally in desperation hung a banner from her apartment balcony that read: "KGB. Give Me My Visa." Shortly thereafter. she was arrested on charges of malicious hooliganism. tried and sentenced to 4 years of internal exile in Siberia. She has spent these years confined to a small village. forced to live under conditions of extreme loneliness and hardship. I am pleased that her ordeal has finally come to an end. Ida Nudel has paid dearly for her desire to live a life of freedom and dignity in Israel. I strongly and earnestly urge the leaders of the Soviet Union to permit this remarkable woman to emigrate to Israel at the soonest possible date-*
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