Mr. Speaker. this day of international solidarity with Ida Nudel marks Mrs. Nudels 11year struggle to leave the Soviet Union and emigrate to Israel. Sadly. that struggle is far from over. Mrs. Nudel is only one of thousands of brave political and religious activists who suffer in the Soviet Union because of their strong wills and own personal beliefs. As Mrs. Nudel is in the process of applying for yet another emigration visa to join her sister in Israel. it is imperative that we in the Congress let the Soviet Government know that the denial of such visas and the unjust treatment of these Soviet citizens is unacceptable to the people of the United States. Unless conditions improve for these Soviet dissidents the further unjust actions of the Soviet Union will have a severe impact on future relations between our two nations. Decency mandates that Soviet Jews be given the chance to leave Russia and its religious deprivations for the freedom of Israel. We in this country must never relax our demands that the doors be opened for all who seek to immigrate to Israel.e
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