In a recent search of his apartment. which was almost identical in nature to the Kholmlansky search. the Soviets allege that narcotics were discovered. and as a result. Edelshtein is currently under arrest. The last of these cases. and perhaps the most pressing. concerns Yakov Gorodetsky of Leningrad. who is a leader of the repatriation movement. This movement. which is relatively young in the Soviet Union. has become extremely popular among refuseniks. Rather than requesting permission to emigrate because of family ties abroad. the participants in this movement claim that as Jews they are already Israeli citizens and must be accorded the right to be repatriated to their homeland. It appears that as a result of his association with this movement. Gorodetsky was arrested last month.
Keywords matched
emigrate