In honoring Anatoly Shcharansky. however. we recognize not only one man. but all those who still suffer in the Soviet Union. Our support has been strong. and it must remain strong. Despite the fact that at least 400.000 other Soviet Jews seek to emigrate to Israel. the Soviet Government has severely restricted Jewish emigration. Oppression of Soviet Jewish activists. arrests. searches. and threats continue unabated. The success of the Soviet Jewry movement has always depended on four interdependent factors: First. the courage and determination of Soviet Jews themselves to assert their identity and to seek the right to leave. second. the existence of the State of Israel as the home of the Jewish people and the support Israel has given to the advocacy effort. third the strength of Western public opinion. generated by people of conscience who have spoken out. demonstrated. visited Jews in the U.S.S.R. and prayed for their redemption. and fourth. the role of Western governments. particularly the United States. in pressing the Soviet Jewry issue. both publicly and privately.
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