Serious questions remain. however. about the depth and the success of his efforts. For even as these promising events were unfolding. another drama. equally con. trolled by the Government. was played out on the streets of Moscow. witnessed by the Western press. The family and friends of losif Begun. a Soviet refusenik whose sole crime was to teach Hebrew and apply to emigrate to Israel. engaged In an orderiy protest for his freedom. and that of Soviet Jewry. On successive days. as the small group of Soviet Jews stood In public on behalf of Begun and with signs demanding the right to emigrate. uniformed police watched Impassively as dozens of plainclothes thugs physically beat and attacked the demonstrators. Innocent passersby. and the media covering the event. punchIng reporters and cutting camera cables. In the Orwellian worid of Soviet political commentary.
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