He has given orders that men and boys be rounded up and forcibly conscripted into the army. And as the unwinnable war continues. these Ethiopian Jews and other civilians are caught in the crossfire. In Israel. the families of these Jews wait in anguish. feeling their pleas have fallen on the worlds deaf ears. This resolution which I introduce today expresses the sense of Congress that these fundamental rights to free emigration and family reunification must not be denied. My friends. there is indeed a place for quiet diplomacy. But behindthescenes negotiations cannot be a substitute for a public campaign against repression and religious persecution.
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