Mr. President. I rise today for the purpose of bringing the Senates attention to the painful and unjust plight of the remaining Jews in Syria. Many members of the Syrian Jewish community. which only numbers about 4.000. would like to emigrate to join families abroad. Yet Syrian authorities only permit small numbers to leave periodically. bribes are often needed to achieve even these small successes. Moreover. Syrian Jews are often Imprisoned for unjust reasons. Two Jewish brothers. Eli and Selim Swed. for example. were recently tried in camera and sentenced to 61/2 years imprisonment after having been held since November 1987.
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