Egyptian Regime Condemned for Hanging of Two Jews
(Copyright 1955, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, inc.)
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Through-
out the entire civilized world,
the Egyptian government was
roundly condemned for its sav-
age haste in executing death
sentences imposed On two Jews
convicted of espionage by a mil-
itary court on the basis of con-
fessions extracted by violence
and torture.
The two men, Dr. Moishe Mar-
zouk and Shmuel Azzar, were
hanged despite a direct plea by
the French government to the s
Egyptian authorities, an action
by the United States State De-
partment, the nature of which
has not been disclosed, and pro-
tests and pleas by organizations
and individuals throughout the
entire free world.
In Paris, M. Edgar Faure,
the Foreign Minister; sum-
moned the Egyptian ambassa-
dor to the Quai D'Orsay and
delivered a • rebuke 'to the
Egyptian government for
flouting the French clemency
plea for the two men. M.
Faure told the envoy that the
French governinent was "up-
set" by the hangings. One of
the executed men, Shmuel Az-
zar, was a Tunisian national.
In Buenos Aires, President
Juan D. Peron publicly an-
nounced his sympathy for the
families of the two martyred
Jews.
Many newspapers here and
abroad condemned the Egyptian
regime and voiced • sharp criti-
cism of the execution which the
New York Herald Tribune called
"a setback to orderly processes
in the Middle East."
In Beersheba the municipal
council named • streets in
memory of Marzouk and Az-
zar. Members of the municipal
council made visit to the sister
of Azzar who is a resident of
Beersheba to express their
condolences.
The Jewish Agency executive
issued a scathing denunciation
of the conduct of the Cairo "spy"
trial and the execution of the
two Jews, and declared the trial
was "marked by devilish tor-
ture of the accused which re
sulted in a murderous judgment
and tryannical sentences."
In Paris, a huge crowd over-
flowed a memorial meeting held
under the auspices Of the Zion-
ist Federation of France.
In Buenos Aires, all Jewish
shops closed for a two-hour
period of mourning for the exe-
cuted Jews.
In Canada, the Canadian Jew-
. h Congress and the United
Zionist Council of Canada
voiced their sense of "deep out-
rage" at the execution by Egypt
of the two Jews.
American Jewish groups con-
demned the "wanton hanging"
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of the two Jews in Egypt. A r es-
olution characterizing the exe-
cution as "a blow to humanity
and to peace" was adopted at
the Hadassah national confer-
ence here.
The Rabbinical Council of
America, Orthodox rabbinical
body with 600 members in the
United States and Canada, de-
clared a national day of mourn-
ing for the two Jews who were
'executed.
More Trials of Jews
Planned in Cairo ;
83 Jews Involved
LONDON, (JTA)—Cairo's pub-
lic prosecutions officer, Ab.del
Moneim Hamzawi,. has decided
to commit 77 Jews for trial be-
fore a criminal court on charges
of forging Official documents,
the Jewish Observer reports from
Cairo. Among the accused is
Andel Mesih Beshaim, an elder
of the Jewish quarter, and his
assistant, both of whom are
charged with fdrging birth cer-
tificates ,so that ithey could visit
Israel in 1946. -
The Cairo radio announced
that the Egyptian Supreme Mil-
itary Court will shortly begin the
trial of six more Jews. The radio
report said that the trial would
be presided over by' Brigadier
Fuad Digwy, who conducted the
"Zionist spy' ring" trial. The six
have been under arrest since last
October.
996 Arrive in Israel
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A party of
996 North African Jews, includ-
ing a large number of children
and young people, arrived in
Israel aboard theIS.S. Jerusalem.
They were sent to villages pre-
Pared for them in 'Galilee, the
Jerusalem corridor and the new
Lachish development area south-
west of Jerusalem.
Hadassah Conclave Told of New. Wave
Of Immigration to Israel from Afria
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Migra-
tion to Israel from North Africa
on a scale reminiscent of the
mass exodus of Jews from the
displaced persons camps of Eu-,
rope in the years immediately
following the establishment of
Israel in 1948, has already
started and about 50,000 Jews
will reach the Jewish State by
the end of 1955, Mrs. Rose HalL
prin, member of the Jewish
Agency executive,. reported at
the annual mid-wiinter confer-
ence of Hadassah.
Dr. Kalman J. Mann, direc-
tor of the Hadassah 'Medical
Organization in Israel, said
that Jews coming to Israel
from Yemen are completely free
of. lung Cancer and coronary
thrombosis. W hit e . express-
ing no opinion on the reasons
for the absence of these ail-
ments ,among Yemenites, Dr.
Mann noted that Jews from
Yemen smoke narbhile s--
Oriental pipes in which tobac-
co smoke is drawn through
water. On the other hand, Dr.
Mann said, Yemenites are
twice as susceptible to lung
tuberculosis, have twice the
mortality rate from this dis-
ease as the remainder of 'the
Israel population.
Dr. Miriam Freund, chairman
of the Hadassah Youth Aliyah
Committee, announced that Mrs,
Eleanor Roosevelt had under-
taken to inspect facilities for
the rehabilitation and resettle-
ment of Jewish children from
all parts of the world in Israel
on March 3. -
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Israel Gave $33,600
To UN Korean Fund
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(JTA)—Israel has contributed
$33,600 to the United Nations
Korean Reconstruction . Agency,
according to a report made to
`the United Nations by V. A.
Hamdani of Pakistan, chairman
of the special committee charged
with raising funds for the work
of this group.
Japanese Envoy in Israel
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The first
Japanese Minister to Israel ar-
rived with his wife. He will also
serve as Minister to Turkey.
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