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Abuse, General Decline Forcing Risks by Syria Jews
(Continued from Page 1)
While earlier assassi-
nations were attributed to
Iraqi agents, the recent
waves, including the Aleppo
massacre, are believed to be
the work of the Muslim
Brotherhood, a fanatical
group of fundamentalist
Sunni Muslims, which
originated in Egypt and hag
spread throughout the Arab
world. Although the Syrian
government executed 15 al-
leged Muslim Brotherhood
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wave of assassinations has
continued.
The Jewish community is
particularly fearful . that
should President Assad be
overthrown and replaced by
a Muslim Brotherhood
dominated regime, a new
wave of active anti-Jewish
persecution would begin.
Christians and other
minorities in Syria are also
fearful of the effect upon
them of a fanatically reli-
gious Muslim regime, but
they are able to leave the
country, while Jews are
barred from doing so.
At a meeting with Sy-
rian Jewish community
leaders in Damascus at
the end of 1976, President
Assad promised to re-
move the special restric-
tions upon the Jewish
community and to treat
Jews equally with other
citizens. Some degree of
liberalization did occur
in subsequent months.
Jews no longer required -
advance written permis-
sion from the Muhabarat
(intelligence or secret
police) to travel from one
city to another within
Syria, and the special
marking of Jewish iden-
tity papers with the word
"Musawi" (Jewish)
prominently in red was
replaced by a smaller no-
tation in blue.
However, in the case of
Muslims and Christians,
the entry for religion was
usually left blank, in keep-
ing with Assad's policy of
attempting to minimize
ethnic and religious di-
visions in the courrtry.
Despite the promises to
remove .other restrictions,
Jews continue to face diffi-
culties with regard to in-
heritance and in disposing
of property, requiring spe-
cial perinission to sell a car
or a house. If they wish to
engage in foreign trade they
are advised to use a Muslim
partner to head the firm.
Muslim directors also are
appointed by the govern- from this general climate as
ment to supervise the well as the specifically
Jewish schools. Govern- anti-Jewish restrictions.
ment employment is not
It is therefore all the more
open to Jews, and while urgent to maintain interna-
they can attend the univer- tional legal and humanita-
sities, their numbers and rian efforts to induce the
fields of study are re- Syrian authorities to live up
stricted.
to their obligations under
Some Syrian Jews have the Universal Declaration
been permitted to travel of Human Rights.
abroad on brief visits for
business, health or family
Coalition Lobbies
reasons, but they are still
at United Nations
required to leave a large
security deposit and _ NEW YORK (JTA) —
members of their im- New York State Attorney
mediate family must stay General Robert Abrams,
behind as assurance for chairman of the Legal Coal-
their return.
ition for Syrian Jewry, led a
In response to numerous delegation of prominent
interventions, including a New York and California
personal appeal by public officials and attor-
President Jimmy Carter, neys last week as they
President Assad agreed in called for the United Na-
July 1977 to allow 12 un- tions to take immediate ac-
married Jewish women to tion to free the hostage
come to the U.S. to find hus- community of Jews in Syria.
bands here. Despite Assad's
The delegation, which in-
promise to allow additional cluded distinguished Syrian
persons to leave for Jewish lawyers and Abe
humanitarian reasons "on a Dwek, director of the Com-
case by case basis," the Sy- mittee for Rescue of Syrian
rian government has turned Jewry, presented a petition
a deaf ear to repeated re- and a bill of particulars to
quests conveyed by the U.S. U.S. Deputy Representative
government on behalf of on the UN Security Council
other Syrian Jews, includ- Richard Petree at the U.S.
ing a list of an additional 51 Mission •to the UN.
young women, and requests
Later, U.S. Ambas-
for family reunions submit- sador to the United Na-
ted by members of the tions Donald McHenry
25,000 Jews of Syrian origin arranged for a delegation
living in the U.S.
of the coalition to meet
It is the dashing of all with Fou-tchin Liu, direc-
hopes for legal emigration tor and deputy to Secre-
combined with the deter-
iorating situation within
Syria that has prompted Sy-
rian Jews to turn in desper-
ation to "illegal" avenues of
escape.
Amnesty International
describes in its Briefing
Paper No. 16 on Syria, is-
sued in October 1979, the
violations of fundamental
rights engaged in by the or-
gans of Syrian state secu-
rity, whose pervasive influ-
ence has been intensified as
a result of the internal un-
rest in the country. The
Jewish community suffers
tary General Kurt Wal-
dheim.
A simultaneous demon-
stration of support for the
Syrian Jews was held at
California State Assembly
Speaker Leo McCarthy's
office in Los Angeles.
McCarthy, co-author with
State Senator William
Campbell of a Joint Assem-
bly Resolution calling for
United States action on be-
half of Syrian Jews, re-
ceived a delegation of t1-1-
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