AMERICAN ZIONISTS INTERCEDE WITH EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES ON BEHALF OF MOYNE ASSASS

Created: 2/9/1945

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Al ERIC AH ZIONISTS INTERCEDE WITH EGYPT IAII AUTHORITIES OH BEHALF OP LIOYIIE ASSASSIHS

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anuary for the assassinationTovonber of Lord Uoyne, British Resident Ulnlster in Cairo.0 Zionists, tAio irznodlately after the trial rofrained frcrm protest, leaving the field to Revisionist groups, ure no" Joining the agitationeprieve.

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See "Jonlsh Reactions to the Assassination of Lord JJoynt

A number of Orthodox rabbis connected with the Zionist movement addressed an appeal to King Faroulc onanuary. Early in February Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, leading Cleveland Reform Rabbi and until recently vlce-chairaan of the American Zionist Emergency Council,able to King Faro'uk - -Leading Conservative rabbis, connocted tilth the Zionistation of America have also Joined in the representations. Articles upholding the cccdenmed and oharaoterlzIng

and the Death Sontonco Against nisit NunofJanuojsy

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appear in both tatfTMBHh andanguage Jewish pross,

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Stilluoat active olouont in tho caupaign, houevor. Id tho Zionist^ovlslonist croup under tho loadornhlp of Rabbi

Their Central Comraitteo has

urged "flooding" tlio Egyptian ttabassy vjith 'petitions on behalf of Uio condonnod. This group alsoisit SS January of Ort*iodax rabbis to liabnoud Hassan, izlnlotcr of tho Royal Crovornoont of Egypt in Uio Unitod Statos. The Anorican Loagueroo Palestine, anothor Revisionist group, announced that tho Indian leader Dr. SyudT^ossain had joined tho campaign and that Professor Abrahau&ohuda of the Kow School for Social Resoarch (Hon York) had appealed to tho rector of tho Alaihar (Islanio univeroity in Cairo) to Intercede oith the Egyptian authorities,

Ationc others ivho have Interceded by cable or petition

on behalf of tho youthful assassins are Arturo poscanini.

Sonator nillian'Zjanoor of Ilorth Dakota, House Majority Loaderepresentative Androw L. goners of Iter* York, Dean^itlfLn, Arthur>^zylc, Louis arceiifleld, Slgrid "Ondset, and Karin SlchaollQ,

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