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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(17 Sep 1987) QUOTE REF ISRAEL: A demonstration was held for the freedom of
SYND Soviet Jews as a visiting Soviet entertainment troupe
23.9.87 performed in Jerusalem on 17th September. The protest took
LN125136 place outside the performance hall. The demonstrators said
that the Soviets should not be able to perform so long as
Jews are still held in the Soviet Union and not free to
practise their culture. Among the protestors was recently
arrived prisoner of Zion Uli Edelstein. Protestors demanded
the release of World War II Swedish diplomat Raoul
Wallenberg, still believed to be imprisoned in the USSR.
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SHOWS:
ISRAEL Edelstein; protestors with banners; protestor playing the
Jerusalem cello; Edelstein on demo; performance of dance troupe;
Date Shot: 17.9.87
KCS 525 (natsot) ABC/WTN 2.12mins
T/I 7.29
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