Statement

The 1970 attempt to hijack a plane from Leningrad to Israel, and a trial in which the defendants voiced Zionism, probably helped loosen emigration in 1971 and 1972.

References

1. p. 497

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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