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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Jewish exodus from the Muslim world Background History of the Jews under Muslim rule Sephardi Mizrahi Yemeni Zionism Arab–Israeli conflict 1948 war Suez Crisis Six-Day War Antisemitism in the Arab world Farhud Aleppo Aden Oujda and Jerada Tripolitania Cairo Baghdad Tripoli ...
The Jewish exodus from the Muslim world, in which the combined population of the Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa (excluding Israel) was reduced from about 900,000 in 1948 to under 8,000 today, and approximately 600,000 of them became citizens of Israel.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Jewish exodus from the Muslim world Background History of the Jews under Muslim rule Sephardi Mizrahi Yemeni Zionism Arab–Israeli conflict 1948 war Suez Crisis Six-Day War Antisemitism in the Arab world Farhud Aleppo Aden Oujda and Jerada Tripolitania Cairo Baghdad Tripoli ...
World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries (WOJAC) was an international advocacy organization, created in 1975, [1] representing Jewish refugees from Arab countries.The World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries was created to make certain that any "just settlement of the refugee problem" recognizes those Jews who were forced to flee from lands where they had lived for centuries.
The massive emigration of Iraqi Jews was among the most climactic events of the Jewish exodus from the Muslim World. The operation is named after Ezra and Nehemiah, who led groups of Jews from exile in Babylonia to return to Judea in the 5th century BC, as recorded in the books of the Hebrew Bible that bear their names.
The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands in the 20th century was a result of the expulsion and mass departure primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background from Arab and Islamic countries. The migration started in the late 19th century, but accelerated after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. According to official Arab statistics, 856,000 Jews ...
The documentary explores the history, culture, and exodus of Middle Eastern and North African Jewish communities in the second half of the 20th century.Using extensive testimony of refugees from Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, and Morocco, the film weaves personal stories with dramatic archival footage of rescue missions, historic images of exodus and resettlement, and analyses by contemporary ...
The Arabian Peninsula.. Jews in the Arabian Peninsula dates back to Biblical times. The Arabian Peninsula is defined as including the present-day countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (a federation of seven Sheikhdoms: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain) and Yemen politically and parts of Iraq and Jordan ...