The story of the Arabs who left the coastal areas of Palestine in the spring of 1948 encapsulates one of the great international frauds of the 20th century. The Arabs are the only declared “refugees” who became refugees by the initiative of their own leaders. The concoction of the monstrous charge that it was the… Keep Reading
From Acknowledging the Plight of Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries: This week, before an audience of peers and MPs, an 80-year-old Jewish refugee named Sarah told the story of her traumatic departure from Egypt in 1956 in the wake of the Suez crisis. She departed with nothing – along with 25,000 other Jews expelled by… Keep Reading
UN Watch Testifies Before UN Human Rights Council on Forgotten Refugees The history of Palestinian refugees deserves international attention. So does the history of one million Jewish refugees from the Arab-Israel conflict. Yet the United Nations has devoted countless resolutions and debates to only one side of this story, completely ignoring the other. For the… Keep Reading
In 1945 there were up to one million Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa outside the Palestine Mandate – many living in the Middle East and North Africa outside the Palestine Mandate – communities dating back more than three millennia. Today, there are several thousand. Who are these Jews? What precipitated their… Keep Reading
There has been an uninterrupted presence of large Jewish communities in the Middle East from time immemorial which includes the one thousand years before the creation of Islam. The ancient Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa (including in the Land of Israel) has existed for over 2,500 years before the birth of… Keep Reading
