My wife is a syrian Jew, and her family still lives in Syria, there are million of jews still living all over the middle east in arab countries, and i dont recall my wife ever telling me anything about this secret smuggling!! but i will make sure i ask tonight!
And i think you ment were lifted into israel and not out of Israel! But still a million / half million jews smuggled out of Iran ? I know many jews once the state of ISrael was created moved to there promised land from all over the world, espacialy Europe, but secretly smuggling millions of people from arab countries, that is new news to me.... And how is it possible to smuggle millions of People out of Iran when Iran and Israel dont share a border ?, this is truely something i want to read since i know nothing about..... Judith Dinowitz wrote:Pat, they were smuggled out secretly. In 1947, with the declaration of the state of Israel, there were riots in Syria and Jews who had lived there for generations had to leave the country in fear for their lives. They had to leave their businesses and homes (and their money) behind. I think it was either half a million or a million (?) Jews of Iran were airlifted out of Israel in the 1980s in a secret operation by Israel -- they were also in fear of their lives. They either ended up in Israel or the United States. I know a family that had to be secretly smuggled out one family member at a time -- the oldest brother went first, set things up for his mother and the other two kids, and the father came last. They accepted an airlift from Ethiopia as well. Israel has and will accept Jews from all over -- this is part of their right of return. I can find the exact dates and information on this from historical sources, but I haven't had a chance to look. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat O" To: "CF-Community" Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Breaking News : 12 Killed in Israel, hundreds injured.... > I dont recall hundred of thousands of jews exiled from arab countries > > where did these Jews settle ? in Israel ? how did they get there ? did arab >countries provide safe paths for them ? i read the history of Israel and dont recal >anywhere any hundred of the thousands of Jews exiled from arab countries or >killed....this is important info that i would like to read if you can provide me with >any sources....are we talking recent history, 40s, 50s and so when the state of >Israel was created or biblical times...? > > > Michael Dinowitz wrote:No, from day one they should have accepted the existence of >Israel, gotten > their own state on the other 10% of the mandate given to them and left well > enough alone. Either that or settled on the 80% of the mandate that is now > Jordan. > Or maybe they could exchange property with the hundreds of thousands of Jews > who were exiled from other Arab countries at the same time (those who were > not killed first). > > > > Well thats what is kinda boils down to...except... > > > > When Israel was created, the Palestinians should have from day one all > left, the majority who were not living in the west bank and gaza where not > forced to leave, if they would have forced all the Palestinians to leave > from day one, Israel would not be having the problem it is having > now...instead, the allowed the Palestinians to all move into camps, or what > is knows as refugee camps and settle there.. > > > > so the majority settled in the west bank and Gaza camps or left the > country to neiphoring arab countries, which was not so much better since the > arabs countries did not want this flood of people in and killed or trapped > most to prevent them from entering there country.....those people still live > on the borders till now, so what Israel did is not as half as bad as what > Jordan did to the Palestinians... > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
