Pat, if you'd like to read up on this phenomenon (Jewish refugees from Arab countries), I suggest you look at this book:
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0275971341/ref=cm_custrec_gl_rec/002-0302911-3070433 Title: Locked Doors: The Seizure of Jewish Property in Arab Countries by Itamar Levin, Rachel Neiman (Translator) >From a review on that page: "The 12 chapters in this superb 235-page book detail the brutal expulsion of Jewish residents of Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon by totalitarian Arab regimes after Israel's 1948 creation. These were part of a mass ethnic cleansing that swept Arab regimes in the Middle East in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Some 850,000 Jewish residents of 22 Arab lands--whose families had inhabited them for thousands of years--were robbed of homes, businesses, bank accounts and all their worldly possessions. The author worked with editors at Israel's financial newspaper, Globes, and Dalia Tal, Amira Liss in London, Rom Dagoni in Washington and Samir Rafaat of Egypt, to interview a series of Jewish immigrants from Arab lands. But he also supplies proof--documents and photographs from the Israel State, Central Zionist, Joint Distribution Committee and Hagana Archives and the Public Records Office in London." Note that the review does mention Syria as one of the countries that did this. Judith > 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
