This volume tells the story of the modern Jewish exodus from Arab lands which include: present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Jewish presence in these lands preceded the rise of Islam by more than 1000 years and Jewish communities often played a leading role in the development of specific regions. In 1948, when the state of Israel was declared, there were an estimated 860,000 Jews in these areas. By 1976 the Jewish people had virtually disappeared. In 1999 only around 20,000 Jews remain within Arab lands, mainly in North Africa.
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Interesting discussion of minorities and refugees:
This book is a collection of nine articles that deal with the treatment of minorities in Arab lands in general, and the expulsion of Jews in particular. Mordechai Nisan begins with an discussion of the treatment of minorities by the Islamic world. That includes Jews, Copts, Armenians, Kurds, Maronites, Assyrians, and Berbers. He also asks about the status of those people who say they have been represented by Arafat. Such people have been at the forefront of the fight against minority rights. Are they... more info
Comprehensive, detailed, clear and moving:
Following the creation of the State of Israel over 800 000 Jews were expelled from Arab lands where they had lived for centuries. Today there are virtually no Jews remaining in Arab lands. The Jews from Arab lands and their descendants constitute nearly 45 percent of the Israeli population. This book, with chapters by various authors, recounts and explains the cruel treatment of non-Muslim minority groups throughout Arab lands historically, the expulsion of the Jews from Arab lands, its implications, and... more info
The ethnic cleansing of the Jews from the Arab world.:
This book tells the disturbing story of the unprovoked expulsion and ethnic cleansing of the Jewish populations from the Arab countries in the Middle East surrounding the re-birth of the State of Israel in 1948.
The book is extremely disturbing one two counts. On one count that such an ethnic cleansing and racial segregation of the Jews could be allowed to occur in the modern day, (especially so soon after the Second World War & the Holocaust), and in another regard that such a forced expulsion could... more info
How the Modern Arab World Became Judenrein: Implications:
In �Jews and Arabs� (New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975), the author Albert Memmi, a Sephardic Jew, observed the following: � ..The head of an Arab state recently made us a generous and novel offer. �Return,� he told us, �return to the land of your birth! Are you not Arabs like us- Arab Jews?�. What lovely words! We draw a secret nostalgia from them: yes, indeed we were Arab Jews- in our habits, our culture, our music, our menus. I have written enough about it. But must one remain an Arab... more info
