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| − | Bigotry in Arab Islamic countries led to explusion of over close yo a Million Jews. | + | Bigotry in Arab Islamic countries led to explusion of over close to 900,000 Jews. |
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| − | Prior to 1948, approximately 950,000 Jews lived in Muslim countries of the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Group Spotlights Jews Who Left Arab Lands |author=Warren Hoge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/world/middleeast/05nations.html?_r=1&ex=1352005200 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2007}}</ref> | + | Prior to 1948, approximately 950,000 Jews<ref> R. Moreh, "[https://haam.org/remembering-the-jews-of-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/ Remembering the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa]", Haam, Jan 29, 2015</ref> lived in Muslim countries of the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Group Spotlights Jews Who Left Arab Lands |author=Warren Hoge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/world/middleeast/05nations.html?_r=1&ex=1352005200 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2007}}</ref> |
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| | As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.<ref>L Julius, "[https://www.thejc.com/comment/opinion/why-are-jews-so-quick-to-defend-our-enemies-1.521243 Why are Jews so quick to defend our enemies?]", JC, Oct 7, 2021. | | As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.<ref>L Julius, "[https://www.thejc.com/comment/opinion/why-are-jews-so-quick-to-defend-our-enemies-1.521243 Why are Jews so quick to defend our enemies?]", JC, Oct 7, 2021. |
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| | Jewish schools must not teach their pupils a one-sided narrative of Palestinian victimhood... | | Jewish schools must not teach their pupils a one-sided narrative of Palestinian victimhood... |
| | As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.</i></ref> | | As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.</i></ref> |
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| | + | See: *[http://Jewishregugees.uk.org - Jewish Refugees] |
| | + | *[http://jimena.org Jimena] |
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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |