Jewish refugees from Arab states campaign for recognition

[Behind the Aegis]

World Jewish groups began a global campaign yesterday calling for recognition of Jews from Arab countries as refugees in the Middle East conflict.

"The world sees the plight of Palestinian refugees, and not withstanding their plight, there must be recognition that Jews from Arab countries are also victims of the Arab-Israeli conflict," said Stanley Urman, executive director of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC).

JJAC, a U.S.-based coalition of Jewish organizations, is one of the groups coordinating the campaign, which aims to record testimonies of Jews who fled in the face of persecution, list asset losses and lobby foreign governments on their behalf.

Jewish groups have estimated that since 1948 at least 900,000 Jews have been forced to leave their homes in Arab countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.


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[aquart]

1. Perhaps a seat at the UN?

Or do you only get that for blowing up a bus full of schoolchildren?

[papau]

2. Will EU aid groups castigate the folks that that are left in those countries?

Will DU and the US left talk about the hardships they have suffered?

I am not holding my breath.

But the fact remains that the Palestinians need help - the poverty is still with us - and it is getting harder to get help to them as their leaders embrace terrorism.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. So very true! n/t