JUF NEWS
by Lisa Pevtzow
January 2015

….In 1948, nearly a million Jews lived in Arab countries and Iran, which is ethnically Persian, not Arab. After the State of Israel was declared in 1948, a wave of anti-Zionism crested through Arab states, leading to the oppression of the Jews residents and the destruction of multi-thousand year Jewish communities. Although it differs from country to country, Jews were massacred, arrested, and stigmatized. Their possessions were expropriated and stolen. Most fled or were expelled. They were never compensated for the property that was stolen from them or what they were forced to leave behind, [Roey] Gilad said. There has never been any sort of apology for the violent riots and murders. In the United Nations, there have been scores of resolutions about the Palestinian refugees who fled Israel, but not a single resolution regarding Jews who fled Arab and Iranian lands. READ MORE