October 20, 2012

The Forgotten Refugees

By Leo Rennert
They are aptly called the "Forgotten Refugees."  While the world is fully aware of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs displaced in the wake of the war launched by multiple Arab armies against the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, the world -- including many Jews -- is singularly unaware of or uninterested in the greater number of Jews who were expelled from Arab countries, where they had roots dating back more than 2,500 years. WHAT HAPPENED AROUND 1948? The best available sources, including official U.N. reports, place the number of Palestinian refugees as a result of the 1948 war at 726,000.  The number of Jews expelled from Arab countries during this period totaled 856,000. The breakdown (Jews in 1948 to today): ADEN -- 8,000 in 1948 to 0 today.      ALGERIA -- From 140,000 to 0.    EGYPT -- From 75,000 to 100.IRAQ -- From 135,000 to 60.           ...(Read Full Article)