UID:
edocfu_9959230359402883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-20657-9
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9786613206572
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1-4411-5915-0
Content:
The untold story of how the once flourishing Jewish communities in the Arab Middle East have virtually disappeared. The Forgotten Millions tells the story of the modern Jewish exodus from the Arab lands against the backdrop of the historical presence of Christian and other minorities. The Jewish presence in this area-present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, the Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen-preceded the rise of Islam by more than a thousand years. These Jewish communities often played a leading role in the development of the region, particularly as recorded in the Cairo Genizah, w
Note:
Reprinted in paperback 2000.
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pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. Legal, global and international (UN) viewpoints -- pt. 3. Views from within -- pt. 4. Conclusion.
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CONTENTS; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I. BACKGROUND; 1 Minorities in the Middle East: An Overview; 2 Middle East Christians: The Captive Nations; 3 The Dhimmi Factor in the Exodus of Jews from Arab Countries; 4 Syria, A Special Case: A Comparison of the Campaigns on Behalf of Syrian and Soviet Jews; PART II. LEGAL, GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL (UN) VIEWPOINTS; 5 The Expulsion of the Jews from the Arab Countries: The Palestinians' Attitude Towards It and Their Claims; 6 Exchanges of Populations Worldwide: The First World War to the 1990s
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7 Perpeluating the Tragedy: The United Nations and the Palestinian Refugees8 Immigration and Absorption of Jews from Arab Countries; 9 The Integration Processes of Eastern Jews into Israeli Society, 1948-1988; PART IV. CONCLUSION; Concluding Thoughts; Appendix 1 Findings of the Tribunal Relating to the Claims of Jews from Arab Lands; Appendix 2 Evidence of Four Witnesses Before the Tribunal; Appendix 3 On the 29 July, 1987, the Israel Knesset (Parliament) debated a motion for the agenda presented by M.K Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on the subject of the Legitimate Rights of Jews from Arab Countri
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Appendix 4 Speech delivered by Ambassador Binyamin Netanyahu at the Third International Conference of WOJAC Washington, DC, 27 October 1987Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-304-70078-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8264-4764-3
Language:
English
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