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Jewish Refugees


January 16th, 2008 · Islam, Israel and the Middle East, Judaism, Law and Legal Affairs, Religion, World Affairs

JERUSALEM — Most peo­ple are aware that many Arabs were dis­placed by the found­ing of Israel in 1948. Some were forced to leave by Israel, oth­ers left vol­un­tar­ily or at the urg­ing of their local leaders.

How­ever, most peo­ple do not real­ize that many Jews were dis­placed as well. After Israel was founded, many Mid­dle East­ern coun­tries forced the Jews liv­ing in those places to leave. Most ended up in Israel. See here for more information.