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June 26, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=3E670B79-993A-4537-BA34-A688872554FF

850,000 Jews Fled Arab States; $1 Billion in Property Confiscated, Study Finds

(CanWest News) Newly discovered documents show Arab states orchestrated the persecution of their Jewish citizens after the creation of Israel, then kept more than US$1 billion in property belonging to the 850,000 who left, Canadian experts said Monday. The study argues that Jews who left Arab lands deserve equal redress and their plight should be recognized, as efforts to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict unfold. The new study was produced by the group Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC), whose honorary chairmen are Irwin Cotler, a Liberal MP, and Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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