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The Jewish Exodus from Iraq, 1948-1951
Author(s): Moshe Gat (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: May 1, 1997
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 220 pages
- ISBN-10: 071464689X
- ISBN-13: 9780714646893
Book Description
In this study, Moshe Gat details how the immigration of the Jews from Iraq in effect marked the eradication of one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted Diaspora communities. He provides a background to these events and argues that both Iraqi discrimination and the actions of the Zionist underground in previous years played a part in the flight. The Denaturalization law of 1950 saw tens of thousands of Jews registering for emigration, and a bomb thrown at a synagogue in 1951 accelerated the exodus.
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Moshe Gat
