Caption
Reads: "Dr Moshe Marzouk;
he believed in the unity
of the people"
Presented
by Abe Mourad:
Shmuel Azar
and
Dr Moshe Marzouk
both Jews born in Egypt,
were arrested for spying
for Israel, and executed
by hanging in an
Egyptian jail in 1955. 6
Others were arrested
with them and jailed for
up to 15 years.
Caption
Reads: "Shmuel Bechor
Azar; aimed to be an
officer in the IDF
Egyptian Jews being
expelled from Egypt in 1956 under
the direction of President Gamal Abd
El Nasser. All those expelled had to
sign a pledge of NEVER TO RETURN,
leaving behind their possessions,
amounting to
Billions of dollars.
All their assets have been placed
under sequestration and confiscated
by the government of which no
restitutions have been made.
The policy of
sequestration and confiscation
was in effect from 1948-1967. During
the war of 1967 many Jews were
mistreated and placed in
jails for no reason other than
they are of the Jewish faith.
Egypt has yet to apologize.
Today, with a
handful of Jews left in all of
Egypt, our request to salvage and
rescue our heritage and religious
articles has been
denied by Egypt stating it all
has been placed under the auspices
of the department of Antiquities,
and therefore may not leave Egypt.
Dear friends, this is a second
sequestration in less than half a
century. We appeal to the free world
to intercede in our behalf and
express contempt for Egypt's action
by signing
the petition
