VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY JEWS FLEEING ARAB COUNTRIES
ESTIMATED AT $30 BILLION
Moshe Shachal, who
heads the federation of Jews who migrated
from Arab countries, said on Wednesday that the value of
property
Jews left behind in these countries between 1922-1952 is
estimated at $30 billion, HA’ARETZ reported.
Shachal said that approximately 850,000 Jews left or were
forced to leave Arab countries during the aforementioned
period,
600,000 immigrated to Israel. He added that the majority of
them
were forced to leave their homes directly after the
establishment
of the state of Israel in 1948.
Shachal also said that his organization is considering a
counter-claim to the demand of Palestinian refugees for
repatriation and compensation. He said that no peace
agreement
striving for a settlement in the Middle East should ignore
the
rights of the Jews who fled countries such as Iraq, Syria,
Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
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