Sunday, June 12, 2011

On the Practice on Ethnic Cleansing

While researching a topic, I came across this headline in Davar, November 4, 1945:


The headline reads:

"Three days of anti-Jewish riots in Egypt"


and found this:

In November 1945 riots, organized by the "Young Egypt" group led by Ahmad Husayn, ended in attacks on the Cairo Jewish quarter. A synagogue, a Jewish quarter hospital, and an old-age home were burned down and many Jews injured or killed. This was the first disturbance of its kind in the modern history of Egypt.

and this:

November 2, 1945: “Balfour Day” riots throughout Egypt. 10 Jews killed, 350 injured. Shops looted and synagogues wrecked. Scrolls of the Law burnt in the streets.


Wait, there's more:

In November 1945, when anti-Jewish riots broke out in neighboring Egypt, a pogrom took place in Tripoli in which 130 Jews were murdered. In the wake of this violence, more than 31,000 Jews departed for Israel.

In Syria, too:


November 18, 1945: Aleppo – Great Synagogue looted. Prayerbooks burnt in the street

December 2, 1947: Aleppo – Anti-Jewish riots. Many Jews killed; 140 Jewish homes, 50 shops, 18 synagogues and 5 schools burned.


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