Category Archives: Iraq
RE: the Iraqi Jewish Archive
Dear Mr. Hummasti: Thank you for contacting me regarding the Iraqi Jewish Archive. I appreciate hearing from you. It is the valuable opinions and suggestions that I receive from my constituents, like you, that help me better serve Oregonians. Please … Continue reading
Iraqi Jewish archive: from 2003 to now, what’s happened
The Roundtable By Jacob Natowicz Dec 11, 2017 In May 2003, coalition forces took control of Baghdad. Days later, 16 soldiers stormed Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters. They were searching for clues as to Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. What they did … Continue reading
The Forgotten Refugees
One of the biggest barriers to Arab-Israeli reconciliation is the unresolved issue of compensation for Jewish refugees who fled Arab countries in the 1940s and ’50s. A new study explores how the compensation demand arose, then fell into obscurity. If … Continue reading
Abbas lies about Mizrahi history and aliya
Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries One-stop blog on Jews from Arab and Muslim Countries and the Middle East’s forgotten Jewish refugees, updated daily Thursday, January 18, 2018 Abbas lies about Mizrahi history and aliya … Continue reading
Iraqi Jews Want Stolen Documents to Stay in U.S.
CQ Researcher The archive “should not be given back to the thief that stole it.” Just days after coalition forces captured Baghdad during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in May 2003, several Americans heard about a hidden Jewish archive in … Continue reading
