Their fears spring from memories of religious discrimination in traditional Yemen. from the persecution of Jews by revolutionary regimes in Iraq and Syria. and from the outbreak of antiJewish violence in countries such as Morocco and Tunisia. Of the nearly 800.000 Jews living in the Arab world in 1947. only 35.000 remain today. And numbers continue to decline as Jews living as minorities in certain countries continue to suffer. In Syria. the entire Jewish population of 4.500 is currently prohibited from emigrating. In the past. Jews caught trying to flee the country were sentenced to prison under unbearable conditionsif successful. the escapees relatives were often tortured.
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