In Iraq. the 2.700yearold Jewish community has endured perhaps the worst discrimination since the Nazis came to power in Germany. Persecution was at its worst in the late 1960s. when secret trials. torture. and hangings were commonplace. Today. improvement is negligiblethe only bright spot for Iraqs 300 Jews is that international pressure eventually convinced the Government to quietly allow some 2.500 fellow Jews to emigrate in the early 1970s. even while other restrictions remained in place. And we must remember that this discrimination is not only found in some parts of the Arab world. Current PLO policy in Latin America and Africa. for example. not only seeks to encourage violence and upheaval. but attempts to spread falsehoods and propaganda concerning Jews.
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