While Israel was formed. Jews all over the Middle East were facing a crisis of their own. Jewish refugees in Arab lands were expelled systematically. under an official regime policy which included antiJewish decrees. pogroms. murders and hangings. antiSemitic incitement and ethnic cleansing. The Arab Leagues 1947 decree provided a formula for statesanctioned discriminatory measures. replicated in many Arab countries. in a deliberate campaign to expel the Jewish refugees from their home countries. Unlike the Palestinians. the Jewish refugees were absorbed into their new host countries. mostly by Israel. About 600.000 stayed in Israel and the remaining 300.000 fled to other countries. such as France. Canada. Italy. and the United States. In Israel today. the Jewish refugees from Arab countries and their children comprise the majority of the Jewish population. This House recently adopted my resolution. H. Res. 185. urging that the rights of Jewish refugees be recognized in any future comprehensive Middle East settlement. We are continually working to ensure that any Middle East peace agreement is just. fully just to all parties. This is a continual process.
Keywords matched
refugees