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Joel Clark
Stanley Urman, director of a campaign to gain restitution for Jews who fled Arab countries, meets with other delegates in Brussels, March 26.
Jews who fled Arab countries
take campaign to European Union
By Joel Clark
March 28, 2006

BRUSSELS, March 28 (JTA) — Jews who fled Arab countries following the creation of the State of Israel have taken their demands for restitution to the European Union.

More than 20 delegates from Jewish communities in seven countries gathered in Brussels on Sunday and Monday under the auspices of the International Rights and Redress Campaign, meeting members of the European Parliament to discuss their demands.

The global campaign aims to raise international awareness of the heritage of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and to document human rights violations and loss of assets.

The campaign’s official launch had been due to take place during Passover, but the sudden incapacitation...

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