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REPARATIONS JEWISH REFUGEES ISRAEL 1948

 

I. BACKGROUND

When the "refugee issue" is discussed within the context of the Middle East, people invariably refer to Palestinian refugees, not Jews displaced from Arab countries. Neither the mass violations of human rights nor the displacement of Jews from Arab countries has ever been adequately addressed by the international community.

It would be an injustice to recognize the rights of Palestinian refugees without recognizing equal rights for former Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

II. IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT

To credibly, and effectively assert the legitimate rights of former Jewish refugees from Arab countries, an international campaign is required that would both examine the mass violations of human rights and catalogue the loss of extensive communal and individual assets. That comprehensive data is not available today.

That is why the Israeli Cabinet, in March 2002 and December 2003, called for efforts "to gather information, data, claims and documents... (and) record details of Jewish private and communal property in Arab countries and the denial of their rights". This International Rights and Redress Campaign, can only be successful with the united efforts of Jewish communities and organizations worldwide. Leadership is required and time is of the essence.

III. INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND REDRESS CAMPAIGN

Jewish communities in some 20 countries are participating in the International Rights and Redress Campaign to assert the rights of former Jewish refugees from Arab countries. The campaign seeks to target governments, the media, Jewish organizations, synagogues and Jewish day schools in all Diaspora Jewish communities.

Organized by Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC), the goals are:

1) To conduct public education programs on the heritage and rights of former Jewish refugees from Arab countries; and

2) To register family history narratives, and catalogue communal and individual losses, suffered by Jews who fled from Arab countries.

Once collected, the documentation will be catalogued and preserved by a special unit in Israel's Ministry of Justice, established to compile the legal and factual basis necessary to assert the rights of Jews displaced from Arab countries.

Representations have also been made to officals of the European Union and to Russia. In addition, the Euopean Board of Rabbis have declared their support for the IRRC.

As of April 2008, the coalition includes the
following 77 organizations in 20 countries.

 

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