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The '''Jewish exodus from Arab lands''' refers to the 20th century expulsion or mass departure of Jews, primarily of [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi]] and [[Mizrahi Jews|Mizrahi]] background, from [[Arab]] and Islamic countries. The migration started in the late 19th century, but accelerated after the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]. According to official Arab statistics,  856,000 Jews left their homes in Arab countries from 1948 until the early 1970s. Some 600,000 resettled in Israel, <ref>''All I wanted was justice'' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/941518.html</ref> leaving behind property valued today at more than $300 billion.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/04/america/nations.php Group seeks justice for 'forgotten' Jews - International Herald Tribune<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Lefkovits, Etgar.  [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195127517604&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull "Expelled Jews hold deeds on Arab lands.] ''[[Jerusalem Post]]''.  16 November 2007.  18 December 2007.</ref> Jewish-owned real-estate left behind in Arab lands has been estimated at 100,000 square kilometers (four times the size of the State of Israel). <ref>''All I wanted was justice'' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen(contracted; show full)|-
| Algeria
| align="right" | 140,000<ref name="Avneri"/><ref name="Stearns">Stearns, 2001, p. 966.</ref>
| align="right" | 1.6%
| align="right" | ~0 
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| Bahrain
| align="right" | 550-600<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/bahrain.html
 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Bahrain<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| align="right" | 0.5%
| align="right" | 36
|-
| Egypt
| align="right" | 75,000<ref name="Avneri"/>-80,000<ref name="Stearns"/>
| align="right" | 0.4%
| align="right" | ~100 
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| Iraq
| align="right" | 135,000<ref name="Avneri"/>-140,000<ref name="Stearns"/>
| align="right" | 2.6%
| align="right" | ~200 
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| Lebanon
| align="right" | 5,000<ref name="Avneri"/>-20,000<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/lebjews.html Jews of Lebanon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| align="right" | 0.4-1.5%
| align="right" | < 100 
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| Libya
| align="right" | 35,000<ref name="Stearns"/>-38,000<ref name="Avneri"/>
| align="right" | 3.6%
| align="right" | 0 
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! Country or territory
! 1948 Jewish<br>population
! Estimated Jewish<br>population 2001
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| Afghanistan
| align="right" | 5,000 
| align="right" | 1<ref>[http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4206909.stm
 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | 'Only one Jew' now in Afghanistan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
| Iran
| align="right" | 70,000-120,000,<ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/10877/edition_id/208/format/html/displaystory.html j. - Iranian Jews in U.S. recall their own difficult exodus as they cling to heritage, building new communities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 100,000, 140,000–150,000 
| align="right" | 11,000-40,000
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| Pakistan
| align="right" | 2,000 
| align="right" |  N/A
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| Turkey
| align="right" | 80,000<ref>[http://ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1950_7_WJP.pdf]</ref>
| align="right" |  18,000-30,000<ref>[http://www.amyisrael.co.il/europe/turkey/ The Jewish Community of Turkey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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== Jews flee Arab states (1948-)==

After the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]], the exodus of approximately 711,000 ([http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/93037e3b939746de8525610200567883!OpenDocument UN estimate]) Arab refugees (see the [[Palestinian Exodus]]), the creation of the state of [[Israel]], and the independence of Arab countries from European control, conditions for Jews in the Arab world deteriorated.  Over the next few decades, most would leave the Arab (contracted; show full)]. At that time, the country had several thousand Jews; today, under a hundred remain. The rest of the Jewish community have emigrated, mostly to the [[United States]] and [[Israel]]. There is a large and vibrant Syrian Jewish community in South [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. In 2004, the Syrian government attempted to establish better relations with the emigrants, and 12 Syrian-Jews visited Syria. <ref>[http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog/2005/10/jews-of-syria-by-robert-tuttle.htm
 SyriaComment.com: "The Jews of Syria," By Robert Tuttle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Algeria===
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Almost all Jews in [[Algeria]] left upon independence in 1962.  Algeria's 140,000 Jews had French citizenship since 1870 (briefly revoked by Vichy France in 1940), and they mainly went to [[France]], with some going to [[Israel]].<ref>[http://www.theforgottenrefugees.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=33 The Forgotten Refugees - Historical Timeline]</ref>

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