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{{see also|Antisemitism in the Arab world|Islam and Antisemitism}}

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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,  8(contracted; show full) in Beirut by Syrian agents and imprisoned under torture in Damascus along with Syrian Jews who had attempted to flee the country. A personal appeal by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin Agha Khan to the late President Hafez al-Assad failed to secure Elia's release. In the 1980s, [[Hizballah]] kidnapped several Lebanese Jewish businessmen, and in the 2004 elections, only one Jew voted in the municipal elections.  There are now less than 100 Jews remaining in Lebanon. <ref>
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===Libya===
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The area now known as [[Libya]] was the home of one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, dating back to at least 300 BCE.  In 1948, about 38,000 Jews lived there.<ref name="Avneri"/><ref>Stillman, 2003, p. 155-156.</ref>  

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The type and extent of linkage between the Jewish exodus from Arab lands and the [[Palestinian Exodus]] has also been the source of controversy. Advocacy groups have suggested that there are strong ties between the two processes and some of them even claim that decoupling the two issues is unjust.<ref name=jfaq>
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Other scholars such as Phillip mendes and [[David Cesarani]] reject the comparison and coupling as superficial and is used as an excuse to withhold justice from Palestinians.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/23/israelandthepalestinians.middleeast "A different kind of catastrophe."] ''The Guardian'',  23 June 2008.</ref><ref name=Mendes/>

==See also==
*[[Aliyah]]
*[[Arab-Israeli conflict]]
*[[Anti-Semitism]]
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[[Category:Jewish refugees]]

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