The Jewish Exodus from Iraq, 1948-1951 [Hardcover]

In this study, Moshe Gat details how the immigration of the Jews from Iraq in effect marked the eradication of one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted Diaspora communities. He provides a background to these events and argues that both Iraqi discrimination and the actions of the Zionist underground in previous years played a part in the flight. The Denaturalization law of 1950 saw tens of thousands of Jews registering for emigration, and a bomb thrown at a synagogue in 1951 accelerated the exodus.Choice- The most important assessment in English. It is highly recommended.



Middle Eastern Studies- a well researched and documented three years drama of the decline and fall of a 2,500-year-old community



Journal of Palestine Studies - At the very least, this should provoke further exploration of what Ben-Gurion termed cruel Zionism , a phrase conspicuously absent from Gat s book .



The International History Review - ..Kaiser s thorough and lively work...



Middle East Journal- Moshe Gat addresses many of the central issues surrounding the emigration debate, covering already familiar territory while adding some interesting new details and hypotheses to the literature.



Australian Jewish News- Gat offers what is perhaps the first balanced and genuinely scholarly account of the exodus



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