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THE JEWS OF IRAQ
By Naeim Giladi



I write this article for the same reason I wrote my book: to tell the American people, and especially American Jews, that Jews from Islamic lands did not emigrate willingly to Israel; that, to force them to leave, Jews killed Jews; and that, to buy time to confiscate ever more Arab lands, Jews on numerous occasions rejected genuine peace initiatives from their Arab neighbors.

I write about what the first prime minister of Israel called "cruel Zionism."

I write about it because I was part of it.

http://www.bintjbeil.com/E/occupation/ameu_iraqjews.html

[VanIslander]

I thought this thread would be about the Khurds.

Or at least the statement of an opinion.

[Bulsajo]

"The true identity and objective of the masterminds behind the bombings has been the subject of controversy. Philip Mendes, in his work on post-1948 Jewish refugees, states that anti-Zionist Jewish authors, along with many Iraqi Jews, believed that the attacks were carried out by the Zionist underground. A secret Israeli inquiry in 1960 reported that most of the witnesses believed that Jews had been responsible for the bombings, but found no evidence that they were ordered by Israel or any motive that would have explained the attack (Morris and Black). The issue remains unresolved: Iraqi activists in Israel still regularly charge that Israel used violence to engineer the exodus, while Israeli officials of the time vehemently deny it (ibid). Iraqi authorities eventually charged three members of the Zionist underground with perpetrating the explosions. Two of those charged, Shalom Salah Shalom and Yosef Ibrahim Basri, were subsequently found guilty and executed, whilst the third was sentenced to a lengthy jail term. Salah Shalom claimed in his trial that he was tortured into confessing, and Yosef Basri maintained his innocence throughout.

Historians have generally argued against the idea of a conspiracy to increase Jewish registration. Mendes cites the arguments of Moshe Gat in The Jewish Exodus from Iraq 1948-1951 (1998):

Historian Moshe Gat argues that there was little direct connection between the bombings and exodus. He demonstrates that the frantic and massive Jewish registration for denaturalisation and departure was driven by knowledge that the denaturalisation law was due to expire in March 1951. He also notes the influence of further pressures including the property-freezing law, and continued anti-Jewish disturbances which raised the fear of large-scale pogroms. In addition, it is highly unlikely the Israelis would have taken such measures to accelerate the Jewish evacuation given that they were already struggling to cope with the existing level of Jewish immigration. Gat also raises serious doubts about the guilt of the alleged Jewish bombthrowers. Firstly, a Christian officer in the Iraqi army known for his anti-Jewish views, was arrested, but apparently not charged, with the offences. A number of explosive devices similar to those used in the attack on the Jewish synagogue were found in his home. In addition, there was a long history of anti-Jewish bomb-throwing incidents in Iraq. Secondly, the prosecution was not able to produce even one eyewitness who had seen the bombs thrown. Thirdly, the Jewish defendant Shalom Salah indicated in court that he had been severely tortured in order to procure a confession. It therefore remains an open question as to who was responsible for the bombings, although Gat suggests that the most likely perpetrators were members of the anti-Jewish Istiqlal Party. Certainly memories and intepretations of the events have further been influenced and distorted by the unfortunate discrimination which many Iraqi Jews experienced on their arrival in Israel."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iraq

[igotthisguitar]

[Bulsajo]

You have nothing to say about the article posted above, rebutting Naeim Giladi's claims that it was Zionists who secretly bombed synagogues in Iraq?

Are not able to do anything more than post hackneyed cut and paste jobs?

And are you not able to contribute so much as a single sentence of original thought to these forums?
BTW, it's a rhetorical question so don't strain yourself trying to come up with a response.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=igotthisguitar+complete+moron

[Bulsajo]

The silence is deafening.

[Bulsajo]

bump

[igotthisguitar]

[Bulsajo]

And yet you still neglect to respond to the rebuttal of your OP.
Am I surprised?
Not at all. It's simply the igtothisguitar postulate in action.