AI en Translation, Pages 251-275
Page 251
Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab
Number: ⟦1100⟧
Date: April 24, 1950
Middle and wealthy classes of Jews
apply for registration for the first time
210 registered yesterday
Turnout is intensifying day by day at the registration center for Jews wishing to renounce
their Iraqi nationality, at the Meir Tuwaig Synagogue.
It was observed yesterday, and for the first time, that families from the middle
and wealthy classes also applied for registration, after most of the registrants had been from the poor and
lower-middle classes.
Yesterday, two hundred and ten people were registered, including (131) adults
and (79) minors.
As for the provinces, (43) people were registered in Basra, (442) in
Amara, (39) in Qal'at Saleh, and (88) in Khanaqin.
Page 252
Newspaper: Al-Zaman
Number: 3812
Date: ⟦24⟧ - ⟦3⟧ - 1950
Stripping Citizenship from Jews
The Council of Ministers strips it from 295 Jews
New lists to be presented to the Council soon
The wave of Jews wishing to have their citizenship revoked has intensified recently in accordance
with the Citizenship Revocation Law recently approved by Parliament. The competent departments have been forced
in view of this to open several offices to register those wishing to leave the country never to return.
(Al-Zaman) has learned that the Council of Ministers considered last week a number of
lists submitted to it with the names of Jews and decided to strip the citizenship of 295 Jews whose names were submitted
in five lists, which are respectively 54, 65, 32, 27, and 117. There are other lists
referred to the Council for consideration during its upcoming meetings.
Some sources indicate that the number of those who have registered to leave Iraq has exceeded two thousand
to date.
Page 253
Newspaper: ⟦Al-Umma⟧
Number: ⟦1606⟧
Date: ⟦13 / 3 / 1950⟧
323 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships
Turnout intensifies at the registration center
Yesterday, (323) people were registered to renounce their Iraqi citizenship, among them (194)
adults and (129) minors. The alley and the street leading to the Meir Tuweig Synagogue
- where the process of renouncing citizenship takes place - were crowded since the early morning, and a police detachment attended
to maintain order and admit individuals and their families to alleviate the increasing congestion
and the heavy turnout.
Page 254
Newspaper: Al-Zaman
Number: 891
Date: 26 - ⟦April⟧ - 1950
Reinforcing the border posts of Kut and Iran
The Police Director of Kut Province conducted an inspection tour of the districts and sub-districts belonging
to him on the 21st of this month, inspecting the border outposts and police stations in Zurbatiya and others.
He increased the border outposts by three new posts and also provided the aforementioned posts with three wireless
devices and three armed vehicles to be used in chasing smugglers and fleeing
criminals.
Page 255
Newspaper: Al-Hawadith
Number: 2194
Date: ⟦...⟧
The Case of Martial Law in the Country
Raised by Senator Daniel in the Senate
His Excellency the Minister of Justice and His Excellency Al-Said respond to him
When presenting the draft of the Amnesty Law for
those implementing the Martial Law declared
throughout Iraq, His Excellency
Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel spoke in the Senate
yesterday (Wednesday), pointing out
that a body of senior judges was formed in
the Ministry of Justice to audit martial law rulings.
Then he drew the attention of His Excellency the Minister of Justice to
the fact that the martial law rulings issued were issued
and implemented without completing the judicial stages
prescribed for them by the Constitution, as the
amended Article 88 of it considered military courts
among the special courts that
Article 89 of the Constitution mandated the necessity of determining
the methods of appealing or reviewing their rulings and the procedures of
their trials by law. He said that law should have been
issued since Article 88 was amended to determine
the method of appealing or reviewing martial law rulings.
His Excellency the Minister of Justice responded to him
saying that the martial law rulings that were issued
were final and there is no legal way
to enable their reconsideration, whether
they were in violation or not. The Ministry of
Justice took into consideration that there may
be violations that might have occurred, and for this reason
a committee was formed to look into the rulings.
As for forming a special court of cassation to look
into martial law rulings, the Ministry of Justice
will study it.
His Excellency Mr. Mouloud Moukhlis spoke
in support of Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel.
Senator Daniel spoke again, asking
whether there is anything preventing the issuance of the law
or not?
His Excellency Mr. Nuri al-Said spoke,
saying that the appeal in army regulations
and the procedures of trials therein is the Command if
the sentences are below death, and in
death sentences, the appeal is to
His Majesty the King. This situation is not only in the Iraqi
army but in the armies of the world.
If we want to change this situation, we must
declare emergency laws instead of martial law.
And it is not possible to change the army regulations
in the world to serve ⟦...⟧
Page 256
Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab
Number: 1611
Date: March 20, 1950
332 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships
The difficulties faced by the registrants
Yesterday, (332) Jewish individuals were registered at the Meir Tuweig Synagogue in preparation
for the renunciation of their Iraqi citizenships, including (87) adults and (145) children.
Some members of the community who are assisting the employees in charge
of registration express their satisfaction with the facilities provided by the government so far, but they
at the same time do not hide the existence of some obstacles, such as the delay occurring between
the initial registration taking place in one of the registration branches in the synagogue and the turn of the
person to sign the citizenship renunciation form at the main registration center at the Meir
Tuweig Synagogue; they are requesting the creation of another main registration center to reduce crowding and to speed up
the completion of transactions. The second issue they complain about is the delay in the issuance of the Council of
Ministers' approval to renounce their citizenship so that they can travel without remaining vulnerable to unemployment.
Page 257
Newspaper: Al-Hatif
Number: 741
Date: March 20, 1951
Registration of applicants for renouncing Iraqi citizenship
from the Jews
The rate of registration for renouncing | in these last two days, and however it
Iraqi citizenship by Jews wishing to leave | was, it is assumed that the registration rate will drop
Iraq in recent days was similar, and it seems | in the next week and will continue to drop
that the turnout that was seen in | even more after that.
last week for registration has begun to subside |
Page 258
224 registered yesterday
to renounce their citizenship
Recorded yesterday in the Meir Tuwaig synagogue
(224) Jewish people wishing
to renounce their citizenship, among them (128) adults
and (96) minors.
Newspaper: Al-Shaab
Number: 1610
Date: 10 - March - 1950
Page 259
The Newspaper: The Arab World
Number: 6984
Date: May 1, 1950
Reconsidering Martial
Sentences as Well
For nearly a week, local newspapers
have been indicating the current government's intention
to fulfill what its head promised in the Chamber
of Deputies regarding the reconsideration of the sentences
issued by the martial courts, and
newspaper coverage of this subject has doubled
after His Excellency the Minister of Justice stated in
the Senate that his ministry had formed
a committee to scrutinize the aforementioned sentences.
Newspapers indicated yesterday that
the Royal Decree has been submitted to His
Highness the Great Regent for approval to pardon
some convicts on the occasion of the birthday anniversary
of His Majesty the Great King, which falls
on the second day of this month "tomorrow."
We have inquired with the relevant departments
about the truth of this, and we learned that the decree
will be issued to pardon some convicts sentenced to financial
guarantees who were unable to pay and were imprisoned.
As for the other sentences, the matter of
reconsidering them will be studied soon, and in
any case, public opinion awaits an official
statement on this subject.
Page 260
Newspaper: Liwa al-Istiqlal
Number: 969
Date: 1950 - March
Jews in the Railways
Among the acts of sabotage that the Jews have recently resorted to after they finished
freezing the commercial markets and disrupting business in them is their attempt to paralyze the operations of the
railways, where a large number of them simultaneously submitted their resignations from their positions in the
railways. We have learned that the government has authorized His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Works
to bring in specialists from Pakistan and elsewhere to fill the technical vacancies in this institution.
Page 261
Newspaper: Sada al-Ahrar
Number: 894 — M
Date: 20 April 1950
The Oil Company Agent
in Kirkuk is a Zionist
The Rafidain Oil Company has appointed a Zionist as its
agent in Kirkuk, and he has begun performing
many actions there without deterrent
or restraint. Perhaps the company, having
chosen this Zionist above
all other people, acts as if the land has become barren
and has produced none but Zionists like this one.
We draw the attention of this company to
the necessity of considering the interests of Iraqis in
its operations and agencies. If it must appoint agents,
it should appoint those who enjoy
the trust of the country whose oil the company exploits.
Page 262
Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 258
Date: April 20, 1950
A despicable Jew assaults a sheltered Muslim woman
In the middle of Rashid Street near the Marjan Mosque
And falls upon her kicking, attempting to take her by force in a taxi
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One of the delegates of this newspaper witnessed at
9:45 yesterday evening a very strange
incident; for while he was walking
near the Marjan Mosque square, a person
was attempting to pull a woman and make her ride in a taxi
by force while she was trying to get away from him,
and she began cursing and insulting him, then she took off
her (sandals) and struck him with them, so he did nothing but
kick her with his foot and slap her. When the
members of the police patrol and the delegate of this newspaper
rushed to the scene of the incident to rescue her from
his hand, he fled running, so the members of the police patrol
pursued him and caught him at Ras al-Qarya.
He was taken to the Sarai police station,
and the assaulted woman went to the police station
as a complainant with the witnesses. It turned out
that this aggressor is a despicable Jew named
Aziz Manshi, and he stated that he did not attempt
to assault her, but was only informing her that
the car owner was calling her. It was decided that
the court would hear this case (today).
Everyone attended at the appointed time, and after
the proceedings, the Baghdad Penal Court sentenced
the criminal to (two days) imprisonment.
So to prison, O criminal! And we congratulate the police
for pursuing the likes of this reckless person who
does not know the value of honor, and we hope to fight them
by all legitimate means to protect people's
honor.
Page 263
Newspaper: Al-Yaqadha
Number: 812
Date: 20 April ⟦1950⟧
Smuggling of Jews
Khalis - To the Al-Yaqadha correspondent by telephone:
Khalis police were informed on the evening of
last Tuesday of the presence of Jews attempting
to flee to Iran, in the lands of
Al-Ghurfa in Arab Ibrahim Al-Ajjan, so the
Police Assistant Mr. Mahmoud Al-Samarrai
and a group of police rushed to the mentioned place where
they arrested the Jews who in turn confessed
to the intention of fleeing, and they mentioned the name Hikmat
Hassan Al-Ali with whom they agreed - according to
their statement - to smuggle them for a sum of 160
dinars in advance to deliver them to Iran, and the
mediator in that agreement was the Jew Saul
Dallal, and he mentioned that there is a society
whose mission is smuggling Jews, and the investigating
judge issued an order to detain them until 29-4-950
preparatory to their trial, and another order for the arrest
of Hikmat Hassan Al-Ali and Saul Dallal
As for the Jews who were arrested, they are
seven people: 4 men, a woman,
and two children!
* The bulletin issued by the Baghdad Chamber of
Commerce indicates that (only) 13 Jews
are senior members and directors of the Chamber.
Does this mean that the Jews are a persecuted minority
as the correspondent of the "Iraq Times" claims!?
Page 264
Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 256
Date: August 20, 1950
Come and see those with whom we are afflicted
Iraqi trade is controlled by a group of
Zionists; most members of the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce are Jews
The second president of the Chamber of Commerce is Haskail Shantoob, the director is Yaqoub Balbool, and the members are
Ibrahim Hayim Moallem Ishaq, Ibrahim Mukamal, Khedhouri Meir Lawi, Manshi Shaul
Shashoua, Youssef Nassim Abboudi, the accountant Saleh Daoud, the supervisor Nouri Zilkha,
the general secretary Shua' Dallal - and the typists Elias and Naji Shwaihet - and the general translator Eliyahu
Murad - and the office boy Naji Shami ???!!!
Is it right, after we have titled this piece
with these names, to say that we deserve to
live and that we truly want to save Palestine,
and that we are aware of what is ours and what is owed by us, and that we are a people
who have shaken off their lethargy and realized the facts,
and known the people and taken matters into account.
No, a thousand times no; it is not right for us after this to
claim that, because it is a claim with no foundation.
It is more fitting for us not to expose ourselves nor
make ourselves a laughingstock for people and a mockery for the world,
looking at us as simpletons, fools, and primitive
folk or idiotic simpletons. Rather, we must
be silent in bitterness and admit to all people
that we do not have the capability that qualifies us
to manage our affairs upon which our lives
depend. Let people say of us that the folk
know and understand and are disappointed, but they
are weak, having no power to undertake what
they want, and that they have been prevented from what they desire,
and in any case, they are ruled by force, and by that
our excuse is broad and the space for apology
opens before us.
As for us letting our tongues loose and filling our mouths
stating that we have what we want, that requires from us
work, diligence, and proof in every field.
Countries are built on economies, and trade is the
soul of the economy. Chambers of Commerce are its hand in
secret and in public, and they are the pivot between the government
and merchants, between the domestic and the foreign, and between
the market, the factory, the farm, and the store. The Baghdad
Chamber of Commerce occupies the heart of the capital and upon it
the work in Iraq revolves, but
unfortunately, Judaism has spread within it and Zionism
has occupied its positions until it would seem to anyone
who views it that it is a branch of Tel Aviv in
Iraq.
Iraq engaged in war against the Zionists,
so all Jewish elements everywhere conspired against it.
Therefore, it is not reasonable for the Jews to monopolize
Iraq's economies and claim to care for sincerely patriotic citizens.
There is no greater evidence for this than the rush of Iraqi Jews
to abandon their nationality and their rapid scramble
to declare their renunciation of Iraq and Iraqi nationality.
As we criticize in this piece, we criticize the Arab merchants, members
of the Chamber in Baghdad, for their oversight of this aspect
and their lack of attention to this side; otherwise,
Arabs in need of work are many,
filling every place, killing their time with
unemployment and hunger. We would not have written this
had the truth about the Jews not become clear to us in what they showed
of overt renunciation and treacherous malice upon the announcement of
the law accepting the revocation of nationality for Jews.
Therefore, will those Arab leaders in charge of the
Chamber of Commerce reflect on this matter?
And will this aspect provoke the feelings of Arab merchants
inside the Chamber and out, to save Iraq's trade,
protect its secrets, and safeguard it from
Israeli tampering that has not ceased to work toward
the destruction of the country.
50 Jewish men and women intend to flee
all carrying a few bags of what is light to carry and high in value
Al-Husun's lens records their photos in Basra
The reader can see in
the two photos published with
this piece, which were taken by
Al-Husun's lens in Basra,
a convoy of Jews who
intend to flee to Iran.
In the first photo, a number
of the referred-to Jews are seen,
and in the second, their
belongings are visible. If the reader notices
that the number of Jews in
this convoy exceeds
fifty Jews, and the small amount of
their luggage, they would conclude that in
these bags is what is light
to carry and high in value, which they carry
with the aim of fleeing.
⟦Image of people standing in a line⟧
⟦Image of luggage/bags on the ground⟧
Page 265
Newspaper: Al-Nasr
Number: 1608
Date: April 28, 1950
205 registered yesterday
to renounce their citizenships
Yesterday at the Meir Tweig Synagogue, the registration of
(205) Jewish persons wishing
to renounce their citizenships was completed, including (130) adults
and (75) children.
Will citizenship be renounced
for the Jews of Syria?
It was reported from Damascus that His Excellency Mr. Khalid
al-Azm, the Syrian Prime Minister, when
asked if there was an intention to renounce
Syrian citizenship for the Jews of Syria as
happened in Iraq, answered that this
subject was presented for discussion in the meetings of
the Arab League Council and has not been decided
until now.
Page 266
Newspaper: Al-Hawadeth
Number: 2195
Date: April 28, 1951
Jews whose citizenship was revoked
Requesting orders for their deportation from Iraq
A number of Jews whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked submitted a petition to His Excellency
the Minister of Interior and a copy of it to the presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, stating
therein that they had previously submitted applications to revoke their citizenship under Article One of
the Law Supplementing the Decree for the Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship No. 62 of 1950 during the first
week of the start of registration occurring between the 16th and 23rd of last month and have completed all
formal procedures, and they plead for the application of Article Four of the aforementioned law as
they have become unemployed and are suffering the hardship of unemployment and need.
Article Four of the law stipulates the following:
"The Minister of Interior must order the deportation of everyone whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked
under Articles One and Two unless he is convinced, based on sufficient reasons, that his stay in Iraq
temporarily is a matter necessitated by a legal judicial necessity or the pressure of officially documented
rights of others."
Page 267
Newspaper: Al-Hatif
Number: 727
Date: ⟦17 - 5 - 50⟧
Number of those who registered a request to renounce citizenship
The number of Jews who registered a request to renounce Iraqi citizenship yesterday exceeded
about (273), and the registration was arduous due to the heavy crowding, and about half of this number
consists of non-adult children.
Badra Court issues its rulings
Against 30 Jews who attempted to escape
The Badra District Court was formed by the judge
Mr. Abdullah al-Nasiri and it looked into
the case of the Jews totaling (30)
persons who attempted to escape to Iran
via Zurbatiyah; it sentenced 16
men among them to rigorous imprisonment for a period of three
months and sentenced 14 women among them
to rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month
and a fine of 10 Dinars for each one of them
with their transfer to the women's prison in Baghdad.
It is known that these people will have their
Iraqi citizenship revoked after serving their
sentences and will be expelled outside the Kingdom.
As for the driver and the owner of the vehicle who
had carried out the smuggling of these Jews,
the 26th of this month has been set for their trial before
the aforementioned court.
Page 268
Newspaper: Liwa al-Istiqlal
Number: 967
Date: April 26 ⟦1950⟧
Lebanon refuses the travel of its Jews to Israel
Cyprus 26 - Middle East News Agency -
The Government of Lebanon refused to authorize Lebanese Jews or a group of them to travel to
Israel, believing that the purpose of their travel is to increase the number of Israel's citizens. This
refusal came as a response to the request of the Federation of International Red Cross Societies in Beirut for authorization
for a number of Lebanese Jews to travel to Israel as a result of a request from the Israeli departments themselves.
Page 269
Newspaper: Al-Nabaa
Number: 528
Date: April 28, 1950
Jews wishing
to renounce citizenship
We received reports from Amarah that the number of Jews who
registered their desire to renounce Iraqi citizenship
there has exceeded one thousand and it is expected
their number will reach two thousand within these two days.
Page 270
Newspaper: Al-Nabaa
Number: 1607
Date: ⟦20 / 3 / 50⟧
20 / 3 / 50
300 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships
Among those registered are doctors, lawyers, and engineers
Yesterday, three hundred Jews wishing to renounce their
Iraqi citizenship were registered at the Meir Tuweig Synagogue registration center; among them were (176) adults
and (124) children. Among those who registered in recent days were a number of professionals and
specialists, including the doctor, the lawyer, the engineer, and the pharmacist
Page 271
Newspaper: Al-Yaqza
Number: 817
Date: May 5, 1950
* We read every day in some newspapers
concerned with Jewish affairs that those who registered
their names to renounce their citizenship have reached
such and such hundreds. This means that those who
have registered so far have reached the thousands,
so where are the convoys of travelers among them?!
Page 272
Nationality: ⟦Sabri Al-Rahali File⟧
Number: ⟦M⟧ - 19
Date: 5 - May - 1950
Request for Nurses
The administration of Meir Elias Hospital wishes to employ experienced nurses
practiced in the art of nursing. We are also prepared to train young ladies in the art of nursing
and employ them thereafter. Those interested should visit the aforementioned hospital daily in the morning.
Director of Meir Elias Hospital
Page 273
Newspaper: Al-Hatif
Number: 744
Date: 4 - March - 1950
Jewish News
Read here the most important news related to Al-Hatif through correspondence, telephone,
and newspapers regarding Israel news
How many will be the number of those wishing
to renounce Iraqi citizenship among the Jews?
Despite the heavy turnout of Jews requesting
to drop their Iraqi citizenship and their desire
to leave Iraq, many indications have shown
that the number will not reach the percentage that
some anticipate. Al-Hatif's representative asked
an expert source for its opinion on what the
number of those wishing to drop Iraqi citizenship
and leave Iraq among the Jews might reach.
This source stated that it does not believe
the number will exceed (5000) persons,
especially since the trends of these applicants
have become clear by now, and they are about to
be known, even if some of them have not
registered their request yet.
Salaries of Retired
Jews
The Pensions Directorate circulated a letter stating
that the Iraqi Jew who leaves Iraq by choice
or leaves it illegally, his citizenship shall be
revoked according to articles one, two, and three
of Law No. 1 of 1950. Therefore, pension salaries
must not be paid to those covered by the provisions
of the aforementioned law, nor to their agents.
For this reason, we request an investigation into such
cases and verification that citizenship has not been
revoked for the retirees for any of the mentioned
legal reasons when their agent or guardian
comes to receive the pension salary for them.
Whichever official pays without conducting an
investigation in the aforementioned manner and
without the availability of definitive evidence
of the retiree's retention of Iraqi citizenship
shall be personally responsible and shall indemnify
the treasury for the amount paid.
Page 274
305 registered yesterday
to renounce their citizenships
Yesterday at the Meir Tweg synagogue,
the registration of (305) Jewish persons
wishing to renounce their Iraqi citizenship took place,
among them (179) adults and (126) minors.
Newspaper: Al-Shaab
Number: 1682 -
Date: March 4, 1950
Page 275
Al-Husun Newspaper
Issue No. 200
Date: March 2, 1950
The Jewish Doctor Jack Aboudi Shabi
And how far has his case reached
We hope for the severest punishment to be imposed on him to serve as a lesson to others
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What we published in a previous issue about
the humanity (!) of the Jewish doctor Jack
Aboudi Shabi had a positive impact and a profound echo
in the souls of all members of the Iraqi people, as evidenced
by several hundred letters that landed
on the administration of this newspaper from various parts of
Iraq supporting our stance, adding further
information that strips away the quality of humanity from
the doctor who was convicted, and whose license the specialized
departments decided to withdraw and bar from practice
for a period of five weeks due to his refusal
to hand over the body of a deceased patient in
his hospital unless he received the amount of 20 Dinars
which were the fees for the week the patient did not complete
in the hospital; ultimately, the doctor caused
the death of this poor patient whom God placed
into the hands of the greediest doctor on the face
of (the earth). However, what appalled us is that some
of these letters stated that this doctor,
after being barred from practicing his work for five
weeks, did not stop working, but rather
his hospital continued to operate as usual, and his hospital
has a victim every day. The flood of letters
praising the services (!) rendered by this Jewish doctor,
which make the body of humanity shudder
and the hair of the head stand on end, is what
forced us to follow his case and how
far it has reached. We have learned that the case of this
Jewish doctor, whose passport was seized
on the night he intended to leave Iraq
under the pretext of attending a conference (!), has
been referred to the High Health Council. We
hope, as we publish this word, that the
specialized departments expand the investigation into what was committed
by this doctor who insulted the medical profession
with the disgraceful violations he committed, and that they do not hesitate
to impose the strictest punishment on him to be
an example to others. We promise the readers that we will take
all measures to obtain the conviction decision
of this doctor to publish it, so that its publication may be
a deterrent to those like him ("And whoever does
an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does
an atom's weight of evil will see it.")
And we know for a fact that there are a large
number of figures mediating for this
doctor who is stripped of humanity and lacking a conscience,
but our trust in the integrity of those in whose
hands the case has been placed forces us to state
that these mediations and games will
not benefit him, but rather he will receive the necessary punishment
whether he used mediators or not, and God is behind
our intent.