AI en Translation, Pages 76-100
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Newspaper: Al-Zaman
Number: 2768
Date: 5 March 1950
A Jewish Caravan Tries to Escape to Iran
Falls into the Trap of Iraqi Authorities in Khanaqin
Khanaqin - For the Al-Zaman correspondent - The Iraqi authorities in Khanaqin, headed by His Excellency
Mr. Tawfiq Al-Mukhtar, District Governor, succeeded in arresting a Jewish caravan comprising 30 people, including
20 men and 10 women, among them a doctor and a lawyer, while they were trying to sneak from the public road to
Iranian territory.
These Jews were referred to the Khanaqin Criminal Court, which sentenced the twenty men to three months
of rigorous imprisonment, with one year of police supervision after the end of their sentence,
and a fine of 15 Dinars for each of the escaping women.
The court also sentenced the car driver to 3 months in prison and his assistant to a fine
of 10 Dinars.
The correspondent says that the vigilance of the responsible Iraqi authorities in Khanaqin is what prevented
the leakage of these criminals from Iraqi territory to Iranian territory.
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Newspaper -: Al-Umma
Number -: 296
Date -: 5 March 1950
Page 78
* It was necessary for the notable Ezra Menachem
Daniel to elaborate by mentioning what
members of his religion complain about and the reasons that prompted some of them
to leave Iraq, but his elaboration did not
reach the point of mentioning the exploitation by some
influential people of martial law in the most heinous
exploitation!
Newspaper -: The Arab World
Number -: 6962
Date -: 5 March 1950
Page 79
Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
Issue: 766
Date: March 10, 50
The Magazine's Anniversary Gift!!!
The Jewish problem is not solved by revoking citizenship
By - Salman Al-Safwani
After much ado, or more accurately, after the destruction of Basra - the government presented
to the Chamber of Deputies a bill: "Law Annex to the Decree for the Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship."
This was after it noticed "that some Iraqi Jews have begun to use all
illegal means to leave Iraq permanently, and that others have already
left Iraq illegally," despite the fact that the government contacted some
wise Jews, but they were unable to prevent the organized illegal escape, as stated by
His Excellency the Minister of Interior.
The explanatory memorandum stated: "The presence of such subjects who are forced to
stay in the country, and compelled to retain Iraqi citizenship, inevitably leads to
results that have an impact on public security, and to the creation of social and economic problems.
Therefore, it found no alternative but to allow them to leave Iraq permanently, and to revoke
Iraqi citizenship from them!"
The first thing we must remember in this regard is that the Arabs resisted
Jewish immigration to Palestine for about 30 years, lest their numbers exceed those of
the Arabs there, and they become a danger to its Arab identity, in addition to the fact that its
absorptive capacity is limited, as stated in the reports of experts and commissions on various
occasions. But now the Arabs themselves have opened the doors of Jewish immigration from their countries
to Palestine, and this indicates, with great regret, that the truce governments
have washed their hands of Palestine after the Jews seized it and expelled the Arabs from it.
It is a sign that cuts the heart and makes the entrails bleed.
Nevertheless, we were of the view that the remaining of Jews in Arab countries where they are does not reduce
the danger of Jewish gangs in Palestine as long as the doors of immigration are open to the Jews of
the East and West. Furthermore, the joining of Arab countries' Jews to their gangs in Tel Aviv
does not increase the danger of these gangs, if not the opposite, because the Jews
are accustomed to living like parasites by sucking the blood of the peoples they live with -
by seizing the country's economic facilities. If they gather in one spot of
the earth, they will be forced to work to live, and produce to consume, while the
peoples from whom they emigrated will be rid of their evils and sins. We are confident that they will not
find in Tel Aviv the luxury they were accustomed to in Arab countries, in addition to what
Israel suffers from in terms of a financial crisis. However, no matter how large the number of Jews in Palestine becomes,
the Arabs are capable - if their resolve is sincere - under the circumstances and conditions, of
wiping out the Jews and purifying Palestine of them. For a nation that reaches about 100 million people,
and has capabilities that the world's countries compete for, it will not be impossible at
any time to liberate this precious part of its homeland from the grip of the criminal Jewish gangs,
even if all the Jews of the earth gather in Palestine. So there is no room for pessimism from this side.
However, the law brought by the government and approved by the Chamber of Deputies did not
address the problem, nor did it untie the knot. As the matter stands, it revokes Iraqi citizenship from
Jews who wish to leave Iraq permanently, and Jews who left Iraq
previously and then refused to return within the period specified for them. So what follows from this in terms of
importance, one wonders? What is the fate of their property which they sell and take its price with them in cash,
will they be allowed to keep it registered in their names to be exploited by their agents, or to transfer it
(pro forma) in the name of one of their remaining relatives? Is it permissible for them to sell it or dedicate it
to their own private institutions, or what? There are many questions in this regard!
The Jews have enormous wealth in this country, and although they have escaped by their
own ways - many of them to Tel Aviv - they are still among the possessors of visible massive wealth.
Our fear was focused on the leakage of this wealth from Iraq into the hands of
the enemies. This is what the government did not address. So what is the benefit, then, of this law
while it keeps the Jewish problem as it is by its silence regarding those who did not leave
Iraq, who are the major merchants, landowners, money changers, goldsmiths, pharmacists, doctors,
and those like them? Are these not the real danger to the country's economic
and social entity? Are these not a fifth column for Israel in Iraq?
The dilemma of the Jews in the Arab homeland is not treated at all by revoking the citizenship
of hundreds or thousands of them who fled to Palestine or wished to emigrate to it.
These people donated their money and volunteered themselves to fight us in Palestine, and in every
place. Should the reward for high treason be the revocation of citizenship, which was even revoked from
some Arab icons who served the nation in every field of service? Should
Moshe, Hasqiel, and Robin be treated like Sati' al-Husri, Darwish al-Miqdadi, and Hussein Mroueh
and their like? O God, it is a painful comparison and a strange logic!
O officials, face the facts with courage, and work firmly to resolve the
Jewish problem in our country fundamentally, without hesitation or ambiguity. As for the mere revocation
of citizenship, the Jews welcomed it before anyone else and considered the law a gift to them on the occasion
of their magazine's anniversary, and there is no power nor might except in God!
* News says: The Jews
are boycotting the Arabs in Palestine. And the situation of
the Arabs there calls for despair, and this is
natural. But what is unnatural is that
the Arabs do not boycott the Jews in their countries! Reciprocity
in kind!
* The misfortune of the Arabs with the Judaized among
Arabs and Muslims is greater than their misfortune
with the Jews themselves, and greater than their misfortune
with anything else. When will consciences awake in
the souls?
Ideas and Opinions
* The government considered the citizenship revocation bill
among the urgent bills, like customs bills
for example, so that its secrets are not broadcast
before implementation. In this case, it was supposed
to be presented to the Senate on the same day,
but that was not the case. Why then was
urgency requested in discussing the
bill?
* Jews have a strong (scent) like cats,
it seems to me they smelled the scent of the citizenship revocation bill
a while ago, so they sold their furniture, liquidated
their businesses, and prepared themselves to travel to Tel
Aviv. The Jews rejoiced and the Arabs rejoiced at this
step in solving the problem, while (their brothers)
grieved over their separation, and we ask
God to double these sorrows!
* The Jews gained two deals in the citizenship revocation law:
the first is freedom of immigration
to Palestine and the second is saving the sums
they used to pay to the (smugglers).
The law fell on the heads of these traitorous smugglers
like a thunderbolt, as it cut off their livelihood
and paralyzed their activity!
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Newspaper: Al-Araa (Opinions)
Issue: 12
Date: March 6, 1950
Playing with Fire, and Plan C
License Holder: Amin Al-Mumayyiz
Editor-in-Chief: Khalid Al-Durra
Responsible Manager: Lawyer Abdul Rahim Al-Rawi
Iraq is in Danger
Jewish Emigration Under the Denaturalization Law
Threatens Our National Wealth with Bankruptcy
Written by Mr. Mahmoud Al-Durra
⟦line⟧ With hearts full of sincerity, we appeal to the Protector of the Throne to save
with his wisdom and guidance our national wealth from bankruptcy.
I ask the owner of Al-Hawadith newspaper for permission to borrow from him for the sake of comparison the title of his article (Iraq is in Danger). Iraq in 1950 truly, not metaphorically, stands on the threshold of the most dangerous national crisis it has witnessed if the (Supplement to the Iraqi Denaturalization Fee Law) is ratified in the form approved by the majority of the Chamber of Deputies.
While it is difficult to estimate the position of Iraqi Jews, who number about 140,000 people, regarding this law which they did not expect to fulfill their wishes in this manner and with this freedom, we are not far from the truth if we see that no less than a third of them will depart permanently from Iraq during the year in which the rule of the aforementioned law ends.
By virtue of their position in this country and the vitality and perseverance that distinguish them, and their focus for generations on the fields of finance and trade, and what the governments of 1941 / 1946 provided them in terms of monopolizing import affairs during the war from which they drew millions of dinars without accountability... by virtue of this position, they controlled the wealth of the country, monopolized the market, controlled the main commercial agencies, owned the most valuable neighborhoods in Baghdad, and laid their hands on thousands of plots of land that have not yet been built.
And a people in this state, the average individual ownership among them cannot be less than three hundred dinars - meaning that the wealth of those likely to emigrate from Iraq may reach thirty million dinars.
It was their right after the establishment of their state in Palestine to permanently cut off their hope of continuing to live in this country, so they set, as is always their way, a precise plan for emigration whose vanguards began with smuggling available cash wealth, followed by the infiltration of members of the poor and middle class by fleeing from Iraq by the means referred to by His Excellency the Minister of Interior in the Chamber of Deputies recently. This stage was accompanied by the sale of a portion of movable and immovable property, which was characterized by accurate propaganda convincing Iraqis that they were buying spoils at extremely cheap prices, so Iraqis flocked from every side under the influence of this malicious propaganda to pour their cash and gold into these spoils.
The souls of Iraqis were haunted by the effect of the insane rents for properties and houses that accompanied the halt of construction activity in the country due to the war, leading them to gamble with their fortunes to buy these properties, houses, and plots whose prices only rose to this insane level due to the influence of speculations carried out by the Jews themselves during the past ten years. The naive among us forgot that the house whose value during the war was,
Wisdom of the Day
The Wandering Arab!!
"Certainly history before today said
«The Wandering Jew»! And history shall hear
today saying «The Wandering Arab»! .
The Arab has wandered thanks to his
misguided leaders...
And the Zionist has reached the goal thanks to
our responsible leaders!!
Sage of the Underworld
for example, five thousand dinars, then became three thousand today, will be worth one thousand dinars in the near future. And at this rate, the rent will be as soon as the houses are vacated of their owners!
This is what relates to the people's insane rush to buy goods, properties, houses, and plots. I present it to the members of the people so they may think long before proceeding to lose the cash in their hands which they will regret one day and will not replace before the passage of at least ten years, in addition to losing the opportunity to exploit
Continued on p. 4
Denaturalization Law Bill!
They present the ((Gift)) to Israel on the occasion of the Evacuation Day!
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Newspaper: Al-Naba'
Number: 492
Date: 5 March 1950
Remainder of the editorial
this wealth through the work that will be available to them
with the departure of the Jews.
However, what I aim for in this article
is the responsibility of the government before the ignorant individual
to preserve the nation's national wealth threatened
with bankruptcy as a result of implementing the law on the revocation
of citizenship in the form approved by the Council
of Representatives. If its apparatus is unable to prevent
the leakage of monetary wealth and gold from the country,
it will not be unable, if it so desires, to prevent
the transformation of national wealth into cash, gold,
and silver to be likewise transported across the borders.
If the current Suwaidi ministry does not act
to stop this current at its limit, it will record
against itself a deed for which it will be held accountable one day.
For property, lands, and belongings are not
personal property for those who intend to leave the country
without return. So how is it in the case of a mass migration
of citizens whose number may exceed one hundred thousand people
representing the wealth and riches in the country, who intend
to liquidate everything they own to exchange it for cash, gold,
and silver, and then transport it outside Iraq?
And what will be the fate of this people if
it deposits its monetary wealth and its national gold into
soil, stones, and spoils that have no value in
the financial market in which there is no cash.
We will have lost reason and logic if we do not
think long about a convincing answer to these questions.
Nay, we will be a farce that generations joke about
when they read the history of a state where thieves raided
its treasuries, and it aided them in the raid, and they left
under the protection of its laws, honored and respected, and on
their backs the essence of the nation's toil!
We are not among those calling for reciprocity as
every state on the face of the earth does. For we
do not possess our full will.. we do not demand the confiscation
of property and immovable assets lest we be accused
of recklessness and exaggeration which, unfortunately, are not
among the qualities of our seasoned, experienced leaders, but we
demand that they freeze the properties and assets which
are the only weapon remaining for us to bargain
with the enemy until the final settlement takes place
for the Palestine issue.
And as we do not hope - in the words of
His Excellency al-Farisi in the National Assembly - for a new
hope and a cure for our commercial crisis, we turn
with hearts full of sincerity and loyalty to the Protector
of the Throne to save, with his wisdom, guidance, and direction,
our national wealth from a collective bankruptcy we do not doubt
its occurrence, by gathering people of opinion to consult them
on amending the draft of this law before
it takes its legal character in its current form.
Mahmoud al-Durrah
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Yesterday in the Senate
The members and responding to their statements . . .
The Council approves the bill
The government in the Chamber of Deputies which explained
In a clear manner the objective of this
bill, so we believe it is redundant to repeat
the same explanations and statements that we previously
gave in the session of the day before yesterday in
the hall of the Chamber of Deputies.
His Excellency the honorable Senator Muzahim
Al-Pachachi wanted to comment as he saw fit
on this bill in your esteemed council, no matter,
for he commented as he wished to comment and the
Council listened to his comments, so let him allow us to answer
them or at least most of them.
The honorable Senator began his words in commenting
on the importance of this bill and said that it had not happened
that a bill of such importance was presented to the High Council
since the formation of this
Council until now. The honorable Senator will allow me
to disagree with him on that, and perhaps he was mistaken
in these observations, especially if we know that
the time during which the honorable Senator was in this
Council is limited to a degree that does not allow him to review
the bills that were submitted and the importance of these
bills, for very important bills have been submitted to this Council
and the honorable Senator, if
he is unaware of the importance of these bills, can
browse the Council's records to review them.
His Excellency the honorable Senator said in essence that
the government yielded to the desire of those Jews who flout
the laws, so it enacted this bill
which facilitates their travel to a hostile destination, and said that
this hostile entity will benefit from these people
and this benefit will harm the interests of the Arabs
and Iraq - naturally - among the Arab
countries.
Gentlemen: If you browse the bill you will not find
in it that these Jews will inevitably go to this
hostile destination intended by the honorable Senator, just as
there is nothing in it that facilitates the departure of those
whom the Senator described as youths to this destination, but
it is possible for some of them to infiltrate to this
destination.
His Excellency the honorable Senator said, the government
should have subjected these people to the rule of law
and not allow them to leave the country in this
manner, and that the government was unable to
subject these people to the rule of law and
it should have, after admitting its inability, withdrawn
from power.
Gentlemen.. I do not know in truth how
His Excellency the honorable Senator concluded that the government
showed inability in subjecting a group of citizens
to the rule of law, no sir.. rather
the government did not show inability, but wanted to
treat a problem with a treatment consistent with the interest
of the country and with the reality and current facts,
the situation, gentlemen, as I said in the last session
of the Deputies, is that we inherited this prevailing situation
from the government that preceded us - unfortunately -
and it was expected of His Excellency the honorable Senator
since the organized smuggling that I referred to, which was
carried out by gangs formed for this purpose, intensified during
the time of the ministry in which he was Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Foreign Affairs; I say it was expected that
the government at that time would give its attention to treating
this issue in the manner that His Excellency believes
accords with the laws or with the Arab policy
that he mentioned in his statements.
Organized gangs and organized smuggling
began during the time of the previous ministry and following
the abolition of martial law, for martial law was ⟦illegible⟧ on 12-17-49.
And this smuggling began to intensify since the second or third day
after the abolition of these provisions, and infiltration began to
neighboring countries on the borders and became clear in
Basra, Amara, Khanaqin, Kefri, and Mandali.
And His Excellency the honorable Senator must have seen at that time
the reports and official letters sent by
the governors, and he must have seen the
detailed report submitted by the General Police Directorate.
So if His Excellency the honorable Senator believes, as he
has shown, that the issue is of such seriousness that
the government should have applied the laws to
these people, why did His Excellency overlook the application of this
policy which he aimed for, whether for internal or external purposes.
Gentlemen - I hope if we want to
treat such matters that we be objective
and not forget our oversight or our lack of concern
in treating issues that we raise against others
the next day.
The strange thing is that His Excellency the honorable Senator mentioned
that the government mentioned in the
explanatory memorandum that it said the bill has an impact on
international public security.
Gentlemen - I ask His Excellency to
re-examine the explanatory memorandum which is
now before him and in which the term
'international public security' does not exist at all.
His Excellency the honorable Senator kindly mentioned
the many harms of the bill from international
and Iraqi perspectives, and I truly wished that we could
identify these risks, especially the international
ones, but I am sorry because I did not find
in all that His Excellency the honorable Senator stated
that there are many harms resulting internationally and internally
as he said, and the points he mentioned as harms,
whether regarding the internal situation
or regarding the external situation, where he said that
the bill included facilitation for a group
famous or known for flouting the laws.
Gentlemen - the bill is not as His Excellency the honorable
Senator Muzahim Al-Pachachi stated at all,
and it did not include such facilitations, no
gentlemen, rather it wanted to treat this
situation, about which some explanation was given, with a
decisive treatment that accords with the interest of the country above all else,
for the citizen who does not want to remain in this
country, it is futile to force him to stay in it.
For whoever wants to leave the country can
seek the means that help with that,
and a large portion of these people sought means in
full view and hearing of the government that preceded us,
and it could not do anything.
Gentlemen - it is futile to try to keep
a large crowd of citizens who want to leave
and migrate for known reasons, for keeping these people
and forcing them to stay is what might not be consistent
with the public interest in the short run
nor in the long run.
His Excellency the honorable Senator kindly said
that facilitating the travel of these people to a hostile destination
constitutes a fifth column. Will His Excellency allow me
to say that the meaning of a fifth column is not
that unfaithful elements go to some place,
rather the meaning of a fifth column is
to keep a portion of citizens who might feel
feelings that do not accord with the feelings of the people of the country
in this country; this is the meaning of the fifth column and not
its meaning that they go so the country is rid of
their evils in the future, for I ask the honorable Senator
to pay attention to this point.
His Excellency the honorable Senator wished that
there would be a unified policy agreed upon by all
Arab countries to treat this matter..
Would that, gentlemen, the Arab countries
intended by His Excellency the honorable Senator had thought of
that and worked for it collectively, and I do not want
to enter into the subject of the policies of the Arab countries
in this regard, but I say that Egypt
took a measure similar to some extent to this
measure, but I can confirm that
it is not like the measure we have proposed, and from this
His Excellency the honorable Senator will see the great difference
between the two measures.
Egypt allowed those of these people who want to
leave to leave with a passport
(passport) and this passport will make
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Sunday, March 5, 1950
Discussion of the Annex Bill to the Gen[erality?] Law
His Excellency Mr. Saleh Jabr discusses
Speeches by: Al-Pachachi, and Ezra Menahem...
At half-past ten yesterday morning,
the Senate met, and the summary of the previous
session's minutes was read and accepted. Then the
incoming royal decrees were read, among which was the bill for the
annex to the decree for stripping Iraqi citizenship
No. 62 of 1933, and a proposal from the Minister
of the Interior to include it in the session's agenda
and to deliberate on it through an urgent procedure.
Muzahim al-Pachachi
My Lords - I do not recall that a bill has been presented
to the National Assembly since its founding until now
possessing the gravity of that carried by this
bill, a bill in which many causes and factors
have converged that facilitate national problems
and international complications that are difficult for a person,
no matter how much knowledge and foresight they possess, to define the
dangerous results generated by the policy included in
this bill in Iraq or in the Arab
countries. Therefore, I cannot hide
my feeling of astonishment that the current
respected ministry is presenting this bill and asking
the Chamber of Deputies and this Council to
treat it in an urgent and improvised manner.
The issue is not related to a portion of Iraqi citizens
who wish to leave Iraq permanently, for they
should be met with the same feeling, and told: go permanently as long as
you do not wish to stay. The issue is not that
simple, and a single reference to what was stated in
the explanatory memorandum shows you that the government
itself believes that this issue has its impact on
international public security. I draw your attention to this
expression and the meanings and objectives it contains, which will
inevitably lead to results affecting public
security. An issue said to generate consequences for
international public security is intended for the Council, as
requested from the Chamber of Deputies, to be treated in an
urgent and improvised manner.
The ministry said in the third article of
Internal Affairs - ensuring continuity,
the rule of law, and consolidating the pillars of security
and order -
The ministry said this, yet it brought us - unfortunately -
a bill that implicitly admits it has succumbed to
a group of Iraqis who have flouted the laws
and regulations in force.
His Excellency the Minister of Interior says in his statements
which he delivered before the Chamber of Deputies: "And gangs were formed
to facilitate the mission of those Jews who
determined to leave Iraq permanently in an
illegal manner and in violation of the laws." For this reason, we brought
a bill to facilitate the escape of these Jews who
flouted the laws, and to help the gangs
assist them. This means that the government
wants to make these violations something legal.
So it brought this violating bill and asked the
Council to consider it urgently. This was
after it found it was not in its power to
prevent these violations committed by a small group
that should be subjected to the harshest punishment. His Excellency
the Minister of Interior says in his statement in the Chamber
of Deputies: "That he contacted some wise men of this
community, but they could not do anything
to prevent the organized escape, so the government saw
that it had no choice but to present this bill,
because forcing those who wish to leave
Iraq to stay in Iraq is not in the interest of
the country and may not be in the interest of the majority
of this community." I cannot
control myself from expressing my deep regret for the
ministry appearing in this weak manner indicating
surrender and submission before people who deserve
nothing but punishment. If the government - as it appears -
is unable to combat people who have flouted
the laws, and is unable to apply
the provisions of the law to them, then it has nothing before it
but one thing: to leave the government. I do not know
if this bill is among the policies
indicated by the ministry in its program in Article
Two of Foreign Affairs, where it said:
"Continuing efforts with Arab countries to find
the best solution consistent with the interest of the Arabs in
Palestine." Did the respected ministry find
that providing a hostile entity - which no one differs
regarding its danger and its ambitions - I say: did
the ministry see that providing this entity
with young Iraqis who lead its army and serve as
a fifth column for it - was this among the
policies indicated in Article Two
of Foreign Affairs!
My Lords - this bill will lead to
many results as I said, and it is difficult for a person
in an urgent manner to define its danger because
it contains - as I said - many deep-rooted international aspects.
But I point to some dangerous aspects
that occurred to my mind in this regard.
This does not mean that the aspects I will point
out are all the aspects or the risks
arising from this bill.
Among the results of the bill is - as
I said - facilitating a group that flouted the laws of
the country and forced the government to fulfill
their desires. And you - no doubt - know
the bad impact this policy causes in
the Arab countries and in Iraq itself.
My Lords - most of those who fled
are youth who will be a strength for the army of
a hostile entity; we all know its danger.
And those who will be pushed in large numbers to that
hostile entity we are supposed to fight will create
a big problem for Iraq because they will leave
their wealth and families, and you know that
the presence of a group of hostiles who strive to
leave their country and go to a hostile side, leaving
their families here - you know the dangers
arising from this for Iraq,
due to the intelligence that will take place, and the contacts
that will occur. If Iraq adopts this policy,
it will eventually be forced, if international pressure occurs -
and I do not doubt its occurrence - to facilitate the deportation
of many other Jews who are
related to those whose travel will be facilitated. Furthermore, for
such a matter, the current government should
have contacted the Arab countries and sought to achieve
a unified, harmonious policy among all for
the good of all Arab countries, including Iraq.
The government, by this action, has done more than
what some well-known Zionists requested. I
recall that a man named (Sir Edwin Samuel),
the son of Lord (Herbert Samuel) who
was a High Commissioner for Britain in Palestine
for a long time - this man is one of those of whom there is no doubt
that he is a staunch supporter of Zionism and who left
Britain and came to Palestine to exploit it as a citizen.
This man wrote an article in the American "Middle
East" magazine published in January
1949, in which he addressed what must be done
regarding the issue of Jewish citizens present
in Arab countries. He believes that the interest of everyone
is to form a body under the supervision of the
United Nations to look into the exchange of Jews with
Arabs in Palestine and the liquidation of their assets for the benefit
of both parties. This man never requested,
in his desire to facilitate the exit of Jews, that
this liquidation take place without it being for the benefit of Arab refugees
as well as for the benefit of the Jews. It was
the government's duty at least to adopt this
view. In its policy included in this
bill, there is an indication that the Jews will be
free to leave the country, and you know that
the smuggling of funds will continue, while the
Arabs cannot transfer their funds in Palestine, which are frozen,
their lands occupied, and their farms exploited by
the Jews.
My Lords - when we were in the ministry, a
competent authority presented a proposal similar to the articles of this
bill. In my capacity as Deputy Prime Minister,
I ordered the rejection of this proposal
until a body of the Ba[...]
meets to discuss this issue and address
the problem in a general, comprehensive way.
Has the respected ministry researched
Palestine has ended. And that
to recover it has become impossible
And did despair overcome it so
it adopted the policy that harms
being pushed to a hostile side to
strengthening hostile armies at the ex[pense]
and Iraq? We must all
the concerned, and we should not
striving for it is not in Palestine
differences and creating difficulties
Painful events occurred in
Palestine, but that does not mean
becoming prey to despair and despondency and yield[ing]
to the Jews.
It is of nobility and shame for the Arabs
ignoring this fact and ignoring
For these reasons I explained, I believe
interest that the government withdraws
or agrees - at least - to
the committee to study it deeply and e[xhaustively]
with the necessary proposals that
its dangers and harms as much as [possible]
if submission is inevitable
the Jews, then the government must - at le[ast]
not ignore these arrangements and not
like this and ask the Council of [S]enators
legally facilitating smuggling, and that
for these escapees is a right, and if
their flouting, then m[...]
is sufficient for that, as it stipulates that whoever
the Jews is considered to have lost citizenship
But the government did not do what it should
adopt this bill through
Therefore, I submit a proposal in this [regard]
Then His Excellency the President of the Council announced
a proposal from His Excellency Mr. Muzahim
So His Excellency Mr. [Saleh Jabr]
the Minister of Interior, requested to speak.
His Excellency the Minister of Interior
Gentlemen: No doubt you
the explanatory memorandum that accompanied th[is]
which the government presented, and no
Many of you also saw
Royal Cigarettes are always in the lead in manufacturing and quality, and therefore many prefer them
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Local Affairs
Royal Ceremonies
For the day of March 4, 1950
His Royal Highness the Great Regent was pleased to delegate Mr. Nuri
al-Qaraghouli, Assistant Head of Royal Ceremonies, to the house of His Excellency Mr. Bahjat Zainal to attend
the funeral council held for the soul of his mother and to convey the condolences of His Royal Highness.
Royal Decrees
A Royal Decree was issued appointing Dr.
Istephan Touqah as a physician in the Directorate of
Public Health.
And one was issued appointing Dr. Ella Aratoun
as a physician in the Ministry of Social Affairs.
And one was issued appointing Ibrahim Ramadan, the Director
in the Ministry of Communications and Works, as a Distinguished Official in the
Ministry of Social Affairs in the second class
of the civil service classes.
And one was issued appointing Men Naoum Yaqub, the composer
in the Income Directorate, as a teacher on the secondary
cadre.
And one was issued directing the trusteeship over
the Waqf of Haj Labban al-Pachachi in Baghdad
to Abdul Hadi Musa Kadhim al-Pachachi
to participate with the other trustee in managing the aforementioned
Waqf, and directing the trusteeship over the Waqf of Jassim
al-Tawil and Malabed Mosque in Sulaymaniyah to
Baba Ali bin Marouf as an accountant.
Parliament Session Tomorrow
The Chamber of Deputies will hold its eleventh session
at ten o'clock on the morning of
Monday, March 6, 1950.
1- Question by Hassan Abdul Rahman - Basra -
Directed to the Minister of Communications and Works
regarding railway officials and employees,
postponed from the last session.
2- Question by Abdul Razzaq al-Hammoud - Basra -
Directed to the Minister of Communications and Works
regarding the bridge that connects the two banks of
Shatt al-Arab.
3- Question by Ja'far al-Badr - Basra -
Directed to the Minister of Finance regarding the collection by
the Andrew Weir Company, which monopolizes Basra dates,
of consumption fees from the landowners.
4- Question by Khadouri Khadouri - Baghdad -
Directed to the Minister of Finance regarding the loss of
part of his share of rare currencies.
5- Continuation of the discussion on the report of the
committee drafting the reply to the Speech from the
Throne.
6- Determining the agenda items for the next session.
An Iraqi in Egypt
At UNESCO's Expense
The General Directorate of UNESCO has agreed
to grant Mr. Korkis Awad a study
leave for six months to specialize in the branch of
libraries at the expense of the aforementioned organization.
Iraqi-Syrian Talks
The Iraqi government sent a telegram yesterday
to the Syrian authorities proposing the start
of joint talks between representatives of the two states
before the next session of the Arab League Council.
His Excellency Al-Said Lectures on the Topic of
the Iraqi-Syrian Union and Collective Security..
We have been informed that His Excellency Mr. Nuri al-Said will deliver a lecture at six o'clock in the evening
on Monday "tomorrow" at King Faisal II Hall on the topic of the Iraqi-Syrian Union
and collective security.
There is no doubt that a lecture delivered by His Excellency Al-Said on such a subject that occupies the children of
Arabism will be of great importance and gravity, given what is known about His Excellency's
follow-up on this topic and his adoption of it. We will publish this lecture in tomorrow's issue.
Transfer of the Agricultural Attaché
at the American Embassy in Baghdad to Beirut
The US State Department announced
yesterday that Mr. Joseph Forrest Crawford,
the Agricultural Attaché at the American Embassy
in Baghdad, has been transferred to the same position in the American
Legation in Beirut.
Export of Local Products
The General Directorate of Imported Funds sounded out
the opinion of the competent authorities regarding the export of
some local products that exceed
Iraq's needs. The General Directorate of Agriculture
supported its approval of this and requested permission
to export some agricultural and
animal products.
Lebanon Bans
the Commemoration of Saadeh
Beirut (WAA) The Lebanese government has taken
firm measures to prevent the commemoration of
Antun Saadeh, the former leader of the Nationalist Party.
It is reported that his supporters had prepared to celebrate
on the first of this March, but Prince Farid
Shehab, Director of General Security, stated that the official
authorities hindered the Nationalists' attempts to hold
their celebrations and all their attempts met
with failure.
Technical Assistance
to Middle Eastern Countries
It was stated in the latest issue of "The Record" magazine
issued by the US State Department that the competent authorities in the US
government are now taking all necessary
measures to implement the technical and scientific
assistance programs to the countries of the Middle East as soon as
the necessary credits for that are approved
by the US Congress.
Statement on the Formation of a Company
Since Messrs. Abbas al-Tamimi, Abdul Latif Agha Ja'far, Ahmad al-Shawk, Said
Agha al-Sheikh Khaz'al, Jawad Jalli, Najib Khader, Kravit Khanjian, Abdul Rasul Ali,
Khalil Anis, Mahmoud Helmi, Salam Aziz al-Sheikh Jawad, and Qasim Sabri al-Qaysi in Baghdad,
and Abdul Jassam al-Qayyim in Basra, and Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani al-Dahwi al-Qayyim in Kadhimiyah, and Sadiq
al-Sheikh Jawad and Anwar al-Jawhar, the two custodians in Hilla, have submitted an application to form a limited private company
under the title:
"Al-Fath Trading Company Limited"
I have authorized, based on the power vested in me under Article Five of the Indian Companies Act
(effective in Iraq pursuant to the Companies Proclamation of 1919), the formation of the aforementioned company,
provided it is subject to the provisions of the law and the proclamation mentioned above. I have also approved the
summary of the company's contract and its articles of association, certified a copy thereof, and deposited it with the
Registrar of Companies for safekeeping.
Written in Baghdad on the sixth day of the month of Jumada al-Awwal in the year 1369, corresponding to the
twenty-third day of February 1950.
1-2
Minister of Economy
Readers' Letters
Amara Wants
And They Do Not Read
We received from Mr. (Nizar) an extensive letter
regarding the café opened by (Yassin Saleh)
at the entrance of the city, such that it is the first thing
the visitor's eye falls upon, which led a group
of the town's notables and scholars to submit
a petition demanding the closure of the aforementioned
café out of concern for morals and the city's reputation.
The petition took its official path until it stopped
at the Investigation Division, which rejected the petition
with strange excuses, perhaps the simplest of which was
("that those who signed the petition or instigated
it are supporters of the owners of Al-Hamra café!!")
Mr. "Nizar" wondered whether the town's scholars,
spiritual men, and notables could be supporters
of dancers and arists? Then, do the aforementioned
investigation men have the right to speak on behalf of the advocate
for the owner of the mentioned café, ignoring the
overwhelming desire of the public who want to preserve
the reputation of their quiet town?
We, in turn, express our regret for such
deviant behavior - if true - hoping that
the era of negligence toward the people's traditions
and customs will not last, especially after His Excellency Professor al-Jabr
has taken over the Ministry of Interior, and he is who he is
in terms of toughness, power, and courage in fighting
vices.
The Ordeal of Afak
O officials, look upon us; the village elder has begun
to threaten our youth. It is in your hands, you who are
accountable before God and your consciences,
to save our souls, for we are part of this homeland.
We have never failed to contribute our lives and wealth
in all situations.
From the people of Afak: Ali al-Hassoun, Jarur
al-Alwan, Hammadi Atiyah, Sayyid Hadi al-Mulabidi,
Abdul Amir Abbas, Falih Shaker, Abdul Hussein
Aboud, Jawhar Haj Aboud, and Mahdi Abdul Hussein.
⟦line⟧
Our tribes have emigrated due to the lack of water, and we have
lived in confusion; help us.
The orator of Afak, Sheikh Kadhim, and Ghazi al-Haj
Muhammad, head of the Al-Ghadir tribe.
This is not the first voice from Afak.
The news cries out to the officials to avert the
disaster from the people of the city and protect them from
famine. The people of the city are now truly threatening
the city's life due to the silting up of the river,
which is the primary element of life in the city,
especially in a region where agriculture is the main
pillar of life. This is also not the first time
that the cries of Afak have been raised to the
ears of officials, demanding the necessity of saving
the town from the danger that threatens it. If the
voices that rose with Afak's grievance had been heard
in time, the situation would not have reached what it
is now. All voices used to go with the wind,
but at the present time, where the affairs of the state are
entrusted to men who have dedicated their lives and
struggle to serving the people, we raise our voice
with the people of the city on the necessity of
hastening to save it. We are all hopeful and confident that
His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Works will
be the first and fastest to respond to this humanitarian
and national call at the same time.
The Petroleum Battle in the Middle East
Will Umm Qasr Port in Iraq be made a world port
instead of the Mediterranean??
- 4 -
By: Abdul Ridha al-Jubaili
Most of the Iranian petroleum is extracted from the
Masjed Soleyman area, which is located at a distance of
200 miles to the northeast of the fields
of (Maidani Naftoun) at the head of the Persian
Gulf. The resulting petroleum is carried to a
pipeline that ends at Abadan, which is located
on the Shatt al-Arab at the head of the Gulf. The
length of this line is about 130 miles. Beside
this petroleum region, there are other rich areas
waiting for yesterday to be invested so that their
economic investment phase can begin.
While American interests did not obtain a
large share of Iranian petroleum, they
succeeded greatly in Bahrain Island and the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, even though
Bahrain Island falls within the British sphere of
influence because British capital owners hesitated,
and American wealth owners seized this hesitation,
causing the rare opportunity to pass the others by.
The American companies took control of
this great petroleum wealth and proceeded with
its investment at a successful, rapid pace that drew
the world's attention despite the harsh geographical
conditions and exhausting human factors, until
these islands located on the Persian Gulf in Bahrain
now produce more than a million tons annually.
The same can be said about the petroleum of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia, as American capital succeeded in
obtaining the concession and investing in it, despite
the recency of its economic era, which began in
1936. It was decided that production there between
1951-1956 would rise to (38) million tons.
Rest on p. 3
There is no doubt that the future of petroleum
production in this country promises a greater flood,
as evidenced by the fact that America's resolve ended with
working on extending a pipeline project carrying
Saudi petroleum to the Mediterranean Sea to save
time and cost. Thus, America entered the oil field
in the Far East and came to have economic
interests it seeks to nurture there.
As for Kuwait's oil, which is owned by an English
company and Americans have shares in it, especially
in the Neutral Zone between Najd and Kuwait
supervised by Americans who have a larger share in it,
it has been decided to raise production in the first
of them in 1951 by about (24) million tons, with
this amount rising to (32) million tons in 1956.
Abadan's production in 1951 in Iran was estimated
at about (32) million tons, with this amount rising
in 1956 to about (42) million tons.
In light of the above, British and American
military personnel tend toward the necessity of
strengthening and protecting the forces of the Middle
East with a series of defensive lines extending from
Greece and Turkey, with its axis being the Suez
Canal in Egypt and the center of gravity for its
strategy being the Persian Gulf. Pakistan and India
enter into the protection of the gateway to the Indian
Ocean at the fulcrum of the Arabian Sea leading to
the Red and Mediterranean Seas from the Suez
Canal.
Life's Mission
Lottery...
In a previous talk, I spoke about (Insha'Allah) and said that it is an eloquent symbol of this
crippling dependency that dominates us and disables the perceptions of thought. I demonstrated in
that talk that we have loaded this phrase with a spirit of fatalism that religions themselves did not intend,
and perhaps even fought and contested, as we saw the proof of that in the Holy Qur'an.
Today's talk is another shade of this strange dependency dominating our
souls. I do not see myself in need of proving that it is not recognized by religions, because
Islam in particular has made "Al-Azlam" (divining arrows) among the things that Satan commands and calls for, and
it has forbidden the Muslim or the believer with literary taste from following Satan's commands and prohibitions. And
Al-Azlam were nothing but a game of chance or a form of "lottery," even if the
tools and methods differed.
This afternoon, on my way to the office, I passed by a large crowd gathered around
a board on which were written the numbers of the winning tickets in one of the lotteries. And God is my witness, I did
not see among them a man wearing clothes that command respect or inspire esteem, even
though each one of them carried a ticket in his pocket, waiting for his luck to be proven on a ticket of
fortunes.
We should not focus here on its moral impact, which is not good in any case, but I want
to identify in it another shade of the dependency that dominates our souls, causing us to miss
opportunities that are all valuable and making us burn under the fire of the sun until luck seeks us out... but
after it is too late..
Dr. Abl
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Production Atmosphere of the Iraqi Beer Company
Remainder of the Oil Battle
Therefore, American and British oil companies
in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf
show activity for the first load they undertake, which is
accelerating the extension of all their companies' pipelines in
Iran, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates in their entirety
to the Mediterranean Sea. They have chosen
the port of Latakia in Syria as an unavoidable necessity,
avoiding the direction of Haifa in Israel for the time
being during their attempts to verify between
technicalities and details in the issue of pumping Iraqi oil
to Haifa. But they are met with a refusal from
its politicians for the rigid stance they maintain.
All oil companies in the Persian Gulf region
aim through their plan to accelerate the
liquefaction of oil to the Mediterranean Sea
to prepare some of it to strengthen the defense forces
for the interests of the regimes, then they succeed in directing their governments
in building strategic Middle East bases
in various regions. And they urge the Persian Gulf region
with what suits its position among them.
Therefore, telegrams indicated that
the Syrian government agreed for the Anglo-Iranian
Oil Company to extend oil pipelines in
its territory to pour into the Mediterranean Sea
to accelerate the struggle toward the de facto reality of this
agreement, so it discusses with it the agreement for the passage of these
pipelines through its territory, but Iraq
refused this direction again, wary of
the competition of Iranian oil with Iraqi oil
on the Mediterranean coasts and fearing
Israel's benefit from it if it is poured there.
Perhaps the appropriate solution for this problem that
would meet the hopes of the Arab and Islamic countries
that possess oil sources on the coasts of the Persian Gulf
such as Iraq, Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
on the Dhahran coast, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar is to compel
oil companies to pump their countries' oil in a nearby
spot from the Gulf itself, next to which a
refinery and purification plant would be established to replace the Haifa plants,
and make this spot a free port where their oils
and interests meet without hindrance or discrimination.
There is no doubt that oil companies respond to this
desire because it does not harm their interests, but
rather gains them avoidance of the sharp political disputes
now existing regarding pumping through the Haifa plants.
And this proposal we are making was pointed out by some
concerned with international oil affairs since a recent
period regarding the suitability of the port of (Umm Qasr) on
Iraq's coast on the Persian Gulf if it is
organized and made into one of the most modern international ports.
This same proposal was what Al-Nahhas Pasha based his
recent statement on regarding making the pumping point in
Egypt near the Suez Canal when the matter was discussed with him
to allow steamed oil tankers from the
Persian Gulf to be exempt from the restriction on
passing through the canal. Since this Egyptian perspective
is difficult to achieve, it is more appropriate for the countries of
the Persian Gulf regions to decide
what suits them regarding storing their oils in their regional field,
and that is what contains their benefit and enhances their political
and international strategic status in their brilliant
geographical location that overlooks both the Near and Far East.
Basra: Abdul Ridha Al-Jubaili
The regions and their duties regarding Arab issues in a
general manner, and this general topic regarding
exchanges and so on may be permissible if this topic is
discussed in the League, that the present Ministry
has its point of view in this
regard, and I believe it is premature to
discuss such a topic before the League convenes
and studies the Arab problems and what it can
do to solve these problems.
His Excellency the respected Senator Muzahim
al-Pachachi allows me to answer his statement, which is: Did
the Jews demand more than what
this bill granted them? He allows me
to say that if he examines it, he will find that what
the Jews wished to obtain perhaps,
indeed certainly, was something else, which is other
than the measure that cuts their relationship finaly
with Iraq, and removes them from Iraq to
where there is no return after that. It is possible they
desire to obtain passports
so they can return to Iraq shortly after
going or contacting other parties
and knowing what they do there.
Gentlemen—I appreciate with all appreciation the overflowing feeling
that overwhelmed the respected Senator
Mawlud Mukhlis, that feeling which is undoubtedly
emanating from sincere patriotism. But
allow me to say in commenting on his answer
regarding the necessity of a general liquidation, that question or
desire shared by my colleague His Excellency
Mustafa al-Umari. I did not understand what the intention was
from general liquidation, and I wished that
this desire was clear and explicit so it could be
answered. If the desire is the liquidation of
all Jews, then this is a desire that seems to me to be
difficult to achieve, for it is not fair
—O Gentlemen—to treat people whom
we believe are innocent and have no connection to
the matters that make us complain about them, and everyone knows
that Iraqis are equal before the law
and before the constitution, and their rights are one and equal,
and as long as there is no evidence of their tampering with these laws
or their action on what contradicts the public interest,
then we have no way against them.
It was asked, what will be the status of those who
went to Israel and joined the ranks of the
enemy army and fought us if they return?
Gentlemen—we do not know who fought us,
and until we have sufficient information indicating
that, we cannot do anything. As for
the statement made by His Excellency the respected Senator
Al-Umari that he wished the bill had come
on a family basis, so if one of its members wanted
to declare his desire to leave Iraq permanently, it was
obligatory for the government to deport with him
all family members and drop their Iraqi nationality.
His Excellency the respected Senator, who knows the laws
perfectly, allows me to disagree
with him on that, because there is nothing in this that calls for
fairness or what the law allows. How
can we, if one member of the family
wants to declare his desire to leave Iraq,
say to the rest of the family: we drop your
Iraqi nationality following that person who declared
his desire to leave Iraq among your relatives, so you
must follow him, leave Iraq, and emigrate?
Remainder on page 4
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Continuation of the discussion on the draft annex to the Nationality Law
It is possible, outside he returns to Egypt at any
time he wishes. As for here, and according to this regulation
which I consider - and I do not know how it is considered -
facilitations for them, yes, according to this regulation
Iraqi nationality will be dropped from these people and they will
not have the right to return in the future
as citizens, so they go without return, this
is the difference between the two measures, and I do not know where
the facilitations are.
And perhaps the Honorable Senator's attention is drawn to the measures
that were taken in Yemen, the details of which I do not
know, but I learned that a large number of these people
have left Yemen.
Gentlemen: It is very good to mention Palestine
from time to time and to weep over Palestine
and to grieve for what happened to the Arabs of Palestine,
the poor people, of attacks and damages... but
I do not know if we, the weepers - and may the
Honorable Senator allow me - should ask at least
what did we do for Palestine when we were
responsible for the work? And I do not know if
the Palestinian issue is solved like the discussion in
these regulations or in another way?
Therefore, gentlemen, it is not right
to discuss the Palestinian issue on every occasion and without
occasion, as we might be accused that the discussion on the
Palestinian issue is for propaganda purposes and nothing more.
So it is better then that we treat the Palestinian issue
with serious practical methods that help to
solve it fundamentally and not by showing emotions
and enthusiasm and so on. However, I do not know if
this is the appropriate time to discuss the
Palestinian issue, but I doubt that this time is
appropriate for such research.
The Honorable Senator was kind enough to touch upon
an article written by Sir Samuel in "The Middle East"
and mentioned that this Jewish man
proposed some suggestions to handle this
issue, and as I recall, he specified a date on
which this article was published, and the Honorable Senator
was on this date responsible in the government, so if
he believes that this proposal has some
merit, why didn't His Excellency take it and work
on achieving it?
The Honorable Senator was kind enough to say that
a proposal similar to the contents of this regulation
was submitted by a party when His Excellency was responsible,
and he did not mention who this party was, and I wished
that he would clarify who this party was and what this
proposal was, then His Excellency also said that he rejected
the proposal.
It is true that His Excellency Al-Pachachi has the right to reject
proposals that he believes are harmful or do
not harmonize with the internal or external policy
that he aims for, this is true, but did
he kindly find a solution to this problem?.. I
did not hear from His Excellency that he wanted to treat this
subject - at least - in the way
that he wants, whether negatively or positively, but
if the Honorable Senator recommends ignoring a matter
like this, as His Excellency explained, so that it is not said in
the future that the government made these
facilitations, but rather leave the matter which has reached
a state that led smuggling gangs to clash
in an armed conflict with the police and blood is shed
as happened in recent days, yes, if
the Honorable Senator wants the government to
ignore the matter and leave the situation as it is, then may
His Excellency allow me to answer that the government is not
able to ignore a matter
like this, rather it must treat it in the way it
believes is consistent with the public interest and it
has treated it in this way.
Sir - if the government ignores the matter of
the departure of these people in this illegal way
and remains silent about it, then this means exposing
this country to the danger of these people returning a second time
and perhaps if these people return, or the section we meant
as the youth, after they go and perhaps train
and practice many things, if these people return
again while retaining their nationality, then there
will be damage, so it was necessary for us to
drop the Iraqi nationality from these people and we have
dropped it.
This is the difference between ignoring and silence
and between the firm stance that we spent towards
a matter like this.
I think one point remains - and I ask the
Honorable Senator to alert me if I missed
any of my observations so that I may answer them -
yes, one point remains, which is the urgency,
the Honorable Senator knows that the bylaws
stipulate that there are matters in which the government has the right
to request urgency in discussing them,
and perhaps it does not escape the Honorable Senator that this
regulation is urgent given the surrounding
reasons that necessitate the government to hasten
in taking the measures implementing it and it cannot
remain as it is or allow for it ⟦to continue⟧
in the current situation for days and perhaps weeks.
Discussing urgent regulations is a legal right
that the government can use
when it believes it is necessary, and I believe that
the High Council no doubt appreciates the necessity from
others. The protocols followed in this regard
are for the government to submit the request and for the Council to
decide, and therefore we hope the High Council
will decide what it wishes... These are the answers that
I wanted to comment with on the statements of the Honorable
Senator.
And here the proposal of His Excellency Al-Pachachi was read
including the government's withdrawal of the regulation
and in case of non-approval of that, referring it to
the specialized committee.
And when the proposal was put to a vote, it was rejected,
then the government's proposal to include the regulation
in the session's agenda and to discuss it in an
urgent manner was put forward and accepted.
Ezra Menachem Daniel
In a word about this regulation, there is no doubt that
the government, given what the condition of the Jews of
Iraq has become in a painful situation, has submitted -
reluctantly - this regulation in order to limit the
existing disturbance resulting from illegal
migration which has begun to expand day after day,
by stripping Iraqi nationality from those
who wish to leave the country permanently. This
measure addresses one side of the situation of
the Jews of Iraq, so what is the remedy to reassure
the Jews who do not wish to leave their homeland
permanently and are loyal and performing
all the duties imposed on them according to
the prevailing laws and regulations, yet
as a result of the administrative measures that placed
abnormal restrictions on them applied to them exclusively
among other citizens, they became deprived of
enjoying constitutional and legal citizenship rights,
and were treated with discrimination and their freedoms,
dealings, livelihoods, and culture were restricted, so
does the government not see it as its duty to reassure this
large section of loyal citizens in
its determination to lift those exceptional restrictions
so that reassurance, trust, and stability return, something
which no doubt will bring public benefit to this
dear homeland in all its facilities.
Since the Jews of Iraq are original inhabitants of this
country for nearly 3,500
years, in addition to Iraq being the birthplace of
their supreme grandfather, Lord Abraham the Friend, peace be
upon him, it is hard for every Iraqi Jew to leave
his homeland, his birthplace, in which he has the fondest
memories, unless he is driven by the strongest
necessity. In this case, I do not think it is too much for
the esteemed government to reassure the public with statements
that would remove the restrictions and obstacles that
were imposed exceptionally, and I do not wish to delve
into the research for the causes of the lack of reassurance
and stability among the Jews of Iraq as no doubt
they are not hidden from anyone, and history will show
the true reasons for this migration and will show
that the Jews of Iraq have no relation to
the painful events of which our fellow
citizens complain.
Minister of Interior
Gentlemen - let the High Council allow me to make
a simple, quick comment on some of the observations
that were mentioned by the members of the Honorable Council.
I say in response or answer to what the
Honorable Senator Ezra Menachem said, that the government
looks with an eye of sympathy toward loyal citizens
of the homeland, who do not place themselves in situations
that conflict with the country's interest and harm it.
We know, and the Honorable Senator Ezra Menachem also knows,
that a significant portion of Jewish citizens
did deeds that were not consistent with the country's
interest. Not only this, but they harmed
the country and its interests by these deeds,
and perhaps among the motives that drive a
large section of the members of this sect are political
and religious motives that have centered in the minds
of these people, but we as a government feel
that it is not in the interest to stand in the way of the exodus of
these people to wherever they wanted. And those
who do not want to stay in this country, and
have decided to emigrate from the country permanently, for such
reasons, their staying in the country becomes harmful.
As for the other citizens, as I said,
the government considers them Iraqis, with no difference
between them and other Iraqis, whether they are
Muslims or Christians, as long as they comply
with orders and laws and work according to the country's interest,
and do not place themselves in suspicious
situations that call for doubt and caution, the Basic
Law is sufficient to guarantee these ⟦...⟧
just as the observed laws guarantee that.
There is no doubt that the Honorable Senator agrees ⟦...⟧
agreement that a government is not able ⟦...⟧
to overlook such deeds ⟦...⟧
that I mentioned. This is a simple answer ⟦...⟧
Honorable Senator Ezra Menachem with ⟦...⟧
in it what reassures the Senator on the application of ⟦...⟧
the rational, conforming to the laws and interest ⟦...⟧
Gentlemen - Did I not say that the government ⟦...⟧
with this legislation because it has no room ⟦...⟧
to the activity of the smuggling gangs, ⟦...⟧
in its power to work in combating ⟦...⟧
that work on smuggling, so was ⟦...⟧
Honorable Muzahim Al-Pachachi to ⟦...⟧
this point more clearly, so in response ⟦...⟧
I say that I saw this policy ⟦...⟧
that its application, considering it a solution to a problem ⟦...⟧
important, I found that the best treatment ⟦...⟧
allowing the exit of those who want to ⟦...⟧
provided that the Iraqi nationality is dropped from him ⟦...⟧
do not let him return to the country later ⟦...⟧
the policy the government sees in the interest of ⟦...⟧
to follow it in solving this issue, ⟦...⟧
it cannot combat the matter of smuggling ⟦...⟧
because it believes that there is no benefit in combating ⟦...⟧
or the fugitives. And if the government wanted ⟦...⟧
to combat, it is in its power to ⟦...⟧
these smugglers or fugitives, but ⟦...⟧
wherever they went. But what is the benefit ⟦...⟧
of the work? There is no benefit in it, rather ⟦...⟧
all the benefit is in getting rid of these ⟦...⟧
which I said would appear ⟦...⟧
in the short run or if it were ⟦...⟧
long, and for this I hope he agrees ⟦...⟧
the saying: the government brought this regulation ⟦...⟧
to facilitate the matter of their travel. For there is ⟦...⟧
a great [difference] between saying that the government [brought] ⟦...⟧
the regulation to facilitate their travel ⟦...⟧
and saying that the government brought this ⟦...⟧
while it wants to drop the Iraqi nationality ⟦...⟧
from whoever thinks of leaving Iraq, so I hope ⟦...⟧
this difference
I hope from His Excellency Muzahim ⟦...⟧
to remember what I said. For I did not say ⟦...⟧
Al-Pachachi failed in the knowledge of its implementation ⟦...⟧
Sir Samuel. I wished if ⟦...⟧
Mr. Muzahim Al-Pachachi sees ⟦...⟧
working according to this proposal, to clarify ⟦...⟧
from the work towards its implementation.
And perhaps he tried and the circumstances did not ⟦...⟧
so I have no account for that, ⟦...⟧
never said - and I want to record this ⟦...⟧
clearly - that Egypt facilitated the going of ⟦...⟧
to Israel. Rather, I said it facilitated ⟦...⟧
whoever wants to leave, and to leave from ⟦...⟧
and the number of those who left was not capable ⟦...⟧
Al-Pachachi, and was not limited to ⟦...⟧
but rather as far as I know the number that ⟦...⟧
Egypt exceeded thousands, so I hope ⟦...⟧
they make sure to allow me to tell him ⟦...⟧
the number exceeded thousands.
The Honorable Senator wondered if ⟦...⟧
the government existing with Arab entities ⟦...⟧
a unified policy on the matter, so ⟦...⟧
that the present government is fully aware ⟦...⟧
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Continuation of the discussion on the draft annex to the Nationality Law
I believe that in this there is a prejudice, a great prejudice against
those who do not want to show this desire and who go along with
the interest of the country and do not commit a crime that leads to
that.
The honorable Senator Mustafa Al-Umari spoke
about the acceptance of the principle of stripping citizenship from those who
want it stripped from them, or stripping citizenship
from those who try to leave Iraq in an illegal
manner or do not leave it in a legal manner.
His Excellency Al-Umari spoke about the importance of this
aspect and its gravity, and said how can
an Iraqi be treated in this way? Because
stripping citizenship is a significant matter. But what
can the government do in accordance with the public interest
while holding onto the names of those who
want to leave Iraq permanently without stripping
their Iraqi citizenship? Does
this mean that His Excellency wants the government
to suffice with passports?
I believe that if Al-Umari reconsidered this
subject, he would find that it is necessary to strip
Iraqi citizenship from such a group of
people, and if citizenship is not stripped from these,
then from whom should citizenship be stripped? I hope from
His Excellency to give an example of those who are worse than
these elements so that citizenship may be stripped from them
and their problem be addressed through passports,
visas, and permits.
His Excellency Al-Umari questioned the status of the funds
and properties of those whose Iraqi citizenship is stripped,
and mentioned that these people, by retaining them, still
could and will be able to
smuggle their money. I believe that everyone
knows, given the conditions and available capabilities,
that those who want to smuggle their money to neighboring
countries across the borders—and I do not wish to mention the borders of
these countries—can smuggle money through them.
Perhaps it is possible to study the financial situation
in order to set a wise financial plan to preserve
the country's wealth. His Excellency Al-Umari knows that
there is a law providing for the organization of foreign exchange,
and that foreign exchange is
what is practiced in such matters; therefore, I
leave a long discussion on this financial aspect,
which is not part of the subject or jurisdiction of the draft,
which was limited to a specific purpose or goal.
His Excellency Al-Umari mentioned that the draft addressed three
points and neglected a fourth point; it addressed the issue of those
who wish to leave Iraq permanently in Article
One, and those who leave or try to leave
Iraq illegally in Article Two,
and those who have previously left Iraq in Article
Three. In these articles, there are clear provisions
to deal with these cases. His Excellency Al-Umari
questioned the point regarding the status of those who
left Iraq with passports. I believe
that those who left by virtue of passports
would have their treatment be ordinary, as those
who go with a passport for a purpose, interest,
or trade can return to Iraq according
to the law as long as it does not appear that this man or
the passport holder committed a violation, and if
that is proven, the rule of law will be applied to him.
I believe this answer is sufficient to clarify
this aspect. (And here, signs of desire to end
the discussion appeared on His Excellency the Prime Minister
and others after the time exceeded one
thirty). As I find the desire
strong to be brief, I do not wish to leave out
the points mentioned by His Excellency Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi,
which I believe are necessary to address,
namely the plan to facilitate the travel of Jews, by saying that
some countries have prohibited Jewish migration to Palestine,
so why do we facilitate this migration for them under
the legislation?
Gentlemen—the government did not facilitate
migration for Jews under the legislation, and there is no
word in the draft referring to such facilities
at all; rather, it contains what preserves Iraqi citizenship
from those who want to leave Iraq permanently.
His Excellency Al-Aiyubi mentioned that the government,
after lifting martial law, took
measures to prevent the migration of these people and leaving
Iraq, or to prevent the activity of smuggling gangs.
Gentlemen—merely that the government thought about
these measures or that it actually took them.
But I regret that I found no trace of measures
like these that prevented the activity of smuggling gangs
or the flight of these people. I did not say it was necessary
for martial law to remain for His Excellency Al-Aiyubi to take
this word as a response. What I said was
that I agree with His Excellency on the necessity of the implementation
of exceptional methods such as martial law
and others as long as there is no urgent need for them.
If there is an urgent need to declare martial
law in a certain place, the executive authority can
use the declaration of martial law as a means to maintain security and order in
the country, and these laws govern in difficult
situations and times. I have never criticized the idea
of abolishing martial law.
I believe that no important points remain
that I have not answered, and I suffice with these answers,
as I feel that the time of the High Council has become
unhelpful for continuing to talk about
these subjects.
Voting
And here the chairman of the session (who is His Excellency
Mr. Abd al-Hadi al-Chalabi, who presided over
the session after His Excellency Mr. Jamil al-Midfai left
the hall for a period of time) announced that there was no one left
requesting to speak, so the draft was put to a vote article
by article and was completed. Then it was put in its final form
for a vote and was also accepted, and the session
adjourned.
Announcement
That (450) shares out of (864) shares
of the orchard, piece 36, block 35,
located in the South Kar'at neighborhood, Adhamiya,
belonging to Jawad bin Salman, Jassim, Hashim,
Hadi, Najia, Fatima, and Zahra, children of Mahmoud,
insured in the first degree with Abd al-Majid
bin Tawfiq, has been put up for auction against the value of
the mortgage and desire. From the date of this announcement
and for a period of forty-five days, the applicant
for purchase must consult the Land Registry Department.
(M - 1157) Director of Land Registry, Baghdad Province
Announcement
That (450) shares out of (864) shares
of the orchard, piece 36, block 35, located
in the South Kar'at neighborhood, Adhamiya, belonging
to Jawad bin Salman, Jassim, Hashim, Hadi,
Najia, Fatima, and Zahra, children of Mahmoud, insured
in the first degree with Abd al-Majid Tawfiq,
has been put up for auction against the value of the mortgage
and desire. From the date of this announcement for a period of forty-
five days, the applicant for purchase must
consult the Land Registry Department.
(M - 1158) Director of Land Registry, Baghdad Province
Announcement
File Number 3632-49
Date 18-3-950
A lawsuit was filed in this court by
the plaintiff Hay Ibrahim Mir Fattah against the defendant
Munshi Hay Ibrahim regarding the delivery of
the furniture shown to him and seized by
the Baghdad Execution Department in file number
3639-49. When the summons was issued
to the aforementioned defendant, it appeared that his location is unknown,
therefore it was decided to notify him by announcement via
one of the local newspapers. He must
attend, the aforementioned defendant, before this
court at nine o'clock in the morning on the day of
the hearing coinciding with 29-3-1950, or if he
does not send an official representative for him and does not inform the court
of his legitimate excuse, proceedings will be taken against him
in absentia according to the rules.
Baghdad Peace Judge.
(M - 1276)
Announcement
That (450) shares out of (864) shares and (681, 682, 683,
and 684) located in the Shamiya side belonging to the Souq al-Shuyukh district, Basra-Baghdad
railway, have been put up for auction against the mortgage value and desire. From the date of this announcement
and for a period of forty-five days, the applicant for purchase must consult the Land Registry Department.
Seal and signature
Land Registry Officer, Souq al-Shuyukh
Warning to the contractor Moshe Hardon
You had undertaken to sew police clothes for a full year, and since you have been exiled to an
unknown destination and have not implemented what you undertook, therefore we warn you of the need to complete what you undertook
within a period of thirty days. Upon failure to complete the request, the contract will be canceled, your deposits confiscated,
and all measures stipulated in contract number 3067 dated
14-9-949 will be taken against you.
Acting Director General of Police
Announcement
Based on what was stated in the letter of the Baghdad Province Police Directorate numbered 3629 and dated
14/3/1950, the District Administration Council decided in its resolution numbered (82) dated 25/3/1950
to put the undertaking for feeding the detainees of the Kadhimiya police station up for public tender for a period of six months
starting from 1/4/950. The tender period is ten days starting from the date above. Those
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Al-Naba'
The Newspaper - ⟦...⟧
Number - 492
Date - March 6, 1950
Opposition that has no echo!
A few days ago, the ministry submitted a bill regarding the revocation of citizenship from Jews fleeing Iraq or those who want to leave Iraq for Israel. The deputies approved it almost unanimously from a principled point of view because it came as a radical remedy for one of the most complex national and patriotic problems at the same time.
Then the bill made its way to the Senate the morning before yesterday, and it was expected to receive consensus from the principled point of view as well, as it did from the esteemed deputies. Had it not been for His Excellency Pachachi, who destroyed a pillar of this expectation when he began calling—during his opposition—for the matter of the Jews to be left as it is now. He said: "If it is necessary to submit to the recklessness of the Jews (as such), then the government should ignore these smugglings (as such) and not bring a bill like this and ask the Parliament to issue a law that facilitates this smuggling."
While we are in the process of understanding the views of His Excellency the honest Pachachi, we do not want to discuss his opinion on leaving the matter of the Jews who have transgressed the rights of citizenship and are filling Israel—those who no longer have a desire to live in this safe country—in its current state of neglect. Rather, we want to draw public opinion's attention to the strangeness of the call contained in such wrapped and hidden words, because an aware public opinion cannot be deceived by such a losing trick that His Excellency wants to use on the people. Nor do we think there is a single gullible person among the people who can convince himself of what His Excellency is calling for, because the position of the (political file) is not hidden. We do not know how officials can ignore these smugglings, which are not limited to fleeing individuals alone, but include the country's funds and public wealth, until the kingdom's financial structure is hollowed out, only to notice after it is too late. Yes, we do not understand this strange call except in one way: it is a new Israeli weapon with which His Excellency Pachachi fights his political opponents at the expense of the nation and the people, and we deem His Excellency above reaching this level on the ladder of political action.
Furthermore, we do not know if His Excellency Pachachi wanted to demand that the government drape this situation of Jewish flight in the cloak of leniency and neglect, as his government did, or as he did the day he signed the decision to postpone consideration of the matter of the Syrian-Iraqi union for five years, believing that leaving the matter of the union was better and more beneficial for the Arab cause and resistance to Israel, because Egypt is the only state with great potential to defend Palestine, as it defended it in Rhodes, naturally!!
We say that we do not want to discuss His Excellency Pachachi's opinions after the Minister of Interior refuted them and showed their falsity and pointed out the elements of claim and propaganda in them. But we want to understand Pachachi's new philosophy, which he has started advocating after moving away from the chair as a result of his failure in dealing with our major national issues. Yes, this philosophy is difficult to understand, accept, or swallow by an entire people, yet easy for His Excellency and those blowing the horn of his (empire)!!
Pachachi's new claim, in light of this philosophy of his, is no different from the claim of a doctor who objects to cutting off a rotten limb from a patient's body, allowing the corruption and disease to seep into the rest of the body's members until it ends with the patient's death, under the pretext that it is a disgrace for the patient to cut off this rotten limb because in this cutting there is submission and subservience to that severed limb. Is there anything more denied and ugly than a doctor responding to a rotten limb and cutting it?!!
That is the most beautiful depiction of Pachachi's new call in attacking the bill to amend the annex for revocation of citizenship. Perhaps this new Pachachi thinking puts people in a state of confusion for which they may find no justification if they seek acceptable logical reasons. The tongues of the people wag in astonishment at his position yesterday when he was Prime Minister, and his position today while he is outside of power. Knowledge of that belongs to His Excellency, and he is the most entitled to answer it. However, it is for us—as Iraqis—to express our great regret over the position of a former Prime Minister appearing in this unbalanced manner before public opinion, attacking every positive step in treating our national and patriotic problems alike, for fear that the road to the ministry will be blocked for His Excellency at the least. This is because the reins of government must not be given hereafter to anyone who openly voices this color of thinking that opposes our national aspirations.
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Newspaper: Al-Zaman
Number: 856
Date: March 6, 1950
The New Nationality Revocation Bill
and the Iraqi Nationality Law
Will be applied to Jews leaving Iraq
The Senate concluded the day before yesterday
the ratification of the bill to revoke the nationality of
fleeing Jews and those wishing to leave
Iraq after a heated discussion, and the bill
was sent yesterday morning to the Royal Court
for the approval of His Highness the Great Regent, and it
is expected that the royal approval will be completed within
the next two days for the publication of the bill in
the Official Gazette and for it to become effective.
.. It has been observed that a large number of
Jews in Baghdad are preparing to leave
Iraq after having liquidated their assets.
It is understood that the departure of these individuals is not completed
merely by the revocation of nationality according to the new bill,
but rather requires the application of the
Iraqi Nationality Law of 1933 to them,
which specifies in one of its clauses the conditions for an
Iraqi to renounce nationality regarding the amount
of money he carries when leaving Iraq,
as it is not permissible for any Iraqi, whoever he may be, to renounce
his nationality without his funds being subject
to special conditions under the Nationality Law.
Thus, the new bill came as a supplement
to the Nationality Law and not independent of it.
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Number 1562
Date March 6, 1950
The News
The Pachachi Ministry
and the Jews
On the occasion of the speech delivered by His Excellency Mr. Muzahim al-Pachachi in the Senate
the day before yesterday during the discussion of the supplement to the Nationality Revocation Decree, we republish the speech
delivered by His Excellency al-Pachachi while he was Prime Minister in the Chamber of Deputies in response to
the resignation of His Excellency Mr. Sadiq al-Bassam, Minister of Defense of the Pachachi Ministry.
His Excellency al-Pachachi said in the session of September 28, 1948, in his capacity as Prime Minister,
the following verbatim:
"Gentlemen: This ministry (the Pachachi Ministry) has at no time declared that it is against
the Jews. We (the Pachachi Ministry) consider Zionism to be different from Judaism, and that the Iraqi
Jews, in view of the existing laws and in view of Islamic Sharia, have the same rights
as others. There was no policy against the Jews that we retreated from implementing. So, if the former
Minister of Defense (His Excellency Mr. Sadiq al-Bassam) believes that the martial administrations were established
to oppress the Jews, this is incorrect, because we take pride in the fact that we oppose injustice, for we are among those
who believe that injustice has never at any time been a valid tool for governance."
Muzahim al-Pachachi
Prime Minister
And the floor is now for His Excellency Mr. Muzahim al-Pachachi, member of the Senate and former
Prime Minister.
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Monday, 6 March 1950, 17 Jumada al-Ula 1369, Issue 210
Do Not Buy Jewish Property
For It Will Return as Bullets to Your Chests
We were among those who argued for the necessity of preventing Jews from leaving Iraq for Israel to avoid the participation of those departing in strengthening the Zionist front and the worsening of the danger to neighboring Arab countries. However, what has recently happened regarding the large number of those wishing to travel among them has disrupted the economic situation in the country and sent anxiety and instability into the souls of citizens through speculation and smuggling movements that made stagnation prevail over the local market, and other reasons and factors explained by His Excellency the Minister of Interior in the Chamber of Deputies when presenting the draft law for revoking citizenship from Iraqi Jews wishing to leave Iraq or those who fled among them before the law was drafted. All of this has made us at the forefront of those who support the passage of the draft law and getting rid of these harmful groups in any form whatsoever.
Jews have inhabited this country for more than a thousand years, so they were met with the best reception a guest can receive and were treated, along with other Iraqi sects, as equals. The field was left open for them to control the markets, hold the reins of trade, and penetrate various government and private departments and institutions. If we exclude the minor incidents that befell them, which they themselves caused and provoked to gain the sympathy of colonialists and obtain their assistance in migrating to Palestine and presenting this dear Arab spot to them specifically, then the Jews have no argument or evidence for what some claim of illusory persecution or false pressure. If any of that occurred under necessary circumstances, it did not affect any of the innocent but rather included persons who exploited the Palestine war and carried out acts that would disturb internal security, disrupt the economic situation, and provide material assistance to Zionist gangs. We want to be more frank and say that they were not affected by events except for the incident of June 2,
1941, which would not have happened if it were not for the rumors of provocative movements carried out by Jews from the members of the Jewish community. Its result was the migration of a large number of their youth to Palestine to gather money and prepare houses and sources of income for their families who would join them years later. Also, some of their wealthy individuals exploited those events to transfer much of their money to foreign banks, foremost among them Swiss banks, so they could withdraw it after leaving Iraq.
What no observer denies is that the aforementioned draft law was met with satisfaction from all circles, as they expect, after the migration of a large number of Jews, an improvement in the economic situation, a massive drop in the prices of necessary commodities, foremost among them foodstuffs, a very large drop in rental rates, a wide scope for employing the unemployed in various positions and industries, and comprehensive stability on the home front. We do not speak untruthfully when we say that the Jews did not participate with other citizens in any national movement, nor did they contribute to any work that would achieve good, happiness, and progress for this country. Many of their youth have contributed in recent years to spreading destructive principles to occupy the people and the government away from saving Palestine when its cause reached the final stage.
As we talk about this, we do not agree with those who say it is necessary to freeze the funds of migrating Jews, nor do we support them in that, for no reason other than that its implementation may cause many difficulties and force many of those who want to migrate to
retain their nationalities, so they would be a source of anxiety and trouble for the people and the government in their staying. Furthermore, their existing funds do not equal these troubles and problems after vast amounts of money fled in bulk in previous years as cash or goods. As for the houses and real estate, what the Jews own of them is very little, not exceeding dozens of ruined houses in old quarters. As for the lofty palaces in Al-Battaween and its surroundings, they are property of the Awqaf (Endowments) and the Jews inhabited them under long-term leases for which only a few years remain until expiry.
While we support the government and the deputies in passing the draft law and getting rid of harmful elements, we direct these words of ours to the people, hoping they will be adorned with national sentiment and patriotic sincerity, so they refrain from buying the property and furniture of Jews. For whatever cash they pay for that, no one benefits from it but the enemy. Every dirham paid by an Iraqi to a migrating Jew goes into the account of the funds collected by Zionists to buy weapons and strengthen their criminal entity in the Arab lands.
Yes, noble Iraqi, remember that every dirham or dinar you pay today to a migrating Jew will return in the future as a "bullet" or a "bomb" aimed at your chest or the chests of your Arab brothers. Know then what a national or humanitarian crime you commit by buying the furniture of Jews or their property and helping them exchange it for cash.
Remember this well. And beware of the reckoning of God, conscience, and history.
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Newspaper -: Al-Husun
Number -: 210
Date -: 6 March 1950
A new way by which Jews smuggle their money
100,000 stamps
Of the denomination of one dinar, half a dinar, and a quarter dinar, and 96 gold pounds
And 283 Iraqi dinars
A Jew began smuggling them via Khanaqin
While one of the cars was driving
Alongside the Hamrin mountains, carrying a group
Of army inspectors and civilians heading to
Baghdad coming from Khanaqin, it caught the attention of
Its passengers that a person was standing on the
Road, and when he saw this car
He turned around attempting to flee to the mountain
Paths to hide in them, but he was prevented from
That by one of the passengers who ordered
The car driver to stop and he got out of it
With all the passengers and they headed towards the place
Where that person had disappeared. And they
Found him, and with him was a group of Jews
Hiding there. After they threatened them
One of them answered that they were waiting in this
Place for a car they had negotiated with
Its owner to transport them to Tehran. By chance
A government car passed, so they stopped it
And handed over these criminals to them. After
Searching them, it appeared that they were hiding in their pockets
96 gold pounds and 283 dinars in cash
And 100,000 unused Iraqi stamps
Of the denomination of one dinar, half a dinar, and a quarter
Dinar. Upon inquiring from them about
The reason for their smuggling of this quantity of stamps
One of them answered that they carried these stamps
Due to their lightness and ease of carrying, and transferring their value according to
The proverb (light in weight and high in price)
This new trick is finally
And not lastly of what has been discovered of the tricks of
The Jews to smuggle our money and drive them to
War against our economy, so let this be read by
Those who defend them??
Be kind
To the bodies of the poor
Iraqi newspaper readers have become accustomed to
Reading in various newspapers from time to
Time explicit complaints from patients
And their families against the lack of care in their treatment
In government hospitals and their long
Wait for the purpose of meeting doctors
Who have become accustomed to being absent from their official
Work centers most of the working hours
And their preoccupation with private visits and leaving
The poor applicants crowded at
Their doors waiting for the near relief
Which only comes very rarely.
People have become accustomed to reading these complaints
In the newspaper pages dozens of times
A year, and heard them hundreds of times from
The mouths of the people every month, but
The situation remains as it has been for
Many years. Negligence, indifference
And tampering in unhealthy affairs is still
Observed in most of the important sections in
Government hospitals and other
Special departments for giving lectures or
Conducting colleagues [meetings] uninterrupted even in
Times of day, just as poor patients are still
Deprived of thorough examination and comfortable health
Treatment, and we are not lying if
We say that their treatment in clinics
And government hospitals does not differ
From the treatment of their likes in feudal police
Centers (referring to Ali Khalid the African)
And we do not mean anything other than what they face in
Hospitals in terms of appreciation, care, and kindness
⟦...⟧
For we are certain that if any sick person found
What would cover the costs of external treatment
They would not have visited the official hospitals for this
Condition, no matter how careful or stingy they were,
But hunger and this situation are nothing but
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From the scandals of the African barbarian
Renting centers and subcontracting the assistant offices
In our last issue, we published a list
And figures regarding bribery and bribe-takers in
The era of decay, and we promised the readers
To publish other information in this issue
And for the readers, the text of what we promised them:
The police centers in the era of Ali
Khalid were a common property for him, which he rented
To whoever raised the rent to a price higher than it
Was, and the commissioners who rented
These centers were in turn renting out
The areas that generate profits for certain
Percentages to the non-commissioned officers and individuals
And the rental rate varied according to the importance of
The center in terms of its location and areas,
The first-class centers are the centers
Where vice houses, gambling dens, markets, clubs,
And cinemas are frequent in their areas, and second-class centers
Are those where Jews reside, and third-class
Centers are the centers where shops
And markets are frequent, and the remaining centers
Are the fourth-class centers
The rent of a first-class center ranges
Between 1,000 and 1,500 dinars
Monthly, and the second-class 500
And 1,000 dinars monthly, and the third-class
250 and 500 dinars
Monthly. As for the fourth class, its rent varies
According to the capability of the center official
Who rents it. As for the assistant offices, the
Important ones among them, where first-class centers
Were located, were entrusted by contract
To assistants known to everyone
We have lists of the names of the centers
And their tenants and the amounts paid, so we refrain
In this regard to draw the attention of doctors
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From publishing them for various reasons, including that
The investigation is now taking place in a wide
Comprehensive manner by the specialized departments, rather
We can state that the investigation has
Almost reached its end and that a very wide
Movement will take place in the police
Ranks.
We can also confirm to the readers that
His Excellency the Acting Director General of Police has
Reviewed the investigations he is conducting on
All of this information, and we hope from His Excellency
To impose the harshest and strictest punishments at
The fastest possible opportunity on whoever is proven by
The investigation to be involved in these acts
Which did not only harm the reputation of the police
But have harmed Iraq, its people,
And its government. Let the readers wait in tomorrow's
Issue for the scandals and disgraces of the tyrant's era that have
Not been published yet.
Settling the dispute
Between Syria and Lebanon
His Excellency Riad El-Solh Bey, the Lebanese
Prime Minister, made a statement in the Council of
Ministers saying that there is great hope in
Settling the existing dispute between Syria
And Lebanon soon
American planes
For Jordan
The US government offered to
Sell some planes to Jordan and the
Jordanian government began discussing this
Offer. The US government expressed
Its desire to send five
Jordanian students for aviation training
In America at its own
Expense.
Be amazed and delighted
Firdous Cigarettes
Because they are low in nicotine and free of
[al-waz] and destruction
May 4, 1950
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Al-Yaqdha
Newspaper: Al-Yaqdha
Issue: 767
Date: March 6, 1950
Economic Corner
No, Ezra !!
... That (recent governments) empowered the Jews, pampered them, treated them kindly, and issued martial law to protect them !! But the Jews are the Jews as long as the (Torah) and (Talmud) exist !! They spread chaos, disseminated vice, smuggled funds, forged documents, manipulated the market, and bought consciences. They sucked blood through usury, and limited their work to what benefits themselves, not what benefits the homeland. They spied on it, wrote against it, tarnished its glory, humiliated its body, ignored its rights, denied its grace, and wreaked havoc and meddled, and became tyrannical and arrogant. They toyed with its sides as the mouse toyed with the Marib Dam, until the time came, and the matter of Palestine was concluded !! They fled the flight of the mean, and escaped the escape of the (coward) !! No memory moves them !! No blessing returns them !! No mercy takes them !! They are driven by the (Talmud) and called by the (Torah) to the Promised Land ! ! So how can recent governments be accused of persecuting the Jews when the accusation should be directed at the (Talmud) ??? And how do we reconcile (persecution) with your presence in the Senate ?? And how do we combine this persecution you claim with these houses, palaces, lands, and estates that you own, and the multiples of which are owned by the members of your (persecuted) sect ?? Tell me, Ezra, by the right of the nation that made you an (eye) to see with, yet you gouged out its (eye) !! Tell me, Ezra, before I speak to you and return what you said in the (Council) to what (Ben-Gurion) said in (Israel) ... (Those with influence abroad must protect their sect until it is possible for us to withdraw them gradually) !! Were you then performing the mission of the (rear guard) in securing the withdrawal of the members of your sect !!??
(A)
* I do not think there is anyone among the people who does not want the Jews to leave Iraq, but on the condition that they do not take the country's wealth with them. And that no fifth column of them remains. If the officials guarantee that for us, we can say: To where the traveler Umm Qash'am has cast her bags!
* Senator Ezra Menachem raised a new tune, saying that the Jews are among the original inhabitants of this country for 3500 years and that it is the birthplace of their grandfather Abraham the Friend. Nothing remains except for the Jews to demand making Iraq part of their national homeland and a follower of their illegitimate state. They have said that and demanded it from the Nile to the mouth of the Euphrates!
* Ezra Menachem forgot or pretended to forget to mention those from the Jews of Iraq who donated their money and volunteered themselves to fight us in Palestine. An act that provoked every Iraqi and raised his indignation against the traitors of the homeland and deniers of blessings.
* His Excellency Senator Mawlud Mukhlis said: He sees that it is more correct for the government to resort to a final liquidation to rid the country of the dangers that threaten it, because the mother of the slain sleeps, but the mother of the cradle does not sleep!
* It was reported in some local newspapers that a mission headed by the Jewish doctor Gardner intends to visit Iraq soon to study civilization there. If that is true, then this study is based on Ezra Menachem's theory, which is that Iraq is the original home of the Jews and the birthplace of their supreme grandfather Abraham the Friend! So listen, O Arabs (intruders!) on the Jewish homeland.
* A reliable source informed us that among the many things the Jews are smuggling with them are (revenue stamps) in great quantities. I do not know the purpose of that, but I draw the attention of the Ministry of Finance to this matter!
* .. And finally .. the Ministry of Interior decided to expel the Jewess Salima Murad from the radio .. thereby relieving the masses .. and we hope - on this occasion - that Mr. Mohammed Al-Gubanji takes his proper place in the broadcasting house ..
Arrest of three Jews
attempting to escape to Israel
The Diyala Bridge police arrested yesterday | and four undershirts and three shirts
three Jews in a lorry truck | and two pairs of socks and a coat
driven by the driver named Bawa Khan from | and wool undershirts and two pairs of trousers and a Ghutra
the residents of Mandali and upon investigation it appeared that | and one of them carried a belt on his stomach
their names are: Hayim Saleh and Moshe Menashe | sewn with an amount of (15) Dinars
and Meir Eliyahu and they are residents of Baghdad | and another put in the pocket of the second trousers
Al-Aquliya and Al-Tatran neighborhoods, and the | which he wears under his upper trousers
three Jews claimed that they intended | an amount of (10) Dinars as the third of them
to go to Al-Aziziyah for the purpose of (recreation) | wore a military combat suit and thus
but after searching them it was revealed that they | the Jews prove that they are peaceful citizens
wear a large number of clothes as it | do not intend anything but joining the enemies??
appeared that one of them wears three undergarments
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Al-Hawadeth
2150
20 March 950
Newspaper: ⟦illegible⟧
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Jewish employees representing Arab Egypt
for years in the United Nations Organization
Below is a statement of Egyptian employees in the Secretariat of the United Nations as shown
in the files of the Personnel Office:
1) Joseph Baida-Al-Mani: A clerk appointed on November 23, 1949
at a monthly salary of $744 (The Egyptian Consulate says it does not know
any Egyptian citizen by this name...)
2) Georgette Cohen: An editor appointed on October 7, 1949, with a salary
of $7,000 annually, tax-free, excluding bonuses and grants
(The Egyptian Consulate says that Miss Cohen is not an Egyptian national)
3) Marina Lubna: An alleged Egyptian currently spending her vacation in her homeland
"Israel" and not Egypt, appointed since January 15, 1947, with an annual
base salary of $3,590
4) Nassim Halloum: Appointed in the Department of Economic Affairs since July 25,
1946, with an annual base salary of $7,400, and his father Salim Halloum was appointed
since July 1, 1947, in the Department of Non-Self-Governing Territories
with an annual salary of $10,610
5) Andre Romano: Another Egyptian! An inspector in the Administrative and Financial Department,
appointed on August 7, 1947, with an annual base salary of 7,400 pounds
The Damascus newspaper Aleph Baa commented on this news, saying that we want
the Syrian government to conduct an investigation in Lake Success in the hope that it might also find
Jewish employees in the name of Syria in various branches and institutions of the United Nations
Organization, and we also call upon other Arab governments to follow Egypt's lead in
investigating whether there is manipulation in its name taking place in the United Nations organization similar to
this scandalous neglect by those who took over the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs before His Excellency
Salah al-Din Bey. Attention must be paid to the Secretary-General of the organization, Mr. Trygve
Lie, the Norwegian, a bitter enemy of the Arabs who does not leave a small or large matter inside the organization or
outside it without seizing it to belittle the Arab nations, and we still hear him saying in
his speech eulogizing Bernadotte in the General Assembly of the session held in
Paris: Such and such were killed (and he listed ten names of United Nations employees)
they were killed by Arab bullets, while Count Bernadotte was killed by bullets of unidentified soldiers
wearing Jewish army uniforms
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How the Jews received
The Law of Revoking Citizenship
You can hardly encounter a Jew without his face
overflowing with joy and happiness for the victory they
achieved yesterday, and you can hardly encounter a nationalist
without seeing him frowning as if he feels
a new, ignominious defeat.
Iraqis hate the Jews not because they are
Jews only, but they hate them for what has emerged
from them of ingratitude and betrayal manifested in
their stance on Palestine and their stance on
Iraq itself, Ezra Menachem says:
"What is the remedy to reassure the Jews who
do not wish to leave their homeland
permanently?"
And do the Jews recognize the nationalism that
His Excellency the Senator claimed? Rather, if we searched
the depths of his heart, we would see otherwise, for
the Jews now have a state, and it is not reasonable
that circumstances would not make them arrogant or that they would not work to
establish its foothold.
If the law included the expulsion of the Jews
from Iraq, the people would have glorified the Ministry's stance
and its decisiveness, but it gave them an explicit
right, and this law helped to
extract national wealth from Iraq,
and leak it to the State of Israel by the mere will
of the Iraqi government.
Ezra Menachem grumbles about the measures that
the Iraqi government has taken with his
kinsmen, but he does not grumble about what
criminal Israel does in chasing the Arabs
and confiscating their property and money,
and considering them prisoners living in humiliation
and misery.
Yes, public opinion was resentful of this
law with the utmost resentment, and it was denounced by
all the Iraqi press, so much so that even a single
newspaper of those supporting the government
did not dare to comment a single word on it, and
it was satisfied with publishing the speeches delivered in the
Senate. Public opinion still attaches great
importance to its final stage, which is for
the Royal Court to reject it, or request
its amendment to be consistent with the desires
of the Iraqi people.
Yesterday the Jews celebrated two holidays: the holiday of
the magazine, and the holiday of the law, while the
nationalists collided with another hideous defeat
in addition to the other defeats.
This law gave a right
to the Jews to leave Iraq and join
under the banner of Israel, and all the
young men will migrate to Israel and fight
the Arabs in a great war.
No government among the governments of the Arab world
has taken this path, so how did the
Iraqi government dare to take this
step without thinking of the consequences?
After all this, we ask the Almighty to
enlighten the Arab governments in managing
their affairs and serving the country according to the national
interest; He is the Hearer of prayers.
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The defense of His Excellency Saleh Jabr for the law
We quote the most important of what was stated in His Excellency's speech in the course of defending the law:
Gentlemen: If you browse the law, you will not find in it that these Jews will inevitably go
to this material destination intended by the respected Senator, nor is there anything in it that facilitates
the departure of those whom the Senator described as young men to this destination, but it is possible
that some of them may leak to this destination.
Gentlemen: It is futile to try to keep a large crowd of citizens who want
to leave and emigrate for known reasons, for keeping them and forcing them to stay is
what may not be consistent with the public interest in the short run or the long run.
The respected Senator was kind enough to say that facilitating the travel of these people to a
hostile destination would be a fifth column; let His Excellency allow me to say that the fifth column does not mean
that unfaithful elements go to a certain destination, but rather the meaning of the
fifth column is that a section of citizens remains who may feel a sentiment
that does not agree with the sentiment of the people of the country, in this country. This is the meaning of the fifth column,
and it does not mean that they go so the country is rid of their evils in the future. So I
ask the respected Senator to pay attention to this point.
* And perhaps His Excellency the Senator has heard of the measures taken in Yemen, of which
I do not have knowledge of the details, but I learned that a large number of these people have left Yemen.
* It is not right to discuss the issue of Palestine on every occasion and without
occasion, as we might be accused that the discussion of the Palestine issue is intended for propaganda
only. It is better, then, that we treat the Palestine issue with effective practical methods that help
to solve it fundamentally, and not by showing emotions and enthusiasm and so on. I
do not know if this is the appropriate time to discuss the Palestine issue, but I doubt
that this time is suitable for such research.
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The Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League
As for the statement, he said:
He wrote [for] the sympathy of the major powers and...
in the mind of the Arab League states at all
And this "word" was
so they could sleep peacefully!
So thank you, Pasha! ...
Syria requests:
to it
His Excellency Khalid al-Azm cabled Azzam
the Arab until next April because he will...
representatives to the Council on the twentieth of
the new [one] on the Constituent Assembly in this
The tour of the Shah of Iran
Jews wishing to depart
after renouncing Iraqi citizenship
What is the amount of money they are entitled to take?
Increase in the movement of selling their movable and immovable property
It is expected that the regulations of the law for stripping citizenship from Jews who
wish to leave Iraq will be implemented immediately after it was ratified by Parliament in both its houses, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies,
and it has become a valid law.
The movement to sell Jewish movable and immovable property has increased in
markets and public auctions, and it is being sold at dirt-cheap prices that the mind cannot believe due to
the abundance of supply and the scarcity of those wishing to buy. We believe that the prices of what is sold of these properties
will continue to drop until they are sold for the price of dust, especially if we take the monetary crisis
in the country into consideration.
As for how this law will be implemented, we have been informed that a special
division will be created in the Directorate of Travel and Nationality to provide forms to those who renounce their citizenship
and wish to leave Iraq. This division will send these forms sequentially to
the competent authorities to review them and verify whether the travel of the applicant for citizenship withdrawal does
not harm the rights of others, and then these forms are raised to the Council of Ministers to make a decision
to strip the citizenship from their owners.
Although the law did not refer to the amounts that an Iraqi Jew is entitled to take with him
after his Iraqi citizenship is stripped, what is understood from the statement of His Excellency the Minister of Interior,
Mr. Salih Jabr, in the last session of the Senate, is that the Foreign Transfer Law
and the regulations and statements issued under it will be applied to such matters; that is, the Jew
who wants to leave the country after renouncing Iraqi citizenship will not carry with him an amount
exceeding what is stipulated in the Foreign Transfer Law.
It is understood that those among the Jews who wish to renounce Iraqi citizenship and leave Iraq
are:
1 - The unemployed and members of the poor class.
2 - Enthusiasts for Israel and those dreaming of the Promised Land among young men and women.
As for the rich and those who are still practicing their business and employees in companies and government
interests, only a very small number of them will travel. As for the rest, we believe they will prefer
to stay in Iraq and retain Iraqi citizenship. Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel said
during the discussion on this law in the Senate in this regard that "it is hard for
the Iraqi Jew to leave his homeland and birthplace, in which he has the fondest memories, unless he is
driven by the utmost necessity"!
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Permanent ones are agreed upon with the administration
How did the Muslims divide?!
By His Eminence the Great Scholar Muhammad al-Bashir al-Ibrahimi
President of the Association of Algerian Muslim Scholars
N and the Communists
Wealth of religion despite persecution
⟦...⟧M | And finding a solution to all the problems facing
⟦...⟧That the world in the modern era". And it concludes
The newspaper saying, "And based on this, there is no
⟦...⟧Osama more than twenty-two million
⟦...⟧Her family people".
Gleanings from Ancient Jewish History
⟦line⟧ By Said Muhammad ⟦line⟧
The Hebrews were naturally disposed to constant humiliation | Mentioning it and they cast away its effect with all
And they were molded for contempt and degradation since | The worldly means they have, and it became established
Their feet stepped on the land of Egypt, so no pride | And rooted in their souls were habits and morals
No dignity and no chivalry of character, driven by | And schemes and traits that are rarely present in the souls
Fear, and they are beset by cowardice and weakness and taken by | Of other human beings, and psychologists failed
Panic, and the myths of the ancients were upon you and the | To investigate and scrutinize them until
Magic of the Egyptians affected them, so from this | These habits were a proverb in stinginess
And that, a mixture of illusions grew in them | Parsimony, harshness of character, and abnormality
And flourished and bore fruit, so they wronged themselves | Of habits and traditions.
With a fatal stigma that does not leave them for a lifetime, | And the Hebrew remained in the eyes of others stripped
Nor does it depart from them throughout eternity, and it was planted | Of human qualities: of courage and endurance
In their awe and hearts the traits of paganism, | Strength and power, so they spent long ages
And the creed of slavery, and the drop of | Living a life of humiliation and degradation, patient
Death leaked to them, so they began to avoid it and beware | Remainder on p. 4
Our righteous predecessors established the religion of God as it should be
Established, and they remained steadfast on its path with complete
Steadfastness. They used to stop at its texts
From the Book and the Sunnah, they did not exceed them
Nor did they consume them with interpretation, and their tools were
To understand the Quran, the spirit of the Quran and the explanation
Of the Sunnah and the indication of language and religious considerations
General, and behind that was a sound nature
And a firm taste and sound vision and sincerity
Unadulterated and a clearance for the religion that reached
In their souls its peak and a turning away from the trial
Of opinion and the trial of interpretation
They were disciplined by the Almighty's saying
"Establish the religion and do not be divided therein"
And the Almighty's saying "And if you disagree in anything
Then refer it to God and the Messenger" so they were the most eager
Of people for harmony. And whenever a thought of
Disagreement in a religious matter visited them, they hastened
To refer to the Book of God and to the Sunnah of His Messenger
So the disease was cut off and the confusion cleared
And the scholars were the supreme reference for the common people
In all that they needed of their religious affairs
They would return to them without fanaticism and emerge
From their opinion without fanaticism. And the scholars
Represented the religious succession and the prophetic
Inheritance completely, leading the nation
By the truth to the truth and commanding good
And forbidding evil and not fearing for God's sake
The blame of a critic.
Germs of Division
And the first thing that arose in the Islamic society
Of the germs of division in religion was the talk about
Predestination and delving into the Attributes, and this coincided
With the occurrence of disagreement over the Caliphate: is it
A branch of religion that requires a text
From the Legislator, or is it a worldly interest
Returning to the choice of the people of opinion from
The nation. And the practical disagreement preceded
The scientific disagreement in this matter. And it is
The first battlefield in which opinions
Clashed until they went to extremes after the spears
Clashed until they broke. Just as it is the first
Matter in which religious views were mixed
With worldly (or political) views as
They say today. And in this battlefield grew
The malignant germ of fanaticism
Then the conquests expanded and Islam spread
Its shadow over many of the kingdoms that had
Remnants of civilization and some authority,
And many nations submitted to it. And in every
Nation were groups that entered Islam while
Carrying burdens from the remnants of their past. And
No sooner did these human groups mix
And Islam performed its action in them, than appeared
Upon them symptoms of division, so the proponents
Of articles on creeds appeared and they introduced the innovation
Of interpretation, which is in reality a distortion
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ non-aggression
⟦...⟧ Israel?
A spokesman for the Jewish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
⟦...⟧Y says that a non-aggression pact has
The Jew, saying that no change has occurred
The Greek Elections
The Greek people head today to
The ballot boxes to elect a new
Government, and recent news reports that the situation
In the country is calm.
Forming the Jordanian Ministry
In the one assigned to form the Jordanian Ministry
And submitted his apology yesterday to His Majesty the King
Friendship Treaty
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Newspaper: Al-Umma
Number: 287
Date: March 6, 1950
The Law of Deprivation of Citizenship
A step we hope will be followed by other steps
Iraqi public opinion met the government's
successful step in legislating an addendum
to the decree of deprivation of Iraqi citizenship for
fleeing Jews or those among them who wish
to leave Iraq with great interest and deep relief
echoed by all popular circles
which were aware of the seriousness
of what is implied by forcing a Jew who
does not wish to stay to remain in the country.
It appears from what has been said during
the last two days that the cause of popular
interest in this step and the source
of relief for it was not born of a desire
for the migration of those Jews who wish to leave
Iraq, but rather came as a natural result
of the conflict of feeling between a citizen attached
to his homeland and a citizen who does not share
that, and this conflict between
the feelings of both sides was proven by the wide movement of escape
resorted to by a significant number of
Jews who were determined to leave
Iraq through criminal gangs that
were formed for this purpose.
And the truth.. the period that
accompanied the Palestinian war was full of sorts
of necessities that were unavoidable and which
created abnormal situations that resulted in
everything that would cause stagnation and contraction
of business and the reduction of popular
cooperation in the sphere of public life, especially
in the economic field; this matches
the painful developments that occurred in the issue of
Palestine and the sad fate that it
reached and the contradictory popular reflections
of this fate on the psyche of the Iraqi people,
all of this led - and it was natural that
it lead - to a divergence in public feeling
from which emerged the idea of escape on the part of
the Jews who fled by illegal means
or those who wanted to flee but did not succeed
and were prevented from what they wanted and became
- and this is the logic of reality - living in
a country for which they feel no - attachment -
and do not share with its sons the requirements
of - correct - citizenship, and in this there is
a danger to the country's entity from all
aspects.
For this reason and others, Iraqi
public opinion met the government's step in
this path with interest and relief as we mentioned, and there is
no doubt that it will also meet every
other step of this kind with the same interest
and relief as long as the goals are clear
and explicit, aimed first and foremost at strengthening
the country's entity and providing reassurance
and stability for the people.
The law we are discussing
did not address the current problem from
all its aspects, but was limited to one
aspect, which is the deprivation of Iraqi citizenship
from every Jew who wishes to leave
Iraq, as a partial measure to avoid the many
dangers resulting from the continuation of the current
situation throughout the period following the
Palestinian war.
As for the second face of the problem, which is
preserving the country's wealth from leaking
abroad, the government, as stated
by His Excellency the Minister of Interior during
the discussion of this bill in the Senates
and the Chamber of Deputies, fully appreciates its responsibility
in this regard and has worked and will work to do
everything in its power to prevent any
harm to the country's economic entity.
He who wants to take out or smuggle the country's
monetary wealth outside of Iraq must
follow one of two ways: the first
legal and the other illegal. If
he follows the first, the foreign
transfer control law does not allow whoever
wants to leave Iraq, whoever they may be, to
take with them more than a very small amount of money;
this is in addition to other
measures that the government will take
to preserve public wealth, whether
movable or immovable. And if he follows
the second, then what the government
has done and will do in terms of effective
combat to eliminate illegal
smuggling movements and seizing smugglers
and those who tamper with the country's laws, will no doubt
put an end to these criminal acts
and eliminate them decisively.
In summary.. the people saw
in the wide escape movements that developed
in recent days a danger threatening them in every
aspect of life, as it is known
by intuition that the Jew who can
escape by means of crime can
likewise smuggle with him whatever he wants, as
he can return as a trained fighter and then
soon return and so on; this is
in addition to the anxiety that prevailed before the legislation
of this law, which took hold not only
of the Jews who wish to stay in
Iraq but of all classes
due to the resulting contraction of business,
market sluggishness, and stagnation of dealings
from damages that almost ended confidence
and reassurance. So when this law was enacted
and things began to return to their natural course
in an atmosphere saturated with confidence and reinforced by hope, it is
no wonder in this case if the people began
to glorify the sincerity of the sincere and hold in high esteem
those working for the good of the country and the happiness of the nation
for their wise actions and their national struggle in
the country's policy?
Continuation of Fragments of History
submitting, not despairing, preserving
their nationality and the unity of their sect, not desiring
another religion nor turning away from their principles
which Moses and his tribes inspired in them
after him, until they met oppression from its tyrants
all of which cost them an exorbitant price, and exposed them
to persecution and maltreatment. It was enough for them from
the world that a hint of a lush life appeared to them
so they would rush to its pattern and run to its ultimate
goal, and it was enough for them from life to have a shelter
and an abode regardless of its source and wherever
its spring was.
And so the Children of Israel spent a period
of their lives in 그 happy valley under
the hegemony of the Pharaohs, pursued, displaced,
enslaved, and despised, performing for them
hard labor and carrying heavy burdens,
never slackening in compulsory service and
possessing neither power nor a voice, in addition to
the injustice and oppression they faced, (slaying
their sons and sparing their women) and pouring
curses upon them whenever anyone mentioned them.
This is a glimpse of the life of this sect which
wants to repeat the events of history and
to center itself in Palestine as it previously centered itself,
which was a cause for its destruction, ruin, and the elimination
of most of its children. It was ordained for them to face
expulsion and dispersion, then they rose after twenty-four
centuries to restore a doubled glory
and a vanished honor, to ward off the shame of
weakness and submission from themselves, and to create from
this Palestine of theirs a vast empire
with far-reaching borders, realized and
guarded by the fringes of nations from those with
distorted minds, the victims of misery, the vengeful,
the ego-maniacs, and those obsessed with religion
and fanaticism. And a gathering that was yesterday
a dream and became a reality will be fulfilled: "I will give
and grant your offspring and descendants after you
the land of those among whom you settled, the land of Canaan
entirely, and it shall be your permanent possession."
Thus the Glorious Lord promised the Prophet Abraham
Al-Khalil (peace be upon him). It is truly a wonder that
the face of correctness is shamed by the leaders of the Children
of Israel and their prophets, and they do not hesitate to
mention these empty pages and believe
in the rewards therein, and take them as their right
and account for them until it became a sound
principle followed for their livelihood and social
system, and formed the vast majority of
their morals and nature. They are now preoccupied
and in constant thought to devise reasons
and methods enabling them to expel the Arabs from
this sacred soil, because the Arabs in
their view are unworthy of life and they (the
Israelis) are more deserving of it. And their prayer to
the Lord through the tongue of Moses: "The Lord chose you
to be a people for Him and selected you from the rest of the
peoples, and you are above all other nations
existing on the face of the earth."
Then they supported it with another myth: "I will drive them out
from before you little by little until your numbers increase
and you inherit their land."
This is the slogan of the Children of Israel and this
is their ridiculous principle: they will drive the Arabs
from their land and displace them little by little until
they inherit their land, possess it, and colonize it,
and their numbers increase over the days if their feet
become firm and their roots take hold, God forbid.
The Promised Land will not suffice their greed nor
deter their avarice, and this Promised Land is from
the banks of the Euphrates to the Nile and includes
some shores of the Red Sea.
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Opinions
March 14, 1950
Number ⟦...⟧
Thursday
Opinion also..
The responsibility of the Ministry after the ratification of the bill
The responsibility of the Three Excellencies in a particular way
The Ministry fulfills the greatest wish (for Shurock)
The bill is one of the gifts of His Excellency Al-Said
By "Al-Mutawakkil Ala Allah"
... Now that the government has surprised the Parliament with its urgent bill for the law of denaturalization and rushed
its discussion and ratification!! Now that this bill has been passed by the majority of the deputies
and the notables!! Now that those responsible have jeopardized the economic entity of the country, now that all of that,
let us record against the current Ministry the disgrace of such a bill, and let us record against those heralding it
a terrifying financial crisis, a general stagnation in the commercial market, a decrease in purchasing power,
and exposing the country's wealth to permanent danger. Let us record against the current Ministry that it aimed
by its "Happy" era to fulfill the greatest wish of Israel, which has long been expressed by Monsieur
(Shurock) on several occasions; this ill-intentioned person said the first ominous time what means:
"Israel's interest requires urging
Jews in Arab countries to immigrate to
Israel without restriction or condition to be rid
of Arab tyranny (sic..) and to contribute
to building the State of Israel (sic..)" and when
"Shurock" said this, the Arab politicians
rose up, the Arab press revolted,
and the Arab public opinion seethed and surged, because
the Arabs at that time in the Palestine problem had stood
in the face of Zionist immigration, and appealed to
the world and the Great Powers to stop it at its limit,
and because the Arabs at that time did not permit the Jews of their countries
to immigrate to it!! Not to mention the material
capabilities of the Jews in Arab countries, especially in Iraq!
Those capabilities that have a "direct" influence
on the economic and financial entity of the state...
Essential warning!
The Iraqi government was, until
the issuance of the denaturalization law, preventing
the exit of Jews from Iraq for any
purpose whatsoever except under strict conditions.
The Jews remained restless about the law
Strong propaganda that the new law
does not prevent them from leaving Iraq while
retaining their Iraqi citizenship without
and their neglect in the country.
We cannot, in the face of this propaganda, but
ask the government to clarify
this matter to the public opinion.
So let us record against the current Ministry this premeditated matter which it worked to achieve immediately
due to its weakness and "surrender" before the Zionist and English might together, and due to securing
its own benefits and interests and maintaining the shaky seats of power and calling it false prestige
and a fleeting mirage!! Which the thirsty person thinks is water, unconcerned with national and ethnic interests,
and protecting the country from the danger of economic bankruptcy.
This bill - the denaturalization bill - we have no doubt at all that it is one of the gifts of His Excellency
Al-Said after his return from London and that the English side had bargained with Israel on passing such
a bill in Iraq!! Just as we have no doubt at all that those responsible did not come to power except
to implement such a bill and other projects that bring the country nothing but harm and evil!!
Otherwise, how do we explain or how do we interpret this ministerial permit presented by the government with polished words and
decorated sentences, while the reality that will remain is a transgression on paper and a witness of truth to the misleading of the "rulers by their own command" of public
opinion and numbing it with promises and sweet wishes..
The government has made excuses, as stated in the speeches of the Minister of Interior - in the Houses of Deputies
and Notables - with excuses and pretexts justifying the legislation of such a bill, but the strong practice
in both houses has taken an honorable and national stand against the aforementioned bill and against
the enthusiastic "driven" ones to ratify it, as it exposed the aims and revealed the government's premeditated
intentions and pointed to the danger lurking in the articles of the aforementioned bill....
At the time we record the government's direct responsibility for the national and economic results
after the ratification of the bill - we also record the responsibility of the Three "Excellencies" in a
particular way in this chapter, and their failure before the daily "recklessness," and recognizing it as a
legitimate act by approving the policy of the fait accompli, and bestowing a legal status upon it!!
The notable "Ezra Menachem Daniel" said that history will show the real reasons
for this immigration!! And we say that history will record clearly and plainly those strange methods
and means taken by the Jews and their helpers to influence the existing Ministry to implement the bill
mentioned... and we are not waiting for history to record. We are recording this history!!?
The Swedish-Forced Ministry Fluctuation Company
From Iraq to Tel Aviv
The Jews: - To the land of the beloved and my religion!!
The Three "Excellencies": - Let it be.. circumstances will help us!!
The Ministry staff: - May God be with you, O downslider!!
The Providence: - Record, O history!!
Page 99
The Newspaper - Independence Brigade
Number - 919
Date - March 10, 1950
The Jewish Problem...!
In the whole world there is a problem called "the Jewish
problem." Individuals who embraced
Israelism from various races have refused to
integrate into the nations in whose lands they lived
and among whose sons they dwelt; rather, they were always at war with them.
The Arabs and Muslims were the kindest of these nations
toward them, most sympathetic to them, and preferred to protect them
on the basis that they were people of the Dhimma and that they
were oppressed! We used to look at their prayers
and calls for the return to Palestine as
religious symbols and abstract methods of worship,
for how many Arabs and Muslims have wished
to God to die in Mecca or Medina,
and how many of them stipulated burial in some sacred spots
that believers visit for blessing
and closeness! But the Jews, thanks to the Zionist
movement, have transformed religious sentiment into
political and economic interests. They took the
invasion of Palestine as a means to establish the alleged
Israel, which is the nucleus of the Jewish state that
must extend after a while to the Euphrates, then
expand until it includes the Arab homeland or most
of its parts. These are aspirations declared by the leaders of
Zionism, who have accustomed us to implementing what they promise,
unlike what we are used to from political leaders in
our Arab countries!
Concentrated propaganda was directed against nationalists
in general and against the Independence Party in particular,
and descriptions of Nazism and Fascism poured down upon us,
because we warned of the Jewish danger since a long
time ago. Days continue to pass to reveal a
clear truth: that there is no one in the world more hostile
to all Arabs and Muslims than this Jewry
which wants to establish its entity and maintain
its existence, by crushing the Arabs
and Muslims in this homeland and taking their place!
We have long called for an end to the privileges
of the Jews in Iraq; since the
end of the First World War, they have become the most
exploitative of Iraq's resources and its people, and the least
performing of any obligation. It has become clear that they
are the most knowledgeable people in avoiding every tax,
and the most capable of exploiting influential
Iraqis and using them to facilitate Jewish interest
at the expense of the Iraqi treasury!
And during the last war, Mr.
(Beals) was not ashamed to record in an official report
his bias for this Jewry, indicating the necessity of
granting supply licenses to those he considers
closer to the Allied front! And it did not
occur to Beals or those even more cunning than him
that the Jews would insult the English and lash them
severely in Palestine, then take it as a base
for a tyrannical power that no one can estimate
the extent of its great evils on all
humanity!
One of the results of that policy
followed in supply during the war was that
Jewish paupers and boys became importing
merchants! They found from some Jewish and foreign banks
the greatest encouragement; "credit" was granted easily
to the Jew, who would pay a small percentage of it, while
non-Jewish Iraqis were required to pay one hundred
percent of the value of the imported goods! Iraq
alone stood with this miserable situation, while
Arab governments, whether in Egypt
or especially in Syria, were keen to open the way
for loyal citizens to carry out imports, the licenses
for which were granted to many classes of them until
wealth was distributed among the sons of the country and remained
therein; what escaped from it was not like what escaped of Iraq's
monetary wealth via the Zionist Jews!
Shortly before and during the last war,
most of the wealthy Jews resorted to
leaving Iraq and established trade centers
for themselves in Palestine, Lebanon, and other Arab
countries, and in India, Britain, America,
and other parts of the world. But these
retained commercial premises in Iraq
in their names to ensure the smuggling of monetary wealth,
and they still today receive a not
insignificant share of import and export licenses!
How often we drew attention to the danger of granting these
licenses to Jews whose intention became clear
to cause financial and economic disruption
in Iraq, especially since many of them moved
to invade Arab Palestine. It has become clear
that Jews attributed to Iraq have the greatest
share of activity and impact in forming
this hostile state, strengthening it, and its survival,
and the story of (Adas) is not a distant event that
we can forget!
We do not know why successive governments refused
to resort to a measure to freeze the wealth of the Jews
which they obtained thanks to their special privileges,
whether by monopolizing a large part of exporting,
importing, banking, and speculation in the market
and land values, or thanks to their avoidance
of many taxes and obligations, or
by their solidarity and manipulation of this kind-hearted
Iraqi society which opens the way for these
exploiters to mock it to the furthest limits!
From the first day it was recognized by some great powers,
the alleged Israel was
instructing the Jews in Palestine to refuse
to buy anything offered for sale by the Arabs,
at a time when the Arabs saw no escape but to leave
their homeland to get rid of persecution and shame!
Thus the Jews inherited everything the
Arabs left behind in their homes which they were forced
to leave, while the Jews in Iraq remained
safe and secure. The very few measures
taken to prevent their manipulation in Iraq
were met, thanks to their propaganda and through their agents
and hirelings, with strong denunciation. We
demanded the lifting of martial law and we still
believe it was an unbearable nightmare,
its heavy shadow continuing over the Iraqi people,
but duty required taking the necessary measures
to prevent the Jews from exploiting the end of
those martial laws, a chance the Jews seized
to conduct wide-scale speculations
in movable and immovable property as well.
No one is any longer ignorant of the Jewish cause
and its hostility to every Arab or Islamic cause
and to every national or ethnic interest. Therefore,
people were expecting - when the government proceeded
to deal with this problem - that this
treatment would be radical and decisive, while the government was satisfied
with presenting the "Draft Law of the Appendix to the Decree of
Depriving of Iraqi Nationality No. 62 of the year
933." According to this appendix, it became
the right of the Iraqi government to revoke the Iraqi
nationality of a Jew (1) who wishes
by his own choice to leave Iraq permanently (2)
who leaves Iraq or attempts to leave it
illegally (3) who previously
left Iraq illegally, then
the duration of the validity of this law was limited to one year
from the date of implementation.
The government explained that it did not refrain
from taking such a measure toward the flight of
the Jews whose numbers have increased since the lifting of
martial law, and that it wants by this
to prevent the fleeing Jew from exploiting
his Iraqi nationality when it occurs to him
to return to Iraq or when the alleged Israel instructs
him to return. There is no one in Iraq
calling for any Jew to retain
Iraqi nationality as long as he is hostile to Iraq
and inclined toward the hostile alleged Israel, but
what worried public opinion was its questioning of what
the government intended to do to prevent Jews from smuggling
their money which they gathered from the blood of the sons of this
homeland and by exploiting its resources and livelihood opportunities
within it? The money of individuals in any country in the
world is an integral part of the general
national wealth. The scope of disposing of it
is determined whenever the public interest requires, and on
this basis, restrictions on foreign transfer
and other restrictions were placed. But these
Jews for whom it is not difficult to flee with themselves,
is it difficult for them to smuggle their money?
People in Iraq have sensed the inclination of Jews
to sell what they own of movable and immovable property
in preparation for departure, and this movement was not met
by the people with any boycott
Remainder on p. 4
Smuggling of Jews
The percentage of fleeing Jews has dropped after
efforts were doubled to tighten control over
the borders. A committee was formed consisting of the
Brigade Police Director, the Investigating Magistrate, the
Port Police Director, and representatives from the Customs
and Railways Police to discuss the measures that must
be taken to put an end to the smuggling.
Parliamentary Trivia
⦿ The National Assembly completed the ratification of
the draft law of the decree appended to the revocation of Iraqi
citizenship by way of urgency. Or by way of
(improvisation) in the words of His Excellency Mr.
Muzahim al-Pachachi!!
⦿ The opponents in both houses tried
— the Deputies and the Senators — to confront (the Government)
with the seriousness of this draft... basing that
on legal and jurisprudential texts?! However,
(the Government) was in all cases giving
one ear of clay and another of dough?!
⦿ A number of (Deputies) volunteered to support
the government and (congratulate) it for its legislation of such
a draft... and a group of them tried to push back
to refute the (philosophy) of the opponents and their (clamor)
as one of them called out!! But he did not do it...
and we know why he did not do it?!
⦿ The editor of this section is a believer in the phenomenon
— of the coincidence of thoughts — for he can
give the closest evidence of that, by saying: that
the speech delivered by "Ibn al-Sheikh" in
the Chamber of Deputies a week ago — showing mercy —
— and defending — the Jews in it!! is the same
speech delivered by Ezra Menahem Daniel in
the Senate the day before yesterday?!.
⦿ It was expected that His Excellency the Prime Minister would bring
something new to the Senate regarding
the discussion of the statements of the opposing honorable Senators
but His Excellency did not bring this expected new thing!
Rather, he was moving in a hollow circle.!
⦿ Deputy Mr. Abdul Razzaq
Al-Sheikhli met His Excellency Mr. Mawlud Mukhlis and initiated
by saying:
How can you say, Pasha, that the Jews are going
to go to Spain to learn dancing??
His Excellency answered him while laughing: But what do you want
me to say? I mean, is it possible they are going to immigrate
to America to learn (A. B. Atomic Bomb)?!
⦿ Deputy Ismail Al-Ghanem was the first
to accuse the government of its intention to secure the travel
of Jews to Israel by its legislation of this
venerated draft which appeared in its form
"urgent"!! while in its reality it is studied
and not improvised?!
⦿ His Excellency Professor Nusrat al-Farisi was asked:
Why didn't the government take your suggestions
and the sound suggestions of your colleagues regarding the amendment
of the draft decree on the revocation of citizenship?! His Excellency
answered with resentment: You ask me, my brother?!
Go ask "Us"!!
⦿ Deputy Dhiban Al-Ghaban did not participate
in the discussion of the new draft decree. And he did not
cooperate with his opposing colleagues to refute
the "claims" of the government regarding the enactment of this
"understood" decree!! as was expected..
When asked about the reason, he answered sarcastically:
The dates that "the group?!" ate, its pits are in my lap?!
⦿ His Excellency Sheikh Ali al-Sharqi came out of the seminar
of the Senators in its last session and started walking
alone while playing with his long prayer beads
and saying:
If only Hind had fulfilled what she promised us
And healed our souls from what they find
And became tyrannical for once
For the helpless is the one who does not tyrannize!
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Newspaper: Liwa al-Istiqlal
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: March 7, 1950
Ezra Menachem justifies and anesthetizes!
Yesterday, we published—intentionally—the words of the Senator
Ezra Menachem Daniel on the occasion of the presentation of the "Bill
supplementing the Decree of Revocation of Iraqi Nationality,"
so that public opinion at home and abroad may know
what the "Israeli" member says in
the Senate!
Senator Ezra Menachem admitted that this
bill was submitted "to limit the disturbance
resulting from the illegal (emigration)
which has begun to expand day after day, and that is
by stripping Iraqi nationality from those who wish
to leave the country permanently." Then he added, "this
measure addresses one aspect of the situation
of the Jews of Iraq"!
We must admit, in our turn, that the Senator
Ezra appeared, by not objecting to the
stripping of nationality and not denying the disturbance
caused by the Jews in Iraq, in the guise
of the fair-minded! But why was the speech so pleasant? Was it
to acknowledge this disturbance and to admit that it
was necessary to strip the nationality of the Jews who
caused it and who "emigrated" from Iraq
to hostile Israel—an emigration that we call
"invasion" aimed at gathering with
the enemies on what they usurped of our dear
homeland's land? No! Rather, the Senator spoke and offered
this candy of admission in order to justify this
disturbance and to anesthetize the Iraqis
and convince them once again to surrender to negligence
and make room for the dominance of the Jews who
will not rush to depart until they receive the orders
of Israel!
And he demanded a remedy "to reassure the Jews
who do not wish to leave their homeland
categorically," and claimed that they are "loyal and performing
all the duties incumbent upon them according to
the prevailing laws and regulations." He added,
"However, as a result of the administrative measures that
placed abnormal restrictions upon them applied to them
to the exclusion of other citizens, they became
deprived of enjoying the constitutional and legal rights
of a citizen, were treated with discrimination,
and their freedoms, transactions, livelihoods,
and culture were restricted!"
If Senator Ezra were truly fair, he would have admitted
that Iraq, since the establishment of national rule
until today, has never found Jews loyal to
the extent of performing "all the duties incumbent upon them
according to the prevailing laws and regulations." Rather,
the Jews were the most capable of people in circumventing
these laws and regulations, the furthest from
submitting to them, and the most capable of imposing their privileges
despite their provisions. For this purpose,
the morals of some officials were corrupted, and
influential citizens were utilized until the Jews
themselves in Iraq became an influential group and a
controlling power. They were treated with "discrimination"
from this perspective only; they always had the "spoils"
while the loyal citizens alone bore
the "loss." As for "their freedoms," they were never restricted;
rather, the freedoms of loyal citizens were restricted
to please the Jews in various stages,
except for rare and short periods. No
disturbance ever occurred in Iraq against
the general trend except that the Jews had a "finger"
in it. Many sons of this nation other than the Jews
fell victim to communist movements
in Iraq, in which the Jews had the largest share
in directing toward specific goals. The
Jew always found someone to support him regardless
of his tendencies or activities, while the non-Jew
lacked such a supporter!
As for the restriction of "transactions," it included
all Iraqis in a broader scope than it included
the Jews, especially since the height of the recent
war. In fact, the Jews knew during
the war how to exploit these restrictions
so that their poor became wealthy and their beggars
became great rich men and importers. Meanwhile,
others—Muslims and Christians—were forced to
contract their commercial businesses due to their inability to
compete with "Jewish methods" in transactions!
There is no greater evidence of the falsity of the claim of restricting
the "livelihoods" of the Jews than the fact that they are still affluent
even today, while this people suffers misery,
poverty, and hardship. No door of
livelihood remained in Iraq—commerce, agriculture,
or industry—except that its keys were in the hands of the Jews,
who are not more capable of work than
others, but are more capable of corruption to tighten
the noose on those others!
We do not know how and when the restriction
of "Jewish culture" took place; they are today in numbers absolutely
proportionate to their numerical ratio in this population,
as doctors, lawyers, merchants, and more! We
have seen the Jewish doctor refuse to work
outside the capital and some major cities, instead
settling in these centers where there is abundant livelihood
and permanent luxury. For example, Jewish doctors
insisted on defying orders, and most of them knew
how to get what they wanted through the well-known
methods of Israel! And here are their many schools, crowded
with their sons and daughters, which they manage as they like,
teaching the language of Israel and whatever they wish,
turning them into strongholds for Zionism. So where
is the "restriction of culture"?!
As for government schools, they are crowded
with the sons of these poor people. Does Senator
Ezra want to expel the needy sons of the people
to replace them with the luxurious Jews?!
Whatever the audacity of the "Israeli" member
in the Senate against the truth, can he deny
that wealthy Jews have always and mostly
chosen "emigration" from Iraq as soon as
they accumulate a large fortune from what they drain
from the blood and livelihoods of the Iraqi people?
And that despite this, they remained enjoying
many privileges in importing and exporting?
Continued on page 4
The Jewish Problem...!
Remainder of the post on the first page
and the symptoms. Rather, people are still crowding
- unfortunately - at public auctions as if
the opportunity will pass them by if they turn away from it. And if
they thought for a little while, they would realize that these Jews
will leave all these things behind to be sold
at the lowest prices after a while, whereas in reality they are being sold
today at high prices. In fact, if there was some
firmness and reciprocity through economic
tightening at least, these people would have preferred to
leave Iraq and leave behind much
of what they own. Is it reasonable for a Jew to transport
his household furniture or smuggle it? So why do we help him
smuggle its value??
And if the government does not feel capable
of freezing the funds of these Jews, then at the very least
it should take the initiative to prevent their smuggling of cash
and property. This should be done through strict monitoring to prevent
the export of smuggled funds once and for all, which requires
for its achievement the cooperation of the police and army forces
and the imposition of the harshest penalties on those who fall short in this regard,
and by preventing the sale of immovable property owned by
Jews, and by putting an end to these privileges
of which many are still in place and which permit
granting import and export licenses to Jews
despite the possibility of smuggling monetary wealth
that results from these licenses.
And we must draw attention to the fact that
the government, in reality, does not grant all Iraqis
such privileges in foreign trade
so why the fear of depriving Jews of them
especially after their determination to leave
Iraq has become clear? It is enough for them as long as they are in Iraq
to have the means of living that the majority of
Iraqis have no other choice but, such as buying and selling
circulating funds internally without any connection
to foreign trade.
It is also the duty of the people themselves to
stand in solidarity to stay away from buying
Jewish property, especially in these public auctions,
and their staying away would be an encouragement to call for firmness
towards the Jews who intend to leave Iraq
and join the ranks of its enemies, and whom
we see it is for the better that Iraq gets rid of them
but on the condition that they are prevented from smuggling
the national wealth.
We have previously called many times for a Friday
holiday, so will the government proceed to declare it
an official mandatory holiday for everyone except for professions
that are necessary to secure people's needs for
daily food and the like.
Here are the Jews organizing their movement in
the interior and abroad, so will those in charge realize
the danger of this organization? And will everyone initiate
taking what counters it to repel the evil or weaken it
at least?
All of humanity has suffered various kinds of woe
from the Jewish problem, but the greed of the Jews
and their recklessness toward Arabs and Muslims has encouraged them
to pour their resentment on the sons of this country that
fed them against hunger and secured them against fear
for a long period of time!