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Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
Jewish Criminality in Iraq
Who will put an end to it?
By Salman al-Safwani
Yesterday, three students from the Alliance School (Israelite Union)
in Baghdad, namely Elias Ezra Naqqar, Ishaq Ibrahim, and Edwar Ishaq, dared
these three Jewish students dared to commit a double crime, which was the attempted assassination
of Ahmed Khurshid, a taxi driver, and the robbery of his money in New Baghdad.
A few days ago, two Jews, James Qattan and Anwar Yaqub Nissan, assaulted
the soldier Abdul Latif al-Adhab in Basra, and a similar incident occurred in Nasiriyah (we published
the details of this incident at the time). Two days ago, an unidentified Jew broke into the house
of the musician Saliba al-Qatrib in Qahwat Shukr, attempting to lure one of his children to ride
with him in a car to Al-Bataween under the pretext that a friend of his had sent them a quantity of bulgur,
and they did not realize the trick until after the pretender Jew fled! If we wanted to list
all the crimes committed by the Jews in this country, we would need a large volume,
and we believe that the police departments have many files in which these crimes have been counted
of all kinds. As for political crimes, they are beyond counting.
* People are talking about the tendency of Jews
in Baghdad to sell their furniture in a way that attracts
attention, and despite the drop in prices of
furniture as a result of this demand, the owners
of the furniture do not hesitate to sell at any price...
We want the officials to explain
this phenomenon to us, to investigate its causes,
and to search for its purposes..!
Since the Palestine issue reached a crisis, the Jews in Iraq and other Arab countries
have appeared in their true form and began working in secret and in public to support the Jewish
invasion of Palestine. Each of them played his full role in this regard: those
capable of carrying weapons, young men and women, volunteered and joined the Jewish gangs
in Palestine and fought us there. The wealthy among them donated money to help their gangs,
and Adas and others undertook the smuggling of weapons to Tel Aviv, and others caused
economic and commercial confusion in the markets through banks and financial institutions. The
employees among them worked to obstruct government work and delay its important correspondence, and even
hiding it, as happened with the director of papers in the Ministry of Finance, Yaqub Mada' al-Fudul
recently, in addition to other things that cannot be counted, added to what they have spread and continue to spread
of rumors against this country by various methods! Al-Yaqza alone has collected
thousands of cases related to the Jews, and if they were collected, ⟦...⟧ huge volumes would be published
from them. We have been warning officials from time to time, and pointing out to them the locations
of the latent Jewish danger in our midst, and asking them for vigilance, firmness, and caution,
but we see nothing but softness and submissiveness until the matter reached the point where this stray clique
challenges the Iraqi administration, and strikes the prestige of the government to the core with the demonstrations
it carried out in Al-Rashid Street in public view after they challenged the government with their dangerous
secret institutions! Despite this, they have made a great fuss claiming that
the Iraqi government is carrying out a wave of alleged persecution against them, even though the government
did not punish them for their horrific crimes, let alone the persecution they claimed, which we suspect they
mentioned as a joke! And here are the Jews today carrying out a new wave of physical
criminality undertaken by their educated school youth in the Alliance or Israelite Union schools.
The Alliance schools - as is known - are a branch of an international Jewish institution
called by this name, with its main headquarters in Paris, and this institution
and its branches around the world supply Jewish youth with weapons and train them in
commando tactics. Yesterday we published full details of what investigators in Lebanon discovered
in the Alliance in Beirut of mines, bombs, and explosive materials following an explosion
there and its collapse.
The multiple criminal incidents carried out by the Jews in Baghdad in particular and in
parts of Iraq are too dangerous for officials to overlook or consider them as
ordinary incidents. They are not so, but rather occur according to an organized plan
and the supervision of terrorist organizations that want to cause panic among the population and extend their authority
by such methods, and we do not excuse the government for its weak and ambiguous stance regarding
the Jewish danger and Jewish criminality in this country. We have no doubt that the policy
of relaxation has encouraged the Jewish gangs to persist in tyranny. And how
can they not persist in arrogance
stuttering in the atmosphere of the...
to strike individuals.
We are being frank with the...
what encourages them to...
Palestine has not dried up.
The Jews stand from the...
his anger, and takes revenge for himself...
Echo of the Great Scandal in Basra
Which we alluded to in yesterday's issue
We mentioned in our newspaper yesterday that a major crime had been committed near (Al-Siba)
A voice in Basra regarding the smuggling of Jews in government cars ⟦line⟧ and yesterday we received the newspaper
Al-Fayha Al-Basriya, which confirms what we published and reveals the secrets of this heinous crime
And clarifies the extent of the echo it left in the Basra Governorate. The newspaper said:
Three days ago, the Abu Al-Khasib police arrested a large vehicle carrying thirty-one
Jews trying to flee Iraq and join Israel. On this occasion,
We repeat our previous statements regarding the necessity of freezing Jewish funds and giving them the opportunity to leave
Iraq, for their remaining is an increase in the corruption of morals and the disintegration of ties, and the danger of the internal enemy
Is much greater than its danger abroad. As long as these Jews have disowned a homeland that sheltered them,
Fed them, satiated them, and enriched them, this homeland must disown them in order to rid itself of
Their filth and corruption until God ordains for this nation and inspires its officials with the determination to
Sweep away Israel and what is in it and liberate the holy Arab country (Palestine) from their sins,
Evils, and malice.
It appears that the henchmen have more knowledge of this scandal, which we alluded to, than the knowledge of
The Basra newspaper. Our hellish correspondent informed us that the criminal who used the government cars
Drew his pistol in the face of the police and fled in his car, but the rains that
Fell caused his car to get stuck when he tried to escape, which led the police to catch up with him and
Arrest him.
Goldsmiths' manipulation of gold
Where is the Ministry of Finance regarding this!?
Gold is almost the only ornament
for women in our country, if not in the whole world.
From it, bracelets, earrings, necklaces,
rings, buttons, and other things that women
adorn themselves with are made. Since the forms of jewelry are in constant
change, women are naturally forced to change
their old "jewelry" to new "models."
This is repeated from time to time
during a single year. This change in
craftsmanship causes the gold to lose some of its weight, just as
it loses its quality as well, especially since most
goldsmiths in Iraq, if not all of them, are
Jews, and most women are ignorant
who do not know what has happened to their jewelry
in terms of weight loss, nor the change in the type
of gold. Thus, the country loses every year
a large amount of its gold wealth at the hands of
these Jewish goldsmiths. Has the
Ministry of Finance thought about putting an end to the Jews' manipulation
of gold through the craftsmanship in which they are almost
exclusive? Follow the example of other countries
that have special institutions to monitor gold
in the markets by placing a (hallmark) and a stamp
on it to prevent the goldsmiths' manipulation
of the country's gold. Enact legislation that guarantees
the rights and interests of the people in this matter,
because what is lost annually in the Jewish goldsmiths' markets
is priceless, while the government is asleep
and the people are heedless, and the matter belongs to God, the One,
the Subduer!
⟦Republic of Iraq⟧
⟦Ministry of Interior⟧
⟦General Security Directorate⟧
Newspaper: -
Number: -
Date: - / - / 195
Where is the government regarding the smuggling of Iraqi Jews
to Israel?
The Baghdad Times reported
yesterday that a high-ranking official in charge was
caught on the Shatt al-Arab near Khorramshahr
while he was carrying in government vehicles a number
of Jews to smuggle them to Iran and from there
to Israel.
The Al-Khabar newspaper also reported
in Basra that American planes belonging
to Zionist companies transported during the month
of last December more than (520)
Jews, most of whom were Jews fleeing from
Iraq. In last Monday's issue of the newspaper
Sawt al-Fayha in Basra, it was stated that the police
of Abi Al-Khaseeb recently arrested a
large vehicle carrying (31) Iraqi Jews
trying to escape to Israel.
This blatant smuggling raises in us
wonder and astonishment, for how can the
competent authorities be complacent in these matters and allow
room for such shameful acts. We
demand that the government take what is possible
of effective measures in order to stop the smugglers
in their tracks and bring them to justice to receive
what their sinful hands have earned against their country
and their nation, whatever their status
and personalities may be.
To ⟦illegible⟧ the Sanctuary alone 12
* Speaking of newspaper advertisements, we regret
to say that many national commercial
establishments have entrusted the task of publishing their advertisements
to some Jewish hands that lavish them
upon the newspapers loyal to them, so the damage befalls
the advertiser first, and the national newspapers last!
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The Jewish Game
In selling their furniture at public auction!
There has been much talk these days about
the excessive tendency of Jews to sell their furniture in
(public auctions), and this has accompanied
the intensification of the movement of smuggling Jews across our
southern and eastern borders. Although this
movement is relatively related to that one, the sale of
furniture in large quantities is not only a result of the liquidation
and smuggling movement carried out by the Jews.
Rather, there is a game in the matter that has been hidden from many,
and some observers have confirmed to us that
the movement of selling furniture aims to deceive people
so they rush to buy it at many times its value.
There is a (stationed team) at the auctions
participating in the auctions pro forma, so that once
it reaches above the set price, it is awarded to the
one who desires it. Otherwise, it is sold pro forma to
a person from the (stationed team) to be re-
offered and sold on another day and so on...
In this is a means of profit by deluding
the public with the cheapness of the sold furniture in view
of its abundance. Many Jews have resorted
to this method also to sell their old furniture
to buy new furniture with its proceeds.
These are some of the tricks that accompany the process
of the Jews selling their furniture. Will the gullible pay attention?!
What have we prepared for the battle of victory!
By Salman al-Safwani
Are we a nation that emerged from the Palestine war humiliated and defeated? Are we a nation
preparing to take revenge and wash away the shame? Are we a nation - regardless of that - facing
the actual Jewish danger to its general entity? In short: Are we a nation that wants to live
honorable and dignified?!
These are questions we do not think anyone can answer in the affirmative, unfortunately.
For we knew that the British had decided to evacuate Palestine on May 15, 1948,
and that the Jews were preparing to take their place in every spot they evacuated. The
truce governments pretended to care, so they sent units or regiments of their forces, and told the Arab
peoples: Do not lift a finger, we will take care of the matter for you, and we will throw the Jewish gangs into
the sea within only 15 days at most... And the truce governments entered
Palestine and took steps in the purely Arab areas that the partition resolution in
the United Nations left for the Arabs, until they reached the partition borders, the ship of the
wretched stopped, followed by a temporary truce to cover the conspiracy, followed by a permanent truce! And the
catastrophe befell Palestine. We marveled, as did foreign observers, that we do not see nor do they see
any trace indicating that the Arabs are in a state of war against a mean enemy supported by mean states.
There was no preparation or mobilization, and everything indicated diversion. The dance halls were crowded,
the entertainment venues were open, and the economic measures and others were as they were before the outbreak of this
war. In a brief word, the country would not have felt the state of war except upon hearing
the "communiqués" which they metaphorically called (military communiqués), and they had nothing to do with
military communiqués in any way!
And when the disaster befell the nation, they said apologetically that they did not possess weapons or
ammunition to continue the war in Palestine, which forced them to accept the truce
and hand over Palestine to the Jews, then return empty-handed! Leaving behind a million displaced
Arabs wandering aimlessly. It was supposed in this case and after this
catastrophe that the intoxication would pass and thought would come, so the Arabs would rise as one to
prepare and get ready, if not to take revenge and wash away the shame, then to appreciate what resulted from
the new situation of the dangers of the Jewish invasion. And here we are looking right and left,
and we do not sense an initiative indicating our realization of the danger sitting on the chest of this nation.
It only indicates that we have delegated our matter to fate and destiny! So we gave free rein to the Jews
to roam and wander; even those who were accused, judged, and arrested returned to their activities,
positions, and influence.
The Jews today in Tel Aviv have no less than 200,000 fighters, and they have of
cars alone about 10,000 Jeeps, besides tanks, armored vehicles,
cannons, airplanes, and other equipment. And they are able to convert most of their forces into
highly mobile mechanized forces as confirmed by our military experts. Iraq has no
defensive lines to protect it from the Jewish danger except Syria and Lebanon, and these two are small
and cannot withstand the Jewish attack for days, if not hours. It can be
said - based on that - that Iraq's borders are exposed before the Jews, and this is what requires us
to arm ourselves to the maximum we can, even if the armament program requires the entire state budget
and the stopping of all projects. It is appropriate for us to demand the government to speed up the expansion
and arming of the army. I do not mean spending money on buying weapons from abroad,
for that only benefits us for a while. Rather, we demand the establishment of factories in Iraq
to manufacture weapons, including heavy ones. For no nation won a war with what it buys of
weapons from foreign countries that we do not know in advance how they might refrain from supplying us with what we need
from them. We have experienced how Britain itself broke its promise to us in supplying us
with weapons in the battle of Palestine despite the treaty, and how the United Nations prohibited
the export of weapons to us while weapons were pouring in on the Jews from every side.
Buying weapons is not a decisive remedy; rather, we must establish weapon factories in
our country, and we will not lack military experts in making weapons, both nationals and foreigners.
The Iraqi army is the pride of the Arab countries in its training and bravery, and upon it
we pin our great hopes in achieving our national aspirations and rely on it to repel every aggression.
But the soldier must possess sufficient weapons with which to fight his enemy, so
the plane does not stop for lack of ammunition, the cannon does not fall silent because its shells are exhausted, and the
tank does not break down for lack of reserves. There is no escape then from relying on ourselves in arming
our army with what is manufactured in our country so that we have an inexhaustible source of it. Only then
will we possess the secret of victory in the battle of dignity. So, have we prepared ourselves for this battle?
A responsible official smuggles Jews
in official transport vehicles!
Our correspondent in Basra has provided us with news that saddens the soul and breaks the heart, as
a responsible official was arrested in Abu Al-Khasib with more than forty Jews
whom he was trying to smuggle through Al-Seeba in an official transport vehicle (lorry). When
a police force confronted him, he met them by firing bullets at them from his pistol, but
the police were able, with their armed vehicles, to force him to stop after the
aforementioned official tried to unload the Jews and scatter them among the palm trees. However, they were gathered and returned
to the Abu Al-Khasib station. It is said that this is not the first time this
official has smuggled Jews in small and large government cars. His bad luck
and his betrayal have led him into the trap.
The preliminary investigation led to the discovery of those who assist him in smuggling Jews from
Basra, and several people were arrested, including Sheikh Suleiman Ibrahim and Abdul Sattar
Al-Maatouq and others whose names have not reached us yet. Our correspondent says that the investigation
is expanding and may include other people who have a hand in these unfortunate incidents.
Our correspondent confirms: Basra was shaken by this incident, and people were shocked that
such a thing could happen at the hands of a responsible official who is supposed to be loyal to the country
and the government and keen on honor. It is truly regrettable that those arrested among the
Jews are not tried on charges of treason as they should be, but rather under passport regulations,
which only impose a fine on them, even though the matter is greater than a violation of regulations;
it is joining the ranks of the enemy and blatant treason against the country whose nationality they held
and in whose bounty they luxuriated. We suffice for now with this summary for the sake of the safety of the investigation.
The matter is serious, so when will the officials find a way to address it?
Al-Jarida — Al-Yaqaza
Number — ⟦illegible⟧
Date — ⟦illegible⟧
Zilkha Bank ..
What does it do and what is told about it?? ...
Our esteemed Beirut colleague (Al-Hadaf) said:
National circles whose mission is to track Zionist financial activity circulate conversations and stories about Zilkha Bank, which can be said - if true - to be of great danger and importance!
Among what is told is that Zilkha Bank is the thinking head and the steering hand for Jewish smuggling operations related to people, goods, and Israeli currency, and that it is the one that secures the "current account" process between money changers and foreign banks in general, and Swiss ones in particular, as the transfer and exchange operations are carried out through agents of its own spread everywhere.
The conversations say that the "network" has many branches, diverse heads, and different means, yet they are all like a group of moving nerve fibers held by a single hand that goes in sequence in its assembly until the final knot where the driving hand at Zilkha Bank stands ..
The conversations end and the stories continue among those circles ..
Thus, the danger of the situation appears and the importance of what it points to from afar stands out without going into details:
Can the responsible authorities concerned with monitoring anti-national activity tell us that they are monitoring the activity of that bank?
Can they confirm to us that they are reassured about the integrity of Zilkha Bank's record and the rectitude of its conduct?
Can they guarantee to us that Zilkha Bank does not participate in leading smuggling and transfer operations?
Can they prove that the bank is innocent of what is told and said about it?
If they do so, they will have put the dots on the letters ... as for what we will do regarding the bank's management, its time is coming without a doubt!
The talk about Zilkha Bank in the Arab countries is not new, as it was and still is a pillar of Zionism in our countries. But where is the one who will put an end to Zionist activity, eliminate these dangerous institutions, and keep their evils away from us?
Al-Yaqaza
520 Jews
Airplanes transport them to Israel monthly
In a report by the correspondent of (Al-Khabar) of Basra in
Tehran, American airplanes
belonging to Zionist companies transported in
the past month of December more than 520
Jews from Tehran to Tel Aviv. It is understood
that most of these are Jews fleeing
from Iraq!
A Jewish gang in Ramadi
for forging gold bars
Mr. Nafi Mahmoud al-Mashhadani cabled us
regarding the existence of a Jewish gang for forging gold
bars and enticing people to acquire them in
Ramadi, and he requests an investigation into the matter.
We suffice by pointing this out and refrain
from mentioning the names of this gang's members until
we receive more details.
For information only!?
The staff of the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce
Directorate, excluding the switchboard operator and janitors,
consists of 12 employees whose positions are divided between
Muslims and Jews as follows:
The Administrative Manager is Yaqub Banyul, receiving
40 dinars monthly; the Accountant is Salih Dawud
Salih, receiving 30 dinars monthly;
the translation clerk is also Jewish, receiving
20 dinars monthly; the Administrative Supervisor
Nouri Zilkha, receiving 18 dinars monthly;
the typist Naji, receiving 18
dinars monthly; the typist Elias,
receiving 10 dinars monthly; and the
outgoing and incoming mail clerk Shua Dallal, receiving
15 dinars monthly.
As for the positions entrusted to Muslims,
there are four positions: two of them with a
salary of 18 dinars monthly, one
with 15 dinars monthly, and another with
ten dinars monthly.
Furthermore, we congratulate the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce,
the capital of Al-Rashid and the lighthouse of ancient glory, for this
sacred national spirit that has manifested in
its staff. This is a passing word, and we shall return to
the subject.
⟦The Institution⟧:
Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
Number: 723
Date: 6-1-1951
Death to the Jews !!
A loud cry rises in Paris
The Parisian newspaper "Semaine", meaning
"This Morning", published on January 25th
the following news:
René Binet, an old communist who converted to
the shock troops, had hardly left prison
before he began gathering the remnants of the racists
and followers of Doriot, to continue racial propaganda
and dictatorship through a new Nazi movement.
But the authorities soon referred him
to the judiciary along with a number of his aides on charges of
re-forming a dissolved organization, so he was sentenced by
the Tenth Criminal Court to a prison term of
two years and a fine of 12,000
francs.
The court also sentenced the aides Jean
Bouchalong, Jean Thiron, and Raoul Yoani
to 13 months in prison and a fine of
6,500 francs.
It also sentenced each of (16) other
members to penalties ranging from six months
to (15) months and fines ranging from
3,000 to 10,000 francs, while others
benefited from a stay of execution.
Nevertheless, the convoy of these convicts
had hardly crossed the Saint-Michel Bridge when they were met by
a number of "friends" who confirmed to them
the determination to continue the "struggle" while shouting
loudly: Death to the Jews!
The Newspaper - ⟦The Baghdadi Times⟧
Number - 85
Date - February 7, 1950
Sentencing of Jews
who attempted to flee to Palestine
Sawt al-Fayha the esteemed reported:
The Abu al-Khasib Criminal Court sentenced
the members of the Jewish convoy that was
recently arrested in Abu al-Khasib and which
consists of (31) Jewish members
to rigorous imprisonment for each of them for a period of
three months, and to simple imprisonment for three months
for the women and minors.
Newspaper: Al-Yaqadha
Number: 744
Date: 7 - 5 - 50
On the Sidelines of the Jews' Smuggling Movement
Selling Furniture and Fleeing
Did the Presidency of the Israeli Community Issue a Formal Fatwa?
The Government Must Treat the Matter with Firmness
By: Fata al-Mishraq
The movement of Jews selling their furniture—
liquidating their affairs and fleeing—is still at its peak,
as it is proceeding with complete organization and precision. Here are
the shops of some of them, becoming empty little by little.
Last week, a large number of them were arrested
all at once while they were trying to
reach their goal. The victim who was
lured by their active organization with money and beauty was
an employee (unfortunately) in an important institution.
Also arrested in connection with this incident were two people,
one of whom is a Jew named Na'im Yusuf, who is said
to be the pivot of the organization.
In another incident, a number of Jews
men and women, were arrested near
(Al-Kubaisi). It was noticed that each one of them
was wearing several suits, and there were found with them various
quantities of pounds, bars, and gold
medallions. These incidents are still occurring
despite the tightening by the specialized departments
and their activity to communicate, which proves that
those who run the movement have mastered
and organized it. As a result of that,
many houses in the city of Basra became empty
and their rents dropped.
From all this, people conclude that the movement is
organized, orchestrated, and intentional, and as we said
in our previous article, which ⟦Kh...sarah⟧ dared to
issue a fabrication about it. Rumors are circulating
that the Jews could not embark on
a collective action like this except by an order or semi-
order; and tongues say in commentary on that,
it is rumored that a verbal fatwa has been issued
by the Presidency of the Community urging that.
On this occasion, I had a conversation with
a Jew who has a social standing; I discussed with him
the activity of the Jews' flight movement and selling their furniture, etc.
He replied to me (that there is no need to question
or be surprised, for Jewish religious books
herald the establishment of a Jewish state, this on one hand,
and on the other hand, the events that
took place proved that Jews are not looked upon in
every society they inhabit with trust and comfort,
because they are generally Jews before anything else, and for this
reason, they are always and forever in isolation from others,
not mixing with anyone completely, but rather
superficially driven by personal interest, and
they cannot be truly sincere to anyone
except their own kind among the Jews; their religious
books suggest that, and however much we pretend
sincerity and patriotism, no one believes us
at all). This Jew added, saying:
(Look at the Jews in all parts of the earth,
are they well? Are they looked upon with
assurance? Review history since
ancient times and in the era of Hitler; how many dark
calamities befell the Jews and destroyed many of them,
all because of the psyche they were fashioned upon
as Jews, with whom it is impossible to merge
with others; for they always and forever want for themselves
a special entity, such that they believe they are God's
Chosen People, and that (God) whom we call (Yahweh)
is our chosen Savior God; He is for us and we are
for Him, and everyone besides us is impure, filthy, infidels,
outcasts (Goyim)... Then this Jew said to me,
I swear to you, even though you will not believe me,
that I wish and desire from the core of my heart to be rid
of my Jewishness and embrace Islam or Christianity
or others, and distance myself from the abomination of the Jews
and the ethics of the Jews, etc., but would anyone believe
me? ... Our past, our nature, and our psyche
have deprived us of people's love for us, so we lived as
you see, hated, and we will live forever
hated, since whoever considers others
to be filthy and impure is himself the one who is filthy
and impure.) All of this makes the Jews
insecure about their money and themselves, and a ghost
of their foundling appeared to them, so they rushed toward it
running.
It does not matter to us Arabs whether the Jews sold their furniture
or did not sell it. Whether they fled collectively or individually.
Just as it does not matter to us if their flight is organized or if
Judaized traitors helped them flee... all of that does not matter
to us at all. Rather, what matters to us is that
our money leaks to the foundling for whom the hearts
of Jews everywhere have materialized to embrace him
and stay awake for his upbringing, then their 'goodness' returns to us
(considering them Iraqis) after they train
there, where they work among us as a fifth column
equipped with its special means... It is a problem
(as Mr. Mahmoud al-Durra said in his opening article
in the illustrious Baghdad newspaper Al-Awqat)
which we must hasten to solve decisively
and explicitly; the government should declare to
everyone the permission for every Jew
to leave Iraq under certain conditions,
the first of which is specifying an amount of money not exceeding
100 Dinars for each one, and that his Iraqi
citizenship be permanently revoked, along with other
measures that end this
problem. Without that, our economic,
political, and social entity will remain threatened
by danger; rather, danger will befall it and actually
shatter it.
Basra
Fata al-Mishraq
Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 187
Date: 7 February ⟦1950⟧
Auctions for Sale
A new phenomenon, or a theatrical play
or call it what you will, its chapters are unfolding today
on the stage of our country, and its events are occurring
in our midst, as furniture and household
supplies are displayed in shops for "Public Auction"
and secret auctions, sold at the lowest prices. And the seller
is the son of the Israelite community and the buyer
is the Iraqi citizen..
This phenomenon or that "play" has
its impact on Iraqi financial life; and it has
its consequences for the stability of the financial situation in
the country, for the Jew who displays the furniture
of his house in the "auction" was not among those in need
of the price of selling his furniture, but he does that
to collect the circulating money from the market to impoverish
the country, and make it flounder in a financial crisis
with no end.
These matters are taking place in all the cities
of large Iraq, and even in its villages,
countryside, and districts, and if this indicates
anything, it only indicates a pre-planned matter
for Iraq whose lines were drawn in Tel Aviv,
and the Iraqi Jews must implement it. And those
who sell what they own of movable property
we find after a few days there is no mention of them in all
parts of Iraq, so where did these people go
I wonder? .. Did they go to Palestine
by their known methods ..?. We do not know
The days reveal to us the convergence day after
day of these mysterious incidents.
Similar incidents took place in
sisterly Egypt, and the Egyptian government
did nothing but announce that it favors the
departure of those who wish of the Egyptian Jews
abroad. After it placed on that
certain restrictions. .
And today we want from the new ministry
to notice this important issue, and it is
desirable for it to announce to the Iraqi Jews
its approval and preference for those who wish to leave
the country. . But for the Jews to carry out such
actions, while we remain looking at
that and not lifting a finger, it means complete neglect
in our internal and financial policy.
And it indicates more clearly the complete disregard
for the feelings of the Iraqi citizens, and the waste
of their dignity and destiny on the altar of Jewish
ambitions. . So we have informed and upon the
officials is the action. . So will they act?
Key points in the draft law for the administration of Awqaf and its justifying reasons
Awqaf affairs - Retirement of position holders - Accountability of trustees - Charitable institutions
In one of its sessions during the last meeting, the Chamber of Deputies discussed the draft law for the accountability of trustees. That discussion ended with the draft being returned to the Legal Affairs Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, which in turn returned it to the Council of Ministers accompanied by observations made regarding most of its articles.
After the Council of Ministers restudied the draft and reviewed the observations received from the Chamber of Deputies, it redrafted this bill and introduced the amendments deemed necessary. It also decided to cancel its previous title, which was limited to the accountability of trustees, and made it general to include all aspects of Awqaf, referring it to the Chamber of Deputies as the Draft Law for the Administration of Awqaf.
The first chapter of this draft dealt with the definition of Awqaf in general and the entity that supervises them and manages their affairs, which is restricted to the person of His Excellency the Prime Minister. The second chapter dealt with the formations of the Awqaf administration, its types, and how to monitor them. As for the third chapter, it was limited to the nature of the Awqaf Shura Council and the scientific councils and the definition of their work and powers. The fourth chapter was divided into four sections: the first section dealt with the affairs of temples, their divisions, and methods of spending on them; the second section dealt with retirement affairs for position holders, the pension deductions taken from their salaries, and methods of investing these deductions by the General Directorate of Awqaf. As for the third section,
it relates to the affairs of religious schools affiliated with the Awqaf and the conditions for admission to them. Likewise, the fourth section dealt with charitable institutions, how they are managed, and the conditions that must be observed in that management.
The fifth chapter stipulates the affairs of Awqaf rentals and the rules under which rental operations take place, and the sixth chapter dealt with issues of exchange (Istibdal) and the conditions specific to them.
As for the seventh chapter, it was dedicated to the affairs of trusteeship and trustees, their accountability, and their dismissal. It was divided into four sections: the first on trusteeship, the second on the rights and duties of officials, the third on the accountability of officials, and the fourth on the dismissal of officials. The eighth and final chapter included miscellaneous articles related to Awqaf affairs. This draft contained eighty-nine articles.
As for the justifying reasons for legislating this law, they are as follows:
The development of the legislative movement occurs with the development of nations and changes with the change of needs and times. On this basis, the government has begun in recent years to amend many of its laws, even including the Basic Law. Since Article (122) of the Basic Law stipulated that (the Department of Islamic Awqaf is one of the government departments and that its affairs and financial matters are managed and organized according to
a special law), and since the Awqaf Administration Law No. 27 of 1929 only addressed a very small portion of the aspects of this institution, and since the development in the administration of Awqaf and the introduction of improvements to it is required by the public interest, this draft was prepared.
The most important points mentioned in this draft are summarized as follows:
1 - Guardianship and monitoring of the attached Awqaf, which is a matter required by general provisions and necessitated by the protection of the endowment's rights from tampering (Article - 8).
2 - The Awqaf's supervision over the endowments of non-Muslim sects. This right is derived from the provisions of Article (112) of the Basic Law, which permitted the government this supervision. The government has the right to authorize any department it delegates, and since the Awqaf Department has jurisdiction, granting it this right in this case is considered to achieve the purpose (Article 12).
3 - Formation of the Shura Council. The law currently in force did not discuss this council; rather, it was mentioned in the regulations. Since the duty of the Shura Council is mostly administrative, placing an article in the core of the law corresponds to the purpose aimed at by the Basic Law. In addition, this draft intended for the Shura Council to be composed of a group with legal and Sharia standing, so a member of the Court of Cassation and one of
the senior state officials and one of the scholars were considered natural members of this council. Also, its work was defined in the draft, and in this way, general oversight and supervision of Awqaf work became the responsibility of the Shura Council first, then the competent minister, then the Council of Ministers - in some cases. (Article - 14 - and following).
4 - The present law did not contain a text specifying how temples are managed and the duties of their employees, so Article (19) was introduced to remedy this deficiency.
5 - The current law - nor other observed laws - did not stipulate the existence of a right for position holders to receive (pension) allocations or the like. Since religious and social interest dictates giving those who dedicate their lives to serving society such a right, Article (25) was placed for this purpose.
6 - Since observing development in preparing a religious youth is a matter dictated by duty and is considered at the heart of the Awqaf's duty, articles were placed providing for the creation of organized religious schools, as an affirmation of the current situation and in support of the requirements of interest (Article - 27 - and following).
7 - Long-term leasing is applied in the current situation, but its duration and how it is contracted have not been focused until now, so articles were placed for this purpose (Article - 38 - and following).
8 - The exchange of endowed properties
has not been defined by legal controls, but rather currently takes place according to what the judge deems as justifications derived from some jurisprudential rulings. A judge who says it is permissible to exchange when most of the property is destroyed might not be followed by another judge who requires the total loss of benefit. To prevent this possibility and to compel the judiciary to adopt the interest determined by reality and nothing else, articles were placed explaining the method of exchange and its justifications on the basis of observing the agreement reached among jurists regarding the permissibility of disposing of what is most beneficial for the endowment. By this, the confusion witnessed today was removed (Article - 46 - and following).
9 - The actions of some trustees have caused resentment and occupied the Awqaf departments and courts. Since the trustee is nothing more than a manager of the institution, he is in this capacity subject to oversight. It is in the interest of the public that his rights and duties be defined to facilitate his monitoring; therefore, solid rules were placed that fulfill the purpose (Article - 25 - and following).
10 - The accountability of trustees is guaranteed by Article (13) of the Awqaf Administration Law, but the mentioned article was vague, so articles were placed specifying the method of accountability and its results. The placement of these restrictions is a matter required by duty and necessitated by interest due to its relationship with the rights holders, such as the beneficiaries and position holders (Article - 62 - and following).
11 - These are the most important basic points mentioned in the draft. The government, by drafting it, aimed to organize the administration and protect the rights of the endowment, the position holders, and those related to the Awqaf.
Newspaper -: News
Number -: 2724
Date -: 8 / February / 1948
The Russian, Polish and Czech delegates withdrew
this evening from the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations. The World Jewish Congress has requested the inclusion of
the issue of the alleged persecution of the Jews of Iraq on the Council's agenda.
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Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 888
Date: 8 February 1950
Scout Lights
The Fleeing Jews..!
In another part of this newspaper, the dear reader will find the sentence issued against the members of the Jewish convoy that tried to flee from Iraq abroad. The number of members of this convoy reached 31, including women and children...
In fact, we do not care about the escape of these Jews, rather we are among those who rejoice at their departure from Iraq, because the citizen who disavows the homeland in which he was born and lived for, and tries to harm it by this means, cannot be considered a useful citizen, and must be subject to the maximum punishment. The court that sentenced these fugitives to three months in prison used the utmost leniency, mercy, and compassion with them. While duty necessitates their execution, or even shooting them..
This is one incident among various incidents that happen to us and take place in our midst every day. In fact, every hour and even every moment.. Jews fleeing abroad after disposing of their movable and immovable property at any price. Not because of an injustice done to them or a gross unfairness that befell them, or because of provocative acts committed against them by the Iraqi people, but rather these things are happening as a result of mandatory orders issued to them from Tel Aviv, which dictate the necessity of joining their "Mother" homeland, as they claim..
Therefore, duty in this case necessitates that the government - as sisterly Egypt has done - issue a statement to the members of this sect regarding the necessity of remaining calm and refraining from what might generate provocation to public opinion and avoiding doing everything that reeks of instability in the country. It must also inform the members of this sect that it has no objection - just as the people have no objection either - to the departure of all Zionist Jews out of Iraq after they hand over their movable and immovable property and stored money to the Iraqi state treasury.
This is what we want from the new ministry, and this is what occupies public opinion at the present time.
The Newspaper - Liwa al-Istiqlal
Number - 897
Date - February 8, 1950
The Tragedy of Humanity in its Twentieth Century
By lawyer Faik al-Samarrai
Hundreds of thousands of our brothers, the Palestinian
refugees, receive this biting cold
and these snowy storms while staying in their huts
and tents that do not protect them from the elements, and in
their torn and tattered tents, and in caverns and caves
and under the shade of olive, pine,
and cedar trees in the forests of Lebanon and elsewhere.
These people who represent the tragedy of humanity
in the twentieth century receive death
and extinction without a voice being heard in the world
to rescue them, help them, and pull them from the clutches
of this sweeping epidemic, while the world some
years ago was up in arms over what was called
Semitic persecution in Hitler's Germany. And
the various stories that were told about this
Nazi persecution of the Jews, no matter how much they reached
in terms of fabrication and exaggeration to elicit sympathy, they did not
reach what the situation of the Arabs in Palestine has reached today
in terms of blatant aggression against all principles of
truth and humanity. For those who live
today in their worn-out rags facing death,
they had, in the recent past, their luxurious
palaces, homes, farms, orchards,
properties, and businesses, but the
criminal Jews drove them out of their homes, confiscated
their properties, froze their funds, and left them
dependent on the world, living on charity. And if
the Western world, which severed Palestine from
the Arab body to present it to the Jews, is today
closing its ears to hearing the cries for help
issued by these miserable people and turning a blind eye to
seeing this tragedy, the likes of which history has not witnessed
since the ages of the Romans, Christian persecution,
and the Inquisition until today - and if
the Western world has feigned deafness to hearing the moans
and death rattles of humanity, what is the excuse of the Arabs
themselves before future generations for this
fluid stance they take toward their brothers
and cousins while they are dying and suffering
the death rattle in this terrible winter!
The Palestine catastrophe has revealed a weakness
in the existing conditions in the Arab countries and an
urgent necessity to reconsider Arab plans
and these artificial conditions.
The refugee problem today will reveal
a definitive truth: that the Arabs must
not seek solutions from abroad, but rather seek them
within their own countries. For these funds
confiscated by the Jews in Palestine, and these houses
they demolished, and these orchards and farms
they destroyed, the Arabs must compensate for them from
their properties in the Arab countries if the
Jews continue their aggression and persist in their persecution
of the Palestinian Arabs. By the measure you mete,
it shall be meted unto you, and the initiator is more unjust!
This is the firm policy that the Arabs
should seek today and work for. What
are these conferences and discussions in Geneva
and Lake Success and others but a means
of sedation until the Palestinian Arabs
are finished off finally? For the biting cold and deadly hunger
do not wait for what politicians decide; rather,
their terrible scythe harvests souls every
day, so that when the conferees finish their
Byzantine debate, the refugees will have become
a trace after an essence, and nothing will stand in their pastures but
graves that are a symbol of the ugliest human crime the
world has witnessed from its ancient ages until now.
And if history will curse the criminal European civilization
for this tragedy, the curse will be
harsher on the Arabs who accepted for their brothers
such a painful and humiliating fate!
Will Arab politicians understand their duty,
or are they still wandering in the blindness of their vanities
and delusions, submerged to their chins in their greed
and selfishness? That is what the coming days will reveal,
and their judgment will be the decider. Woe
to us from the curse of history.
The Newspaper - Al-Yaqaza
Number - 745
Date - 8 February 950
Smuggling Jews from Basra as well
Shalom Najara heads one of the smuggling convoys
Our colleague "Sawt al-Fayha"
the distinguished Basra paper, wrote in its issue published on 5
February 950 the following:
Arresting fleeing
Jews as well
Our local reporter learned that the Ma'qil police arrested
17 Jews attempting to escape
from Iraq via al-Uzair, and they are this
convoy headed by Shalom Najara, the brother of the head
of the Jewish community in Basra. So when will the
Iraqi authorities work on freezing their assets?
The borders are closed in the face
of the fleeing Jews
But we lack moral integrity!
A high-ranking official official gave a special interview
to the editor-in-chief of this newspaper
regarding the incidents of smuggling Jews, and he said:
Some think that the smuggling movement is a result
of the vastness of the open borders, but I confirm
that the borders are not open, and the government has
enough outposts, patrols, and boats
to close the borders in the face of the fleeing Jews
and in the face of any smuggling movement, but we need
moral integrity, as it is the root of the disease
and the cause of the affliction... The high-ranking official
stated the exact truth, so let those whom
this talk concerns feel ashamed, and let them remember
that morals are the primary pillar in
the happiness or misery of the nation.
Sentencing
members of the Jewish convoy
that attempted to escape to Israel
The Abu Al-Khaseeb Misdemeanor Court sentenced
the members of the Jewish convoy that was
arrested in Abu Al-Khaseeb recently
which consists of 31 Jews,
to rigorous imprisonment for each Jew
for a period of three months, and three months of simple
imprisonment for women and minors.
Bankruptcy or feigned bankruptcy?!
We have been informed that a group of prominent Jewish merchants in Baghdad have declared bankruptcy.
People were astonished that among them were Levi and his ilk, who possess enormous wealth.
People are talking about this (strange) bankruptcy and questioning among themselves: Is it
bankruptcy or feigned bankruptcy for a purpose in the mind of Jacob? We will provide our readers with important
details on this subject. We hope that the government will open its eyes to what is happening
under the guise of bankruptcy! We also warn the citizens about this so that the (feigned bankrupts)
do not drag them into the abyss with them.
The Newspaper - Al-Yaqaza
Number - 745
Date - February 8, 1951
Recklessness and Laxity
By: "Abu al-Muhalhal"
At a time when the fabricated state began to strengthen its position in usurped
Palestine, and at a time when Zionism is active everywhere to launch concentrated, violent campaigns
against everything that is Arabic, desiring to create an atmosphere of suspicion and doubt that helps it
to carry out new, premeditated aggressions. At such a time as this, when that is happening
under the hearing and sight of the Arabs in the East and West, the Arab governments let their affairs slip
and are lenient in punishing those who offend them internally, and have refrained from repelling the aggression directed
at them from abroad; Iraq was not far from those campaigns and intrigues
directed at the core of its life. The Jews' recklessness toward its interests has reached an extreme limit,
and today they are working with clear openness to undermine its existence and shake its foundations. And if
days have revealed the essence of the Jewish psyche and its nature formed on evil and ingratitude
then that is something we did not expect otherwise from this minority for whom we opened the widest
fields of prosperous living and guaranteed for them the utmost rights and freedoms they dream of. It is not
surprising that the days reveal the essence and reality of this group, but what is most
surprising is that humiliation in the souls of some of those counted among us and attributed to us
as apostate traitors. Nevertheless, if those denied and ignored, and these betrayed
and submitted—the former driven by their evil nature, and the latter driven by their insignificance
and humiliation—if this was allowed to pass, it is not permissible under any circumstances to be lenient in this
matter or to ignore its near and far consequences. All signs indicate that
a conspiracy and collusion were plotted against the interest of this country between the Jews and their tails, which began
to be implemented with precision and mastery.
I do not know how the way is opened for criminal acts committed against the
homeland at a time when the freedom of its loyal sons is restricted, as if tampering with the country's
destiny and threatening its existence is permissible, acceptable, and desirable, and as if resisting that tampering
and recklessness or demanding an end to it is a violation of the law and a crime deserving
the harshest punishment.
We point to these painful facts while the acts of Jewish crime are
active and expanding under the hearing and sight of officials. There is a collective Jewish movement
whose main lines were laid by World Zionism, concentrating its activity in this limited
spot of the Middle East. Jewish actions aim at two things:
The first matter: Smuggling Jews from Iraq to Israel via neighboring
countries using all means, provided the smugglers are according to the following
order:-
1- Those capable of carrying arms, whose ages do not exceed 45 years.
2- Specialists in professions and industries.
3- Jewish women capable of childbearing.
4- Those pursued by justice.
As for the second matter, it aims at smuggling Jewish money in some form or another,
in order to cover the expenses of deporting the smuggled Jews. For this, they resort to the following means:
1 - Encouraging tourism or visiting Iraq to benefit from the tourists' money
in their countries before they come to Iraq, whether from India, Pakistan, Iran,
or elsewhere,
and giving them ordinary transfers to their agents in Iraq to receive the equivalent in
Iraqi Dinars.
2 - Creating a state of tension between Iraq and its neighbors and announcing what is known
as measures against Iraqi nationals, even through some hired employees in
those lands, as happened in Iran a few weeks ago. The purpose of this is to spread
terror in the hearts of Iraqis and make them think about exchanging their money for Iraqi
Dinars; in this way, the Iraqi Dinars smuggled to those countries in one way
or another find popular markets.
3 - Doubling the prices of goods offered to Iraqi merchants.
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Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
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Iraqi Police Discover a Jewish Conspiracy in Baghdad
Secret Zionist Association Operating Under the Supervision of the Rabbi
Arrest of 37 People and Confiscation of Funds and Dangerous Documents
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The correspondent of the Beirut-based (Al-Ahed) in
Baghdad sent the following information to his newspaper:
For some time, security men in Iraq
have been secretly investigating the Zionist activity
carried out by the Jews of Baghdad to provide aid to
the Tel Aviv government, and this activity has emerged
in a dangerous way that threatens Iraq itself with the greatest
disasters, which prompted the authorities to
double their monitoring of Jewish activities
and their internal conspiracies and to investigate their
diabolical methods in implementing their hellish projects.
Thanks to these precise investigations carried out
by secret investigation officers, the
Iraqi police were able to discover a secret Zionist
association that collects donations from the Jews of
Iraq and sends them to the Zionist gangs
in Palestine via Basra by means of
foreign ships crossing the Persian Gulf,
the Red Sea, and the Suez Canal on their way
to Tel Aviv or Haifa.
Dangerous records and leaflets calling
for riots and inciting internal strife,
and accounts of large amounts of
money spent by the aforementioned association were discovered
to paralyze the Arab Jihad movement in Iraq against
the Zionists of Palestine.
Among the items found by the police
at the headquarters of the secret Zionist association were "Israel"
badges and huge quantities of
coded messages issued by the leaders of the
Jewish terrorist gangs in Palestine. The
code experts have set about deciphering the
discovered messages.
⟦Arrest of 37 People⟧
The Iraqi police have arrested
37 Iraqi Zionists who were about
to flee the day before yesterday, attempting to cross
the border between Iraq and Iran with
large amounts of money and documents.
Some information indicates that the leadership
200,000 two hundred thousand pounds spent by the Jews
for corruption in the Arab League.
Cairo - News arrived here stating that the Jews have allocated in their budget for the year
1950 three items for propaganda abroad, which are:
First: One hundred thousand pounds for their spies in the Arab countries, both Arabs and Jews.
Second: Fifty thousand pounds to be paid as "bribes" and "payoffs" to the Arab press,
especially newspapers published in foreign languages and from sources not loyal to the Arab interest.
Third: Forty-five thousand pounds for tourism propaganda in the areas of the Jewish gangs
in Palestine, and five thousand pounds for the expenses of the central office in Tel Aviv which will implement this program.
Continuation of the editorial article
Smuggling money in this way is guaranteed, does not attract attention, and does not lead to
harm, while as for the smuggling of people, they try, as much as possible, to narrow the danger
to it, and for this reason they specified:
1 - That the smuggler carries only what is light in weight and high in value, for example
eighteen smuggled Jews were arrested a few days ago near
Basra - 80 gold liras and 600 dinars were found with a woman among them,
while the men were wearing more than three suits, one on top of the other.
2 - That the smuggler has sold all the movable property he owns or has authorized someone
to do so on his behalf. The purpose of this, besides smuggling, is to freeze the circulating money
and withdraw it from the markets to paralyze the internal economic movement.
3 - The Jewish Agency pays the smuggling fees in local currency to the members of
the gangs formed under its supervision.
To implement this plan, the Jews formed various gangs, all of whose members are non-
Jews, to distance suspicion from themselves, and they began their work with the help of some complicit
officials or others in the southern and eastern regions of Iraq. The average of what is transported
to Israel by air via Iran is 500 people per month, and about this
number by sea, and approximately the same via Kuwait.
The movement of smuggling Jews is public and blatant, starting from the Basra train station in
Baghdad to the southern Iraqi border posts. What falls into the hands of the border
guards is nothing but throwing dust in the eyes, and at the suggestion of the gangs themselves
because the punishment is extremely easy, and it also aims to raise the smuggling fee for each person
on the grounds that the danger has increased and that the surveillance is strict.
These are brief hints about the most dangerous political movement carried out by the Jews in
Iraq and abroad with the help of the renegade traitors counted among this country, and I do
not think the matter needs detail to embody the danger threatening our lives in the present
and the future. These are but signs of preparation and readiness for a coming battle, for which
international Jewry has been working as much as it can since today to win, while the Arab governments wallow in their sleep
preparing to lose it. What a difference between the active owner of falsehood and the sleeping
owner of truth. May God have mercy on him who said:
You would have been heard had you called someone alive, but there is no life in those you call.
Jews attempting to escape
The Al-Abakhana police learned that a group of
Jews had agreed to escape to Iran
via Khanaqin. Following this,
measures were taken and they were arrested. It turned out
that they are: Meir Khedhouri, Moshe
Daoud, Edward Khedhouri, Shalom Murad,
Menachem Ezra, and the driver of the car numbered
2778 Baghdad, named Nahum Shaul,
and the mediator for their smuggling, named Said
Abdullah Al-Kurdi, a resident of Khanaqin.
They were placed in detention by order of the investigating judge,
and investigations are ongoing.
Iraq's delegate to the Interim Committee of the United Nations
responds to Jewish allegations regarding alleged persecution
Lake Success - Spokesmen
for the Iraqi and Lebanese governments
here took the initiative to refute Jewish allegations
concerning the situation of Jews in the two Eastern countries.
Mr. Ahmed Izzat Mohammed,
Iraq's delegate to the Interim Committee
of the United Nations, spoke to the Arab News
Agency, stating that the allegations about the situation of the Jews
are baseless. He added
that Jews in Iraq are treated
equally with others without exception. Mr.
Izzat Mohammed pointed out in his statement
to the request made by the World Jewish Congress
to include the issue of Jews in Iraq
on the agenda of the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations, which
began its meetings yesterday. The request stated
that their situation had improved in Lebanon, to which
Dr. Karim Azkoul, Lebanon's delegate
to the Interim Committee of the United Nations, commented
saying that the situation in Lebanon was never bad
at any point to be improved now, and that it is
absurd to present such false accusations
to the Economic and Social Council.
He added that the Jews have become accustomed from
time to time to broadcast false accusations about
the treatment of Jews in Arab countries as part
of their planned propaganda. The Arab countries
do not have representatives in the Economic
and Social Council, so it is no wonder if the Jews wanted
to seize this opportunity to say what
they want, feeling secure that no
Arab delegates would respond to them.