AI English Translation, Pages 151-175
Newspaper: Al-Fath
Number: 24
Date: March 10, 1950
It is not permissible to purchase
the property and assets of Jews
(Whoever buys anything from them is like one who manufactured a weapon to kill Muslims)
Fatwa of the great Hujjat al-Islam, the scholar Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalisi, may God protect him
Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalisi is one of the active religious figures who couple words with action. His Eminence has not ceased fighting
destructive ideas and resisting moral vices, sometimes through his eloquent speeches and at other times through his personal influence, which
necessitated that a large group of Muslims from various sects rally around His Eminence once they learned of his
sincerity and good intentions. Al-Fath is proud that His Eminence is the first to respond to the call of religious duty
and provide a fatwa on a vital matter that has unsettled public opinion and occupied minds. This fatwa left no room
for those who would speculate. We hope that other fatwas from prominent scholars will reach us so that those far and near may know the Sharia ruling
in matters such as these. Below is a copy of the inquiry and His Eminence's response.
(Editor)
His Eminence, the Great Hujja, Imam Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalisi, may God preserve him.
We seek the answer to this inquiry; may you remain a treasure for the religion and its people.
Is it permissible to buy what the Jews are selling these days in public auctions, knowing that they will take the proceeds of these sales with them
if they leave Iraq to join Israel?
19-5-1369 AH
Muhammad Hussein
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him is my trust:
God Almighty said in His glorious, firm book (And do not cooperate in sin
and aggression). What the Jews are committing in terms of sin and aggression in the
Islamic Palestinian lands against its Muslim and Christian inhabitants
is known to everyone. There is no doubt that buying their goods is an aid to them in their sins
and aggression, as evidenced by the fact that they have proceeded to sell what they have to strengthen the state of Israel
which committed those sins. God Almighty said (God only forbids you from those who
fought you in religion and drove you out of your homes and supported your expulsion
from befriending them. And whoever befriends them, it is they who are the wrongdoers). The Jews fought us in
religion because their war is purely religious, and they drove us out of our homes and supported
our expulsion. Buying their goods is a form of befriending them, which is forbidden by the text of the Holy Quran.
Buying their goods, furniture, or houses is not only a loss to Iraqi wealth
and a disruption to economies, but it also contains assistance for them
to manufacture weapons and equipment lethal to Muslims. Whoever buys something from them
is like one who manufactured a weapon to kill Muslims and like one who created for the Jews power to possess
Islamic lands and expel their people. The ruling on that is known to every Muslim,
and the buyer is like one who stood in the rank of the Jews to fight Muslims because war
can only be waged with money. Whoever gives money to the Jews intentionally is a warrior
against Muslims, and the protection of Islam is disassociated from him. If some Muslims have purchased
out of negligence before this, they must seek forgiveness from God Almighty for what they committed.
We ask Him, glory be to His Name, to protect Muslims in the future from falling into such
a great sin and major offense, and to alert them from their negligence. We have written this as a clarification
of the Sharia ruling, and as a defense of ourselves against the aggression of the Jews. They have no right
to object to that because they know that they are the aggressors.
Issued from the school of Imam al-Khalisi on 19 Jumada I, year 1369 AH
Muhammad al-Khalisi
Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 214
Date: March 10, 1950
Buying Jewish Ruins
A Burden on the Poor and a Danger to Arabism
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This newspaper had the honor of being the first to call upon sincere citizens to boycott the spoils and old properties sold by Jews wishing to emigrate. We pointed out in a previous editorial the necessity of people refraining from buying these remnants and exchanging them for cash, because the Jews emigrating to Israel will not use our money—taken from the toil of poor Iraqis—for anything other than arming and strengthening the enemy. Thus, our money will return as bullets and bombs to our chests and homes in the near future. We were pleased that some fellow publications followed Al-Husun's lead and participated in this national call, which had a commendable impact in the capital's circles. The increase in the display of these obsolete spoils has provoked many members of the deprived poor class, especially females, into borrowing and economic exhaustion to buy what they need from them. In this, there is an unbearable affliction for this hardworking class and a regrettable squandering of the fruits of its labor and fatigue, exposing it to even more severe misery due to the debts weighing down its shoulders for this reason. It was expected of the jealous sons of our people—this people who have attained a great share of culture and endured a large portion of Zionist hardship until they became threatened with annihilation and sweeping by it. We say, informing Al-Husun readers of what is new in this regard, that our correspondent brings news that makes the viewer pity and tears at hearts! He informed us, with regret filling his being, that Jewish spoils are offered at low prices, then the price rises after minutes until it reaches a large figure that does not even equal their prices when they were new? Why? And who are the jealous (!) bidders there? Our correspondent says he saw some notables and pseudo-notables from the residents of some provinces near the capital bringing large vehicles (lorries) with them to load them with old Jewish furniture after buying them at high prices, aiming to profit from selling them at higher and greater prices to the residents of their provinces. Faced with this painful phenomenon, we can only direct a call to the educated youth in all Iraqi provinces, appealing to their determination to enter the field of national honor and ethnic dignity and to convince the residents of their provinces, and the buyers among them in particular, of the necessity of boycotting these auctions ⟦illegible⟧
Do not believe it!
Al-Yaqza newspaper said in its private
reports the following:
Jewish propaganda circulated that a
Muslim bought a cupboard from Jewish
auctions and found inside it 4000
dinars forgotten by the Jews in the cupboard. And that
a woman found 400 dinars in a pillow
she also bought from the Jews. There is no doubt
that whoever believes these rumors is very
silly, for the Zionist would sell his religion for
a penny, so do not believe it.
Newspaper: Al-Akhbar
Number: 2790
Date: 10 March 1950
Stopping the Smuggling Movement of Jews
We had clearly indicated after the issuance of the
appendix law to the decree of dropping Iraqi citizenship
that it is necessary to monitor the movement of migration
of Jews outside Iraq, and we said that
it is not permissible for national wealth to leak out
through some Jews who smuggle
their wealth and transfer their money in an
illegal manner, contrary to the statement issued by
the Foreign Exchange Controller who specified
the amounts carried by the Jew whose
Iraqi citizenship is revoked.
And our colleague, Sawt al-Ahrar of Mosul, reported
that a convoy of Jews was arrested near
Mount Hamrin with their smugglers while waiting
for a car to transport them to Tehran. After searching them,
91 gold pounds and 283 dinars in
cash were found with them, along with 100,000 Iraqi stamps of the
one dinar, half dinar, and quarter dinar denominations.
When one of them was asked about smuggling the stamps,
he replied that they carried these stamps because they are light
and easy to carry.
Newspaper -: Al-Yaqaza
Number -: 771
Date -: 10 March 1950
* Moshe Saleh Zilkha, a Jewish merchant
collected from several merchants through the Jewish
broker (Gerouk) about (15) thousand
dinars (as a deposit) for the sale of commercial goods.
But the Jewish merchant took the money and fled
to an unknown destination, i.e., to Tel Aviv and that's that!
* It appeared that the aforementioned Jewish merchant
is indebted in the market to various merchants for about
(80) thousand dinars. And I am one of those who
gloat over the merchants dealing with the Jews
if what happened with Moshe
Zilkha happens to them. And I wish they had lost more than
15 thousand dinars. He who is not disciplined by his parents
will be disciplined by time!
* The Council of Ministers approved the draft Banking
Control Law, and the Jews have made a desperate
effort to induce the government to amend the provisions of
the decree, so they may tamper as they wish with the economy
of this country, and we hope that this
draft law will serve the interest of the country
Newspaper: Al-Hawadith
Number: 2154
Date: March 10, 1950
Work to stop the Jewish smuggling movement
After the issuance of the law revoking their citizenship
After the law appended to the decree revoking Iraqi citizenship came into effect, we have learned that
strict orders have been issued to stop the movement of smuggling Jews out of Iraq and to punish
those working on smuggling them or those fleeing with full severity, in implementation of the law and to preserve the public
wealth from leaking abroad in violation of the statement issued by the Foreign Exchange
Controller, who specified the amounts carried by Jews whose Iraqi citizenship is revoked.
Our colleague Sawt al-Ahrar from Mosul reported that a convoy of Jews was captured
near the Hamrin Mountains with their smugglers while they were waiting for a car to transport them to Tehran. After
searching them, it appeared they had 91 gold pounds, 283 dinars in cash, and 100,000 Iraqi stamps
of the one dinar, half dinar, and quarter dinar denominations. When one of them was asked about smuggling stamps,
he replied that they carried these stamps because of their lightness and ease of carrying.
And there is a harmful issue to the interest of the country
as a whole, which is the issue of Palestine. I do not want
to talk about those who caused the catastrophe of a million
refugees from the Arab population and made them
homeless, sleeping on the ground and covering themselves with the
sky, and their condition became heartbreaking,
because the Arab governments collectively are
responsible for this transgression before Israel.
Rather, I am talking about the issue of Palestine from
the perspective of its relationship with our internal life, as I
thought that the ministerial program would address the Jews of
Iraq with frankness and boldness. Gentlemen, as you
know, since the beginning of this century, the key to
money was in the hands of the Jews in Iraq, and the evolution
of the situation in Palestine had a profound impact. We see
a segment of them beginning to prepare to emigrate to Palestine.
Therefore, you find them freezing their funds, and everyone
knows that their money and furniture are sold at public auction
from morning until midnight in
Bab al-Sharqi. So I see that it is the duty of
the government to give space to those who want to travel
among them or those who want to stay on the condition of maintaining
loyalty to the state, because for those who want to travel,
there is no benefit in preventing them by forced means, so they begin
to escape through various ways and different intrigues
for a fee taken from them for the sake of smuggling them.
This is a very regrettable matter, so it is the duty of the
government to think about allowing those who want to
stay so that souls can be reassured and so that we can know
the loyal from the traitor and distinguish them, and so that
those remaining stay loyal to the state and reassured. By this
means alone, confidence will return to the souls,
or the government decides to expel all Jews. As for
the continuation of this strange, fluid situation, it is not
at all in the interest, and the government must
be firm on this subject.
Newspaper ⟦line⟧: Al-Husun
Number ⟦line⟧: 215
Date ⟦line⟧: 11 March 1950
A Palestinian Refugee
Warns and advises his Iraqi brothers
This is a message received from a Palestinian refugee
We publish it word for word:
Last night I passed by the street where
the auction is located where the Jews sell their belongings
and I saw people in a heavy crowd coming
to buy those worthless belongings
I was greatly pained when I witnessed that
sight which bothered me and forced me to
write these words to you, for the crowding of what
is no less than a thousand men and women approximately in
one place might suggest to the Jews one day to
place a bomb in that place and annihilate such
a large number of our brothers and sisters
Also, what is rumored about them placing a microbe
in those belongings that they sell to us is a matter
that requires extreme caution, and therefore I hope
the noble Iraqi public will stop
buying this furniture and belongings and boycott them
out of concern for the public interest, and I wonder
since the officials from whom nothing is hidden
is it hidden from them that the Jews sell their belongings
and properties for money they put in foreign
banks and leave for Palestine and from there
they withdraw this money easily, so have the
officials thought about this?
I also wonder, have the Arabs forgotten what the
Jews did to the Arabs of Palestine and how they drove them out
from their homes, and if they remember, why do they not treat
the Jews with the same treatment they treated us with? And with
all this, I offer my advice to the noble
Iraqi people and I ask them to stop
buying Jewish furniture and boycott it completely
And peace be upon you.
A Palestinian Refugee
The Law for Revoking Citizenship of Jews
And Its Echo in the Press of the Arab Countries
A Bold Step Taken by His Excellency Al-Suwaidi's Government
Damascus - Al-Hadara newspaper
published here, commented on the law for revoking citizenship
of Iraqi Jews who wish to
leave Iraq permanently, saying:
It is only fair and realistic to
recognize that the practical steps
taken by Iraq to ward off the danger
of Zionism, especially inside Iraq,
are steps characterized by great foresight
and a great deal of courage and heroism.
However, a non-Iraqi naturally appreciates
the importance of that massive stance taken by
Iraq regarding the Jews in the sister country.
They number around one hundred and seventy thousand,
and they dominate the Iraqi economy
in bulk and detail, a complete dominance. Among
the manifestations of that, you see that Baghdad, the capital
of Al-Rashid and Al-Ma'mun, is on Saturday,
for example, in a holiday that is almost complete.
Banks, money changers, and large commercial markets
remain closed on that day, so there is no
taking, giving, selling, or buying!
It is natural that all commercial transactions
of export, import, and brokerage are in the
hands of the Jews and no one else.
Add to that the infiltration of those people into
various state departments; among them are many
doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, professors,
officers, heads of bureaus, accountants,
and so on. They also own
vast properties, palaces, and buildings that
cannot be counted. It is enough to
know that the "Bataween" neighborhood, which
is a neighborhood similar to the Abu Rummaneh neighborhood, is
their private neighborhood built in the modern style.
In short, it can be said without hesitation,
that regarding trade and economy,
specifically, they are everything in Iraq,
especially in Baghdad. Add to that they
occupy a significant number of seats in
government schools. Hardly any school is
free of them, whether it be elementary,
intermediate, or higher.
This is a brief word on the situation of the Jews in
Iraq. Therefore, the action of the current government
today in Baghdad to issue a law allowing
emigration for Jews and making every Jew who leaves
Iraq lose his Iraqi citizenship is a matter
of immense gravity. And if this
shows us anything, it shows us that the Suwaidi government
has decided seriously and with unyielding
firmness to liquidate the Jewish issue in
Iraq, despite what the economic situation
is exposed to in terms of confusion and disturbance. And whatever
is said regarding the removal of the Jews from the Iraqi
region, it is an action involving firmness,
sincerity, and nerves as strong as iron or
even stronger. Above all, it gives us an idea of the
true manhood possessed by the men of
the current ministry in Baghdad.
I used to hear from many
friends who studied in Germany, that
the Germans committed a great mistake in removing
the Jews from their country because they were
everything in that state; the press, news companies,
banks, financial institutions, trade
of various types, and education in universities,
and so on, were all in their hands and under their absolute
control. If we add to all that what was
among them—meaning among the German Jews—of scientists,
inventors, authors, writers, and so on,
we realize what the Germans undertook when
they decided to get rid of that dangerous element.
Nevertheless, the Germans managed their affairs and
the sky did not fall to the earth as the
Jews used to spread when Hitler took that
well-known stance toward them.
And speaking of the appendix to the Iraqi Citizenship Law
which was approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate
and has become an established fact. We wish
to draw the attention of other Arab governments
to follow Iraq's lead
and draft a law by which every Jew
who seeks refuge in Israel is considered to have lost his citizenship. Provided
that his assets be subject to confiscation and
that the government works to freeze them as
the Jews did with the assets of the Arabs.
In this case, and no other, we establish
our existence and put the dots on the letters.
There is nothing to prevent the state of Israel from confiscating
the assets of the Arabs while we in turn cease
confiscating the assets of Jews who flee
secretly to Israel.
Iraq has given us a living example in its daring
to issue such a law as we mentioned.
So we must proceed on the same path it
took, knowing that Iraq will suffer
a shock in its markets and economy as a result of
the steps it has taken, while we will
not be exposed to any of that at all.
And how wonderful it would be if Syrian economic leaders
thought about taking the hands of their Iraqi
brothers and helping them stabilize their economy
at that critical juncture. Especially if
we know that the door is wide open for them.
Newspaper: Al-Hawadeth
Number: 2155
Date: March 11, 1950
Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab
Number: 1568
Date: March 12, 1950
Ratification by His Royal Highness the Regent
of the Law for the Deprivation of Citizenship from Jews
The Law Supplementing the Decree on the Deprivation of Iraqi Citizenship No. (62) of the year
1933, regarding the deprivation of citizenship from Jews wishing to leave Iraq permanently, was ratified by
His Royal Highness the Regent and became effective from the date of its publication in the Iraqi Gazette
last Thursday, March 9, 1950. This law will remain in effect for one year
according to its fifth article, and its implementation may be suspended before that by Royal Decree.
Clarification regarding Jews
leaving Iraq
The following was received by us from an official source:
Iraqi Jews who intend to leave Iraq permanently and who will be deported
from Iraq after their Iraqi citizenship is dropped according to the Law Supplementing the Decree
on the Deprivation of Iraqi Citizenship No. (62) of the year 1933, No. (1) of the year 950, will
not be allowed to return to Iraq. Therefore, it is necessary to draw attention to this aspect
so that any person who has a debt with any such Jew or a financial relationship with him may collect
his debt or settle his financial relations with him before he is allowed to leave Iraq.
The (escape) of the Jews continues
Despite the law that was recently concluded,
In which they were given the (choice) to stay or (emigrate)
To where .. and it seems they see that
Escaping is the shortest way, and the easiest
Means to achieve their goals! In addition
To the pleasure of adventure in escaping.
Newspaper: Al-Yaqdha
Number: 772
Date: March 10, 1950
The Jews died. And peace
Iraq is not in danger
Why this fear of the Jews leaving?
By: A. H. B.
To the Ministry of Education
And to Ezra Menachem Daniel
1- On Abu Nuwas Street. And just
two steps from each other are two large houses
The Ministry of Education rented them to be
two primary schools for girls, one of which is
Al-Sharqiya Primary for Girls and the second is
Al-Bataween Primary for Girls. And the
Ministry of Education spends on these two schools
approximately twenty thousand dinars annually.
All this for the sake of science and its dissemination. But
the students of these two schools are all Jewish.
Those whose homes are near that neighborhood. And
if not all of them, then most of them. And there was found in the hands of
some of those Zionist relatives printed anthems
including the Zionist national anthem.
Despite all that, the number of students began
to decrease recently because they started
emigrating with their families, or who knows, perhaps
they emigrated alone ... to hell.
Does the Ministry of Education see a necessity
after all this for these two schools to remain?
And what does Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel want
more than this! (Pampering) for the Jews whose
(he) protects the rear of their withdrawal?
2- At a time when it is requested that
Iraqi ministries wake up from
their slumber and expel the renegade traitors from the followers of
Israel, the Ministry of Education appointed two nurses
in the health departments affiliated with it. So why?
And is there no one among the female patriots to
perform such tasks?
(S. A. D.)
There has been much talk about the ratification of
the bill to revoke Iraqi citizenship from
Jews who emigrate from Iraq, and
the brothers of the Jews have begun to exaggerate
its consequences and made that a bad omen for
Iraq and for the Palestine cause, and the motive
for some of these may be their short-sightedness regarding
the scientific and practical results of this bill.
We can divide the results of the Jews leaving
Iraq according to this bill into
four sections: (first) political, (second)
military, (third) economic, and (fourth)
financial or monetary.
As for the political results of this law,
it has silenced the Jews of America and those who sympathize
with them in their propaganda claiming that
Iraq persecutes Jews in order to attract
the world's sympathy on one hand and justify
their persecution of our Arab brothers in Palestine
on the other hand.
As for the military aspect, we
will get rid of the fifth column, which is
more lethal to the country than trained soldiers
whose number and organizations we know and for whom we prepare
what strength we can to ward off their
apparent danger, and we are not taken by surprise by treacherous
individuals living among us under the masks of
friends while they are the bitterest of enemies. There is no doubt
that the departure of Jews to Palestine may increase
the strength of the Jews, but if they do not go to
Palestine, other European Jews will go,
who are eager for the limited area of Israel.
So the inclusion of Iraqi Jews in Israel is better for us
than the inclusion of European Jews because of what we know of
the cowardice of the former and their lack of military
and technical training compared to the trained European
Jews, most of whom participated in the last
World War.
As for the economic aspect, I see
it appropriate to tell (in advance) the story of
Umar ibn al-Khattab and the Nabataean: -
When the Arab armies conquered Iraq during
the era of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, there was
a Nabataean money changer who was stopped by the campaign commander Sa'd
bin Waqqas and made his job as a changer for the state's funds
in Iraq, handing over to him what he received
from tribute and taxes and taking from him what
he needed for the salaries of his commanders and soldiers from
the Mujahideen. So when paying the allowances
and salaries, the commanders of the heroic Arab armies
would go to this Nabataean money changer to take
their salaries from him, but this servant
became arrogant and vanity took him to the point that
he would stall these heroes in paying their salaries
on one hand and treat them harshly on the other
hand, relying on the fact that it would be difficult for Sa'd to
find someone else to take his place in Iraq. When
the commanders despaired of consulting their leader Sa'd
bin Abi Waqqas, they raised their complaint to Caliph
Umar. So Umar wrote to Sa'd to preserve the dignity
of his commanders from the vanity of this Nabataean money changer.
Sa'd informed him that financial matters would
be disrupted without him and economic chaos would prevail
as a result. When Umar became annoyed
by the complaint of his commanders in Iraq and saw
that this complaint was justified, he wrote to Sa'd
bin Abi Waqqas this immortal sentence: "The
Nabataean died, and peace." The meaning of this sentence
is clear, which is: what will you do upon the death of this
Nabataean? So Sa'd replaced him with a Muslim Arab money changer
who felt his responsibility as a citizen, and financial matters
proceeded better than they were during the era of
that Nabataean.
And now, let those who fear this
bill and those who doubt the success of the phase of
transferring the economic system from the hands of the Jews
to the Arabs allow me to say to them, "The Jews died,
and peace." And what will Iraq do if
these Jews die or flee from Iraq?
Should we not rely on controlling
the economies of our country and maintaining
our economic independence, which is the cornerstone
of political independence? And does it not
please us to enter our commercial
markets and banks and find all their men
from national elements who cooperate
for the good of their country and do not feel that they are foreign
elements to this country? And is it not enough
what the Jews spread of chaos in our markets
and economies and what they did of exorbitant prices
in an artificial way?
Enough, O people, of fear of the exit of these
deadly parasites in the body of this dear
homeland. There were many like you who
warned Hitler against allowing Jewish scientists
and economists among them to leave
Germany for fear of disrupting the situation there. But
Hitler wanted the German citizens to rely
on themselves in managing their country in various
scientific, economic, and commercial aspects... etc. The German
people actually succeeded in that. As for Germany's military
defeat, it was not caused by the exit of Jews from it,
but other factors such as the Russian winter in 1942
and others that everyone knows.
As for the financial or (monetary) results, they
are that let us suppose that these Jews will
take out with them large sums of Iraqi
dinars, and let us ask what they will do with them
outside Iraq. They will inevitably exchange them
for foreign currency to benefit from them, such as the Iranian
Rial, the Kuwaiti Rupee, or the French Franc, etc. And what will
foreign banks or foreign merchants do with them? Will
they keep them indefinitely in their vaults
outside Iraq? The answer is undoubtedly no.
For they (in the long run) will inevitably return them
in exchange for Iraqi goods, which will cause
a revival of Iraqi exports.
So the Jews that leave Iraq must
inevitably return to it sooner or later.
"The Jews died, and peace," and they will die
a real death in Palestine in our next round
with them, God willing.
Al-Jarida - Al-Nabaa
Number - 498
Date - March 12, 1950
Secret Orders for the Jewish Fifth Column
To Blow Up and Destroy Installations in Egypt
Israel orders Jews in Arab countries to emigrate and smuggle their money to it as its subjects
Cairo - The Secret Intelligence Department
of the Egyptian Army managed to get its hands on
serious reports proving that Zionist messengers in Egypt
have been asked to carry out attempts to sabotage
Egyptian Army sites, its gathering places,
and war effort zones
Zionist Purpose
The purpose aimed at by the Zionists
behind this sabotage is to spread chaos
and unrest in the country so that it becomes easy for
Zionist forces to carry out a surprise attack
during this period and place Egypt before a fait
accompli, so it submits to the conditions dictated by these gangs
that guarantee the continued existence of their state
and its recognition by the Arab countries
Initial Attempts
It has been proven from the reports obtained
by the Secret Intelligence Department that instructions
were sent to Zionist agents in Egypt
to sabotage military installations at
times specified for each of them, and there have
already been initial attempts to implement this idea
but the responsible authorities became aware of the matter in
due time and tightened the guard
over military installations and sites and took
precautions ensuring the frustration of every
attempt of this kind
Destruction and Blasting Squads
The Jewish army is working on training
commandos and special squads for destruction and blasting
These squads have been provided with maps of Arab capitals
showing their most important streets, buildings,
and important centers
Building Solomon's Temple
Reliable secret news reports
that the Jews announced in the city of Chicago
in the United States a structure or building for Solomon's Temple
according to how it was before its destruction in
the first century AD, and this building is made
of wood and iron and can be dismantled into
parts and will be taken to be transported to
Palestine to be ready for the immediate rebuilding of Solomon's
Temple in the place of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque
when the Jews occupy the remaining parts of
the city of Jerusalem
All military circles have taken interest
in these orders issued by the Government of
Israel to the Fifth Column in Egypt
to blow up military installations, destroy
ammunition, and sabotage airports, and
precautions were taken to thwart their effect.
Continued on page 4
Daily Glimpses
Consequences of the People
By Mr. Ali Haidar al-Rikabi
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I said to my friend al-Safwani:
- I have accepted your opinion and yielded to your desire, and here I am writing this column for you,
but I forgot to reach an understanding with you on an important matter.
He smiled his innocent smile that recognizes no boundaries or obstacles and sees in
life nothing but a clear, explicit right that it is strange we do not possess! But I decided
not to be taken by this smile and continued my speech, saying:
- I forgot to inform you that what I will write will not be acceptable to many
and that you might expose (Al-Yaqdha) to a campaign launched against it from all fronts, as for me
I will not care because I always represent myself with well-known verses by Al-Mutanabbi and I know well that
(my heart is in a sheath of arrows) ... so what is your position?
The same smile returned to his face, but this time he followed it
with words in which he said:
- Has the anger of the rulers against me or against (Al-Yaqdha) ever frightened me?
- But I will not address the rulers! I have nothing to do with them.
- And then?! ..
- The people, my brother! And the individuals of the people...
Hardly had al-Safwani heard the word (the people) than he began to argue with me as if he wanted
to distract me from what I intended and plunge me into that endless series of our weekly
arguments. But I realized his game, so I interrupted him and said:
- I will subject the people and the individuals of the people to bitter criticism. The people might get agitated because of
that and attack the management of (Al-Yaqdha) and burn it down.
Al-Safwani smiled again and said:
- Write and do not fear. For the (people) who attack the management of (Al-Yaqdha)
is on the verge of departing!
Rest of the Secret Orders
Barbaric Orders
It was later learned that the orders
issued by the Israeli government to its agents in
Egypt and the Arab countries requested them,
in addition to carrying out acts of sabotage, to
contact the Jews residing in those countries to urge them
to liquidate their businesses and smuggle what they own
of funds to Israel as quickly
as possible, provided that everyone who liquidates
their financial position and smuggles what they own should migrate
to Israel without delay.
Traitor to Israel
Israel requested its fifth column in
Egypt and the Arab countries to make the Jews
with whom they connect understand that Israel considers
any Jew in the Arab countries who does not migrate from them
a traitor to his first homeland, Israel!!
Zionists First
These orders issued from
Israel to the fifth column concluded that
they should be cautious in undertaking this step
and that their contacts should first be with Jews
known for their Zionist tendencies among those who are easy
to convince to migrate, then contacts follow with the rest of the
Jews at appropriate times until they all migrate
from Egypt and the Arab countries with whatever
funds they have.
The Purpose of That
The internal crises Israel is suffering from,
the shortages of food materials
and important necessities it faces, and the cessation of Jews
in America from providing huge aid
to the Jewish state after they despaired of its ability
to stand on its own feet despite all that has been spent
on its behalf, were the primary factors in the issuance of these
orders to the members of the fifth column in Egypt
and the Arab countries in the hope that the capital
owned by Jews in Egypt and the Arab countries would move
to it, thereby strengthening its financial position
and enabling it to overcome the difficulties it
is currently facing and ensuring its survival after
this step.
It Begins to Reveal Itself
Evidence indicates that the fifth column
of Israel's supporters in some Arab countries
has begun to reveal itself and carry out what was requested
of it in a public and overt manner.
Effect of the Disclosure of These Orders
It is expected that the disclosure of
these orders issued from Israel
to its agents will be the subject of interest for Arab governments
in general and Egypt in particular to face the troubles
that Israel tries to stir up at every
possible opportunity.
The Newspaper -: The Trap
Number -: 44
Date -: March 12, 1950
Islamic countries are still at war with the Zionists
Jews are a fifth column in the Arab countries
The noble Damascene Al-Fayhaa said:
The measure that the Iraqi government decided
to take finally against the Jews of its country, by stripping
those who leave the country illegally
of their Iraqi citizenship, is a measure
that calls for attention, especially since Iraq
acted alone without the rest of the sister states
even though such a decision should have
come from the Arab League first. However,
the insignificance of the League to its members and its insignificance
to the outside world and to itself
as well, has made unilateral action,
it seems, a familiar thing in these
days. And while we are not supporters of
unilateral action, we realize what
the member states themselves mostly realized,
that the League has "long snares"
with which the matter presented for discussion may die
before a decision is taken or implemented,
just as the Palestinian cause died completely and as the
refugee issue is expected to die if the League does not
take a firm stance towards it.
We do not know in any case, if
Iraq's decision stops at the limit of stripping
citizenship from Jews who leave
the country illegally, or if it
goes beyond that to more. But we
estimate that Iraq did not proceed to
take this decision except under the pressure of an urgent
need, and perhaps the dangerous documents that
were discovered in Egypt about the activity of Zionist
agents and their attempt to sabotage the positions
of the Egyptian army and spread chaos
and unrest in the country, shed light
on what Iraq has done, or rather perhaps they
shed light on the situation of Jews in the Arab
countries in general.
We do not like to remind the Arab countries that
a state of war still exists between them and
the Zionists because we fear that there is in
this reminder what might disturb their dreams,
but we like to draw their attention to the fact that
much evidence has been provided that some
subjects of these countries among the Jews, and
especially the countries of Iraq, Egypt, and Yemen,
religious fanaticism has overcome them and they sided
with the Zionist state in Palestine and were
for it a fifth column and a germ of corruption in
the country whose citizenship they hold and which was
kind to them in distress and hardship and secured
their lives and properties. And we do not rule out
at all that the Zionists have relied
on the Palestine war while being provided
with the necessary information about the capabilities of each
Arab country, and information in the hand of the opponent
is more useful than a weapon.
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Jews strike the Iraqi economies
at the core
It was a result of people's demand to buy the Jews' bags and their used belongings that
purchasing power in various regular markets was disrupted. This indicates that the Jews
benefited from offering their property for sale in public auctions in two ways: first, their absorption
of national wealth, and second, their disruption of normal activity in the commercial markets.
Undoubtedly, such a thing can only happen to nations oblivious to their duties.
There is no power nor strength except in God, the High, the Great..
Revocation of citizenship for Syrian Jews
fleeing to Palestine
A significant number of Jews reside in Arab countries holding
various Arab citizenships.
What no Jew can deny is that all Jews who have not
yet naturalized with Israeli citizenship, whether they are in New York or Damascus,
owe loyalty to two homelands: Israel and the country whose citizenship they hold, and
Jews themselves differed in interpreting this type of loyalty, with some describing it
as (spiritual loyalty).
This issue was raised several times in the American newspapers, and the result was
that the government warned American Jews against enjoying dual citizenship.
The Arab countries fought Israel, and the world, saturated with Zionist propaganda, expected
that the Jews residing in Arab countries would be eliminated, but days showed that the
Arabs themselves, not the Jews, were the ones subjected in some instances to harsh
measures. We point out, for example, the treatment meted out to Palestinian refugees
in Egypt when they were all placed in detention camps for reasons said to be related to security.
From time to time, newspapers report news about the smuggling of Jews from
Arab countries to Israel, and some governments have announced that they do not object to the
migration of Jews from their countries to Israel. Iraq recently took a clear positive
step by deciding to strip citizenship from every Iraqi Jew who leaves the country
for Israel, while allowing Jews to leave the country without
being subject to loss of citizenship!
In another part of this issue, the reader sees a report stating that Syria
is considering taking measures similar to those taken by Iraq, and we
see this as a wise step that Syria should take, knowing that we favor
the Arab League Council taking up this matter for discussion so that the Arab
states emerge with a unified policy toward this serious issue. Alif Ba
Continued: The states are still
Perhaps Iraq experienced another side of
the danger of its Jewish subjects that is no less important
than espionage, namely the Jews' financial
and economic control over the markets and the smuggling
of funds to Israel, which is the state that
has lived until now on the funds
coming to it from abroad.
In summary, the status of Jews in
the Arab countries needs a "sifting," not
in the dictatorial manner followed by
Hitler with the Jews of Germany, but in a
democratic way, such as allowing those who want to leave the
country to do so, provided that their
departure is subject to certain restrictions. As for
Jewish funds and property, they must
be retained until the issue of Arab
funds and property in Israel is resolved.
Newspaper: Al-Yaqdha
Number: 772
Date: March 12, 1950
The Jewish Bomb
Made in Baghdad!!
We mentioned in previous issues of Al-Yaqdha some
details of the bomb that exploded in Ghazi
Street near the Al-Firdous Cinema, and we add
today that the report of the expert Dr. Kawi,
who attended the scene of the incident, indicates that
the detonated bomb was locally made in Baghdad
and that the gunpowder found in it indicates
it was prepared by emptying three British
bullets and mixed with small iron
pieces, and that this bomb, if it had
exploded in a crowd of people, could have killed
a large number of them. The investigation continues
now by the Bab al-Sheikh police to find out
the source of this bomb and the place where
it was manufactured.
* The Jewish Parliament in Tel Aviv approved
the law for selling Arab properties in Palestine.
As for the armistice governments, they do not hold such
an opinion even regarding the properties of Jews who
fled to Tel Aviv and joined the
ranks of the enemy. How great is the difference between us
and them!
* The government alerted Iraqi creditors
to the necessity of collecting their debts from the Jews
who are preparing to emigrate to Tel Aviv,
and I say that the debts of Iraqis and all Arabs
owed by the Jews are not limited to money only,
but to blood as well. This (debt) will remain
as long as Palestine remains under the yoke of Jewish
gangs!
Newspaper: Liwa al-Istiqlal
Number: 825
Date: March 12, 1950
The Necessity of Banning Public Jewish Auctions
Public auctions were permitted for emergency
and temporary circumstances, but since the Jews resolved
to leave Iraq, they have become general and permanent markets that almost
disrupt regular markets and deprive
citizens of their commercial business in them,
for goods are piled up, and people in their negligence
are flocking to these auctions which have been dominated
by Jewish methods of fraud, where a group
has been hired for the purpose of raising the prices of used items
displayed in them and to entrap bidders into buying them | until they have become comparable to the market prices of similar
new goods, especially at this time
when these auctions have drained people's
money and attracted them with the power of well-known
Jewish propaganda.
For all of that, we see it as the duty of the government to
take the initiative to ban these public auctions
and it is enough for the Jews what they find of opportunities in
the regular markets, in which it is not permissible to
use seductive auctioning methods.
The Necessity of Issuing Special Legislation
to Consider Deferred Debts Payable by Jews
A warning was broadcast yesterday to the public stating that (everyone
who has a debt against any Jew or
a financial relationship with him must collect his debt or settle
his financial relationships with him before he is allowed to leave
Iraq)
In fact, incidents of
fraud on the part of a non-small number of
Jews have recently recurred, exploiting the citizens' trust in them and the negligence
of some of them. Those Jews who fled took
what they had and what they received from some citizens | in sums or prices for them in the capacity of an (agent)
or a seller of goods he did not deliver or which were not at the time
of sale his property, and similar incidents whose
matter was referred to the courts and reported by some
newspapers.
The broadcast warning came in its time, but it
does not solve the problem of debts not yet due from
the Jews. For it is not possible to collect these
debts except after maturity, and perhaps | the Jew would have left Iraq before
maturity and gone with what he owed without
return.
Therefore, it has become mandatory for the government to issue
special legislation to protect people's interests
by which all debts owed by Jews to citizens
are considered due for payment so they can be collected
before any Jew leaves Iraq, whether
under the appendix of the Denaturalization Decree or
fleeing by unusual means.
Newspaper: Al-Hawadeth
Number: 2156
Date: March 12, 1950
Law Revoking Citizenship of Jews
Becomes Effective Starting Saturday
No Return for the Jew Who Leaves Iraq
The law appended to the Decree for the Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship No. (62) of 1923
pertaining to the revocation of citizenship of Jews wishing to leave Iraq permanently, became effective
following its publication in the Iraqi Gazette last Thursday and its association with the approval of His Highness
the Grand Regent.
It appears that official authorities have taken the necessary measures to ensure the implementation of the law
mentioned in the most complete manner, as we have received a clarification from an official source alerting every person who is owed
a debt by any Jew intending to leave Iraq permanently or who has a financial relationship with them to the necessity
of collecting their debt from them or settling their financial relations with them, before allowing them to leave Iraq
because those whose Iraqi citizenship is revoked will not be allowed to return
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We mention on this occasion what the Near East broadcasting station aired regarding the fact that the Jewish
Parliament approved a law allowing the sale of Arab property in Israel, and also approved an amendment
presented by one of the Arab deputies there, which stipulates that the sale price shall not be less than the official price
prescribed in the country and also stipulates the limitation of the powers of the "Custodian of Enemy Property!".
Two days ago, a group of students wandered
giving speeches in public furniture auction
houses, urging people not to buy
the furniture because it is bullets aimed at our chests..
Suddenly, the crowds left the place amid the applause
of men and the ululations of women.. but is
this everything? In reality, no. No. A thousand
times no. The disease is not in selling furniture, but the disease
is there in the minds of the politicians who know
and do not know..
Newspaper: Al-Nahar
Number: 869
Date: March 12, 1950
Why do Jews flee to Iran
as long as the government has allowed them to leave ???
Incidents of smuggling Jews through
Khanaqin to Iran have increased. It happened
within two months that four
convoys were arrested and brought to His Excellency the District Governor
Mr. Tawfiq al-Mukhtar, who referred them to
the court, which took the necessary measures against them. The
departure of these Jews to Iran has raised
questions about the reason that prompted some
Jews to head specifically to Iran
and to flee at a time when
the Iraqi government allowed them
to travel with its permission...
Investigations into the explanation for this showed
that when His Majesty the Shah of Iran visited the United
States months ago, the American authorities
persuaded him to open the way for Iraqi
Jews seeking refuge in Iran to
travel to Tel Aviv from there in exchange for
realizing American aid to Iran.
This opening of the way in Iran reached such an extent
that overt Zionist associations were established
there, taking charge of transporting Iraqi Jews
to Tel Aviv by planes. The Jews
who leave Iraq prefer to slip away by
fleeing so they can smuggle
their money with them on one hand, and to
ensure secrecy for themselves if they return
on the other hand, because many of them
clashed with the deteriorating situation in Israel
and preferred to return to their places. They
therefore surround their departure with secrecy for this
reason.
And now, after it has been confirmed that those
whose Iraqi citizenship will be revoked will
not be allowed to return, we must place
the previous information before our eyes to take heed.
Newspaper: Al-Umma
Number: 404
Date: March 14, 1950
Funds of Jews leaving Egypt
Left behind to finance Zionist and Communist activity
The latest issue of Akhbar el-Yom magazine stated the following:
Competent circles are investigating serious information indicating that a large number
of Jews, who recently left Egypt, were issued instructions—before
leaving—from Israel to leave a portion of their funds in Egypt
at the disposal of certain individuals to be used for purposes related to activity
Zionist and Communist in Egypt.
These circles have learned that huge sums were collected in this manner, and prepared
for use for these purposes.
A student impersonates an army officer
And orders a number of soldiers to burn furniture in the street
Yesterday, an Al-Umma reporter recorded | they met two people, one named Hassan
a crime he witnessed himself that took place in | and the second named Mikhail, carrying
the Taht al-Takiya neighborhood, to the effect that a person | furniture consisting of two mattresses, a quilt,
named Abdul Karim Naji al-Ani, who is | and a sofa. The impersonating officer turned to
a student at Al-Tafayudh Evening School, | the soldiers and asked one of them to smash the sofa
entered the alley known as (Taht | with the axe they took from the carpenter, while
al-Takiya) and saw a group of soldiers. | he sent one of them to buy a quantity of oil
He called them and claimed to be an army officer. | for the purpose of burning the entire furniture.
The soldiers saluted him according to military instructions, | At the moment when the soldiers
and near them was a carpenter's shop, so | were pouring oil on the furniture under their
Abdul Karim asked one of the soldiers to | alleged command, the Shorja police were on
take an axe from it and went with them to where | their way to them. Before the officer could light
they did not know. | the match to complete the crime, the police arrived
Before the soldiers could know | with military police and arrested
the destination the alleged officer wanted, | everyone and took them to the station for investigation.
Al-Shaab Newspaper
Number 1570
Date March 14, 1950
Registration Centers for Jews Wishing
to Leave Iraq -- Necessary Guarantees
Papers and Documents Submitted
Yesterday, some centers were designated
to register Jews wishing to renounce
their Iraqi citizenship and leave Iraq.
In one of these centers, which was set up
in the Meir Tweg Synagogue in Al-Bataween, the
competent police commissioner attended with the
necessary forms. A significant number
of Jews flocked to register their names and begin
procedures to renounce Iraqi citizenship,
however, when they inquired about certain
matters, the commissioner asked them for a delay to ask
and seek clarification from the competent authorities, and
those who had gathered left to return
this morning.
In the aforementioned registration center, some
instructions were posted organizing how to drop
citizenship and specifying the papers and other
documents that must be brought to the
registration center. Below are the mentioned instructions:
1- The person wishing to drop
his Iraqi citizenship must have finished the settlement of
all his financial transactions and others.
2- He must bring with him
census booklets (identity records) if they exist.
3- Every person over the age of eighteen
must bring four photographs.
4- He must bring one identifying
witness.
5- He must bring a capable
guarantor who guarantees to pay the government
and all municipalities, water and electricity committees,
railways, and the port any amount
that has become due or will be due by him, along with the stamps
required for this guarantee (financial stamps
of (150) fils along with a Palestine Rescue stamp
of (40) fils).
6- It must be known that
the person who signed the
special form for dropping his citizenship will have to leave
Iraq within twenty days from the date of
the Council of Ministers' approval of dropping his citizenship,
and he will absolutely not be able to recover his citizenship,
just as he will be personally responsible for providing
means of transportation outside Iraq, with
the note that the government and the Israeli
(Jewish) community are not responsible at all for anything
related to this matter.
General Note
He who wishes to drop his
citizenship must be aware that if he does not meet all
the conditions listed above, he should
not attend to prevent overcrowding.
The Newspaper - Independence Brigade
Number - 926
Date - March 14, 1950
The Departure of Jews from Iraq and the Second Round
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In the Palestine War
These signs, which indicate the eagerness of the Jews in Iraq to travel to Palestine, have caught the attention of citizens in Iraq. These public auctions have opened their doors to gullible citizens who flock to them from every direction. If they were to wait, they would buy these items at the lowest prices; in fact, they will find that the most important thing they should hold onto is the cash still in their hands. This is because cash will become scarce, even if for a period of time, until Iraq can compensate for some of its losses with what it obtains from export prices! Thus, cash or the "Dinar" is what the citizen must hold onto and not squander, as for these items being sold, their value will drop to the extreme.
Aside from our demand to freeze Jewish funds or at least prevent Jewish public auctions and stop them from selling the houses and lands they acquired thanks to the massive profits they drained from the blood of the collective; we say that aside from these measures which we still demand officials resort to, there are duties that fall upon the shoulders of the sons of this noble people themselves. It is imperative for every individual among them not to rush to buy what is offered by the Jews who want to collect the largest possible amount of cash, which the citizen should prefer to keep above all else, whether movable or immovable, because these things will inevitably become cheaper in proportion to the scarcity of cash.
Whatever the case, public opinion has observed this phenomenon represented by the inclination of Jews to leave Iraq in an organized manner that proves the extension of the Zionist organization into Iraq. Those who leave first are residents of areas far from major cities in districts and sub-districts, then residents of large cities outside the capital, then a class of Jewish residents of the capital. It is as if they are an organized army moving according to a precise plan and clear instructions!
The revelation of these facts and their exposure to public view increases citizens' awareness of the Jewish danger inside Iraq itself. It increases every citizen's desire to get rid of all Jews without exception, because the remaining of any of them will only be at the prompting of material Israel and for the purpose of sabotage and destruction.
The government must take all necessary measures to expel the Jews without exception, and be bold and firm in preventing any of them from being granted any import or export license, or any government contract. It is regrettable to hear that some Jews, until recently, were still being granted contracts
for government shipments. There are also the cases of Jewish employees, a large number of whom are in the railways, who were allowed to obtain large bonuses when certain conditions were met as soon as they resigned from these positions. One must first think of preventing them from enjoying privileges that lead to them withdrawing cash from Iraq, by making them subject to civil law. Finally, all Jews must be removed from positions, especially sensitive ones related to the safety of state facilities and finances, until they are all expelled. Special legislation must be issued considering deferred debts as due for payment by the Jews so that citizens can recover these debts before the Jew flees or leaves under the law appended to the decree for the revocation of Iraqi citizenship, as we pointed out yesterday.
It is not reasonable for anyone to think that Jews can remain in Iraq after today. This homeland sheltered them even when they were persecuted everywhere, but since Zionist propaganda spread among them, and especially after the Palestine catastrophe, they can no longer tolerate the citizens nor trust them, just as the citizens cannot tolerate them nor can they trust them! By going to Palestine like other Jews, they are merely gathering for a second battle against Arabs and Muslims. It is futile to be keen on keeping them in Iraq, for double the number of Jews in Iraq are being brought to Palestine from time to time from all corners of the world. What the Jewish gangs have usurped from the land of Palestine will inevitably be filled to the maximum possible capacity, even if temporarily, by Jews until the gang state expands to other parts of our homeland!
So, what have we prepared to confront this Zionist danger? We have urgently called for the Syrian-Iraqi union. But until today, we have been faced with various types of conspiracies against the union.
We are still waiting for seriousness in action to achieve it!
There are areas for internal reform that allow for much work, provided that this work has a clear plan aimed at preparing for the second round in the Palestine war. Where is this plan? And what are the signs of any thinking about it, let alone any action for its sake?
Here are the Jews in Iraq following an organized plan, while they are met with total confusion and rapid fragmentation. Shall we not take a lesson from those who, until the recent past, enjoyed our protection and sympathy, and have now become a danger to us in our own home and in the heart of our homeland?
The Newspaper: The Trap
Number: 45
Date: March 14, 1950
Auctions also
I said to my friend: Why doesn't the
Capital Municipality ban these public auctions as long as
their owners have amassed this excessive wealth
and violated the observed regulations when they imposed
fees exceeding ten percent, while
brokerage fees do not exceed one
percent?
He replied that the Capital Municipality does not want to
intervene in this issue because it believes
that the matter does not fall within its jurisdiction.
Then I said to my friend: Have you read that
newspaper which wanted, according to its claim, to
prevent the general public from buying furniture belonging
to Jews, so it claimed that they put poison in it
whose effect does not appear until after months,
and it did not realize that such fabrications do not
benefit the national cause at all, but rather increase the
harm to the Jewish enemies and make it a laughingstock
before the world? My companion replied: Do you remember that
fabricated story promoted by the English
and their henchmen when they occupied Iraq, saying that
there is a cat that smells the ground
and knows the places where
rifles and money were hidden? So these
superstitions worked on the simple people, and they threw the looted money
and rifles in the streets.
I said: Yes, I remember that, but
ideas today have changed and the
Iraqis have progressed, so such
superstitions are no longer deceptive to them.
And we must, if we want real reform,
face the facts by banning the auctions
officially based on the laws
and making the people understand by reasonable means that
the amounts that the Jews take with them will cause
harm to the Muslims in the future,
and we must resort to the eminent scholars,
ask for their legal opinion, and ask them to preach to the people
on the pulpits and urge them not to buy
Jewish property.
In the Hands of the Law
A lawsuit was referred to the Baghdad Criminal Court
against the Jew named Ezra Zion
for committing the crime of bribing the travel officer
at the civil airport with the intent of allowing him to leave
Iraq in an illegal manner. The mentioned assistant
recorded the lawsuit against
(the aforementioned person).
Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
Number: 774
Date: March 14, 1950
* We were told that Reuben Zeloof, the merchant
Jewish, has stopped paying. And declared
his bankruptcy, and his fortune was estimated at three-quarters
of a million dinars, and that he owes income
tax thousands of dinars, and we have previously
warned the people and the government about the incidents of
(bankruptcies) among Jewish merchants, and we warned
the residents of the consequences of ignoring that!
A gift to Ezra Menahem
Jews in the Currency Issue Department
even the binder and the office boy!
When the draft law of the appendix to
the decree stripping Iraqi citizenship was discussed in
the Senate, the Jewish member Ezra
Menahem Daniel stood weeping over what the
condition of his fellow kinsmen had reached, mentioning (that he does not know
what the Jew should do after enduring the abnormal
conditions for two years, but the Jew cannot enter
higher schools and is not allowed to study
at his own expense abroad and is prohibited
from being employed). It does not concern us to discuss
most of these statements, for it is no secret to anyone
the vast difference in the standard of living between
the Jews and the legitimate people of the country and what
those enjoy in terms of luxury and control
over the country's economy while millions
of the people of this homeland spend their nights hungry.
And what we wonder at is Ezra Menahem's saying
(that the Jew is prohibited from being employed).
So if Ezra Menahem clings to this
flimsy argument in his defense, then we would like to
present to the public opinion a sample of the important
government departments that are completely controlled
by Jewish employees.
There is no one who ignores the importance of (the
Currency Issue Department) which handles the task of managing
the Iraqi currency, issuing it, keeping it,
transporting it, printing it, and everything related to it.
And this department, before the establishment of
the National Bank of Iraq, represented the Currency Committee
in Baghdad and was headed at that time by Mr.
Dix and twelve other Jews. And when
the mentioned bank was established, it was attached and became
a department of its departments and was given the name
(Currency Issue Department).
And in application of the National Bank's objectives, it
was necessary to limit its work to employees characterized
by experience and national zeal so that the
bank could implement the great task it took
upon itself to complete. But Mr.
(Dix), in his capacity as head of the trustees, forced
the National Bank administration to transfer to the
Currency Issue Department its twelve Jewish
employees, including even the binder and the office boy,
on the pretext of experience!! Despite what some
senior men of the mentioned bank expressed about the necessity
of appointing new elements in the mentioned department.
And perhaps Mr. Dix, who the government utilized
for his experience in banking affairs, knows better
than the bank's board of directors what benefits and what
harms!!!
And we do not know whether Mr. Dix will advise
these people on the necessity of not relinquishing Iraqi
citizenship and going abroad out of concern
for the Issue Department and fear for the safety
of our currency from ignorant national hands!!
We do not know, but what we do know is that the
Issue Department enjoys the privileges of foreign experience
and the Jewish mind!! And without it
— as expert Dix says — it must
collapse!!!
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