AI English Translation, Pages 226-250
Newspaper: Al-Hawadith
Number: 2162
Date: March 20, 1950
Government measures to combat the smuggling of Jews
The competent authorities have noticed in recent days the continuation of some Jews leaving
Iraq by illegal means, despite the issuance of the amendment to the supplement of the Iraqi
Nationality Law, which allows them to leave by natural means. It appeared from the arrest of
these fleeing Jews that most of them carry with them money and gold exceeding the specified limit
according to the foreign transfer statements and according to the laws of transferring gold currency and bullion
abroad, which indicates the intention of these fugitives to smuggle stolen funds abroad.
We have learned that the Ministry of Interior has requested all police departments and border posts
to tighten strict control over smuggling outlets, and that the responsible authorities will not hesitate
to inflict the most severe penalties against anyone whose leniency and poor performance of duty is proven. The
Ministry also decided to increase the number of patrols and the number of police forces in places where
smuggling is frequent to ensure that no outlet is left for the fugitives. Thus, those who were arrested
among the fleeing Jews will be referred to the courts to apply the maximum penalties against them in accordance with the law,
especially since all aggravating factors are present against those who try to escape after
a legal path has been opened for all Jews to choose Iraqi nationality or request
to have it revoked.
Newspaper: Al-Hurriya
Number: 222
Date: March 10, 1954
Let those responsible for financial and economic affairs in Iraq read
Tens of millions of dinars leak from Iraqis and Egyptians into the pockets of foreigners, which could have been kept for the Arabs alone
Fifteen million Iraqi dinars were taken by (Israel) from Iraq and lost in peace, through which pure Arab blood was shed
We are able to supply all Arab countries with the grains and meat they need instead of them buying them from foreigners
— By a great reformist writer —
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Radio stations in the Arab countries announced that Egypt has completed a deal to purchase (one hundred thousand) tons of wheat from Russia during the past few days, and it has also completed the purchase of (fifty thousand) tons of wheat from France to be delivered at the port of Marseille, and it has also begun negotiations to purchase (twenty thousand) tons of wheat also from Syria, so the total reaches (one hundred and seventy) thousand tons at a price of (thirty-two dinars) per ton, so the total price of these three deals would be (five million five hundred and forty thousand dinars) at a time when wheat is piled up in Iraq in its north, south, and center in tens of thousands of tons, and the Iraqi producer cannot find a buyer to buy it from him for more than (seventeen dinars) per ton, i.e., at half the prices that the Egyptian government is buying it for from Russia, France, and Syria at the present time.
Iraq annually buys from European countries, India, and Indonesia millions of dinars worth of raw materials, fabrics, and sugar at a time when Egypt exports these manufactures to all countries. If Iraq and Egypt were following a correct economic and financial plan as dictated by the interests of Arabism and brotherly solidarity, they would not have allowed room for the leakage of their wealth, which is the product of the toil of the Iraqi and Egyptian worker and farmer and the fruit of the sweat of their brows. We say they should not have allowed these millions to leak into foreign pockets and hands that have no connection to Arabism, and they should have agreed on a sound financial and economic policy for barter and exchange between Iraqi wheat and the aforementioned Egyptian textiles and manufactures.
When the Arab League was founded, all sincere Arabs expected and hoped, at the very least, that the establishment of their league would work towards unifying the economic and financial policies of the Arab countries according to plans and programs that ensure the recovery and prosperity of the finances and economies of the Arab countries and prevent the leakage of capital. Iraq is not only capable of supplying Egypt with wheat, but it is also capable of supplying it with sheep and other livestock, corn, legumes, and other food products that Egypt imports from various American and European countries, even Soviet ones. We do not know how long this neglect and estrangement between us will continue, and the interests of the two peoples will be ignored, and their general programs will not be taken into consideration by both officials in charge in both countries. These same observations apply perfectly to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well. It also, for its part, imports wheat and other agricultural products and sometimes livestock from other non-Arab countries, and Iraq is capable of providing them and making them independent of reaching out to non-Arabs in management. As we explained above, this also includes the heart of Iraq itself. We do not know if our officials today know that the amount of mortgages for immovable property in Iraq has exceeded (five million) dinars, and the legal surplus—although the text of the law stipulates that it should not exceed seven percent—the reality in the capital itself has exceeded thirteen percent, i.e., double what the law stipulates. As for the provinces and administrative districts, the surplus has exceeded twenty percent. If we know that the mortgagees (i.e., the creditors) are mostly Jews, it becomes clear to us that the surplus of the five million we mentioned above leaks regularly into the pockets of Jews every year. If we estimate the average of this surplus at (ten percent) only, the Jew begins to drain half a million dinars a year from the sweat of the Iraqi's brow in a regular manner without performing any effort or work that deserves this exorbitant gain, and what follows from that.
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My Economic Corner
What is this indifference!!?
⟦line⟧ In these recent days, the flight and disappearance of Jews has increased, and the
searching for them by those with deposits, trusts, transactions, and current
accounts has increased. Since this phenomenon has its gravity in the entity of this country from an
economic perspective, the government must express its opinion on the matter!! Before a
financial catastrophe occurs leading to extremely bad results, which may not be rectifiable later. For
most money changers have been unable to pay, and most companies have declared bankruptcy to escape
income tax and to settle the debts owed by them to others. So what is the government's opinion
on this??
Jewish newspapers have stated that more than sixty thousand Iraqi Jews are on
their way to Palestine, and that it is serious about securing places for them and distributing lands
to them. Facts have shown that they are jumping like rats from here and there to reach
(Israel). A senior official stated that the (wise men) (sic) of the community said they were
unable to prevent this flight!! Despite all this, we are still in
our stagnation as if nothing happened, and as if the nation's wealth is not threatened with destruction and loss.
The nation's gold is being transported in plates, shoes, winter clothes, etc. .... !! If
we count the smuggling of currency, the selling of furniture in the market, the halt of imports, and the lack of
dealing in commercial papers (credit), we would know the gravity of the situation that Iraq is
approaching. And the intrigue that (Israel) has plotted for Iraq, while Iraq's stance toward
all this is the stance of the ignorant who does not know what has been plotted for him and intended for him!! Based on this,
and before the (wall) collapses, the government must secure the rights of its citizens who are partners
in financial and commercial projects that Jews are connected to, by imposing control over their funds in
(banks), their goods in (customs), and their properties in (land registry). As for all
this being kept silent, while the Jew withdraws what he owns from the bank, and from customs
what he has, and sells his (real estate) without passing through the (land registry), then flees to Khanaqin
or Ramadi or Basra, and from there to Israel, these are dangerous matters leading to
the destruction of this country and the demolition of its economic entity. So until when this silence??
And what is this
indifference!!?
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Jews are fleeing
And smuggling gold and dinars with them!
Al-Khalis - To Al-Yaqza correspondent by telephone
Sheikh Shallal Al-Habib Al-Khayzuran noticed
two cars, one of them large (a lorry) covered
with cloth and the second small, heading towards
Al-Mansour sub-district, near Al-Khalis bridge.
That was on the morning of Friday (March 17
current), so the Sheikh suspected them and ordered his men
to follow the two cars. They caught up with the large car
while the small car tried to escape, but they
tracked its trail until they stopped it. The
two cars were carrying 27 heads of Jews, women
and men, trying to flee to Iran and from there
to Tel Aviv. They were carrying with them
1342 dinars and 500 mithqals of gold.
They handed them over to the police, where the investigating
judge issued an order to detain them for seven days in preparation
for their trial. We will provide you with details
in a postal letter.
(Al-Yaqza) The movement of Jews fleeing has worsened
despite the issuance of the Law of Revocation of
Citizenship, which allows them to emigrate from
Iraq to wherever... This indicates bad
intent in smuggling gold and other currency
and funds, and retaining Iraqi citizenship
by which they are able to return to
Iraq (secretly) whenever they wish as spies
and smugglers. So what is the government waiting for after
all this?
remains for the officials to acknowledge
that this (half a million) dinars, without a doubt,
most of it was leaking and still leaks to Israel,
where it is spent on strengthening the entity of this enemy
and providing it with weapons and equipment. These
mortgages are, of course, not a product of today,
but rather have been ongoing and continuous since the establishment
of the Iraqi government, i.e., thirty years ago.
Thus, we have paid to the Jews while we were
subjugated during these thirty years (fifteen
million) dinars at a rate of (half a
million) dinars per year. If we had
a sound financial administration, it would have noticed this
extremely dangerous aspect and would have established for Iraq a real estate
bank that lends to the needy against the mortgage of their
immovable property at an interest rate not exceeding (five
or seven) percent. These (fifteen
million) dinars would have entered the government treasury on
one hand, and would not have leaked into the pockets of the enemies on
the other hand, and many Iraqi houses and families
would not have collapsed and gone bankrupt, and their money
and efforts would not have gone as an easy morsel to the Jews.
Fairness calls us to record
with appreciation the action of our officials in recent
years in establishing the Agricultural and Real Estate banks.
However, unfortunately, they have not yet received
the sufficient sympathy and attention they deserve,
as they have not yet received from the government
more than a few hundred thousand dinars,
that small amount which does not cover a tenth of what
the Iraqi farmer and landowner needs, added to it
the severe restrictions placed in the laws
and regulations of these two banks, which would
not facilitate the needy person's access to their assistance,
whether in terms of the amounts that can be
borrowed from them or in terms of the repayment of these
loans.
We saw it as our duty to explain these points,
and we are hopeful that His Excellency the current Minister of Finance,
Mr. Abdul Karim al-Uzri, is at the forefront of
our men who are knowledgeable, attentive, and keen on
achieving the economic and financial goals
that bring goodness and prosperity to Iraq and the rest of the Arab countries.
What we have narrated above is only
a small part of Iraq's needs and requirements,
hoping that His Excellency will take these matters
with the attention they deserve and fulfill the hopes of his nation
in establishing the pillars of its economy and finances on
valid and sound foundations.
Issue 780
Fourth Year
Tuesday
21 March
P.O. Box No.
Salman al-Safwani
Responsible Manager
Zaki Jamil Hafiz
Arab Aspirations
Goods for Local Consumption!
By Salman al-Safwani
The U.S. Undersecretary of State said in a letter sent to Mr.
Thomas Lane, the American Representative who protested against the arming of the Arabs as he claimed, said:
That some statements made by some politicians of the Arab East about the resumption
of fighting in Palestine - are intended to satisfy the local population!
This is what the U.S. Undersecretary stated, and it is explicit talk with no dust
upon it, and no ambiguity in it, and we believe he did not intend to (bluff) the American Representative
but rather explained the (truth) to him as he knows it. In this way, he has shut the mouths
of the Arab politicians who have become accustomed to trading on the emotions of public opinion,
and placing national aspirations as goods in the market of local consumption!
Most Arab politicians have persisted in generously making
"exciting" statements and many references to the (second round) in Palestine, while they know
that this round is the wish of every Arab, and that the resumption of fighting is among the dearest things to
the Arab peoples. So why do they not approach Arab public opinion with what it likes to
hear, at least to satisfy its burning national emotions.
His Excellency Mr. Nuri al-Said was among those who referred in recent days to
the (second round) in his speech delivered in King Faisal II Hall. And we
do not want to prevent, nor is it our right to prevent anyone from declaring what is on
⟦illegible⟧ harm to the national interest. We suffice by saying
⟦illegible⟧ at all, because we do not expect (benefit) from statements
they exploit these abstract (statements)
and the (customary) ⟦...⟧ especially regarding the intentions of the Arabs
including doubling their efforts in (armament)
in preparation for the expected Jewish invasion of the country
the Arab countries. And these claims of theirs are based
on cheap ⟦...⟧, and the world has no reason to doubt
you talk about the second round and resumption
local consumption, except that Jewish propaganda
preparing for war, persecuting Jews at the same
the danger. This means that we give them
in exchange for
Palestine from the hands of the Jewish gangs -
in it if not today, then tomorrow or after
long and broad history, will not forget
it. However, it does not cross our minds that
the truce, and the governments of the truce, and that
for one simple reason, which is that those who
in the known image cannot save
the only one among our national causes, and that
our entity and our future, and we have felt that all
veteran politicians adopt and use it
so this (Arab unity) which they were
the glorious ⟦...⟧ in it, where is it now? And these
even the yellow and the black which they were
from it? . And these are the sources of wealth in our country
for local consumption in the eyes of the politicians who
the Arab ⟦...⟧, the day our peoples were naive
But today they are not so, certainly,
they never reached their peoples with it, and it has been exposed
* The bank of Adour Abboudi is refusing to
pay its many debts to creditors,
and we have been expecting - for a long time - such
economic disasters manufactured by the Jews
to disrupt the general economic situation, and to bring
catastrophe to the largest possible number of merchants,
and creditors are asking today: who is responsible
if Adour Abboudi disappears or flees to an
unknown destination?!
Why did the Adour Aboudi Bank stop payment??
Following the suspension of payments by the Adour Aboudi Bank
in Baghdad, some malicious individuals spread rumors
and some circles clamored that the Arab Bank
was the reason for the suspension of the aforementioned
bank through the seizure it placed upon it.
In refutation of these rumors and sayings,
it is said that the Arab Bank did not have any
involvement or direct influence on the suspension of the
Adour Aboudi Bank's payments, but rather the mismanagement
of this bank, its extravagance in lending, the smuggling
of its funds outside Iraq, and the flight of its owner
Adour Aboudi to America; all these
factors caused the bank to stop payment,
and the Arab Bank only seized the properties
belonging to Adour Aboudi in exchange for his guarantee for Mr.
Hussein Al-Ani, who owed the sum of twenty thousand
dinars to the Arab Bank, for fear of the liquidation of
his properties which he began selling after the removal of official
restrictions. This action by the Arab Bank had
the best impact on the souls of all the merchants
who have deposits in the Adour Aboudi Bank,
as by this procedure, the Arab Bank secured the
real estate wealth of the aforementioned person and prevented
its liquidation and smuggling.
This is the truth, and everything else is
mere fabrication intended to justify the suspension of this
bank from paying the people's money deposited with it.
Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 224
Date: 22nd March 950
Travel of Jews to Basra
A first step for fleeing to Israel
Every Jew heading to Basra must be investigated
The owner of this newspaper and its editor went
yesterday evening to the Basra train station
to see off a friend of theirs, a high-ranking official
in the Basra Governorate, and their attention was drawn to the large
number of Jews intending to travel to Basra.
Their number was estimated at (150) people, including
children, men, and women, with (50) of them in
second class alone. This official stated
the danger of allowing Jews to travel to
Basra, as it is established that the Jew
who travels to Basra intends to flee
to Iran and from there to Israel. He
promised them that he would personally handle the investigation with them
as soon as they arrive in Basra. At the same time, we draw
the attention of the Criminal Investigation Directorate
and other police departments to the necessity
of investigating every Jew heading to
Basra regarding the reasons calling him to
travel there and verifying their validity.
We are waiting for what they will do in this
regard.
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Newspaper: Al-Fakh
Number: 52
Date: 22 March 1950
Jewish Permissiveness
There are still those among the Jews who believe that
their state is not established on the foundations brought
by Moses, peace be upon him, but rather it is a
permissive state more dangerous than "Communism,"
and that those in charge of this state's affairs are all
from the scum of the Jews, brought together by greed
and delusions
This is evidenced by what the Ashkenazi community
in Jerusalem submitted in the request
to place Jerusalem under Arab guardianship instead
of internationalizing it, and to prevent communism and permissiveness which
were created by Ben-Gurion's Jewish authorities
Will the reckless Jews take heed of this?
Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
Number: 781
Date: March 22, 1950
* Some local newspapers denied that
the government intends to freeze Jewish funds
or confiscate them. In fact, such
news does not need a denial,
as it does not occur to anyone that among
the armistice governments there is one that would undertake this
serious national action. The Jews know
this, so they do not need anyone to reassure them!
* Newspapers and telegrams provide us from
time to time with news of the persecution faced by
Arabs from Jews in Tel Aviv; the persecution
of Arabs by Jews is a foregone conclusion. The wonder
is from the armistice governments that do not treat
Jews in kind, but rather pamper them and treat them well
while they work secretly and openly to undermine
their existence!
* Iraq is now engaged in a
violent battle launched by the Jews against it from within, and it
aims to destroy its economic structure, and despite
this, we are still turning a blind eye, so how
much we are like the ostrich!
Massive fire in a Jewish commercial shop
Fire violently resists water power and its flames extend for about four hours
The burned shop belongs to Shalom Musfi, owner of the khan that burned last month
Significant testimony - Director of Lynch Company - Transporting materials in bulk
At nine forty
yesterday evening, the Fire
Directorate was informed of a fire breaking out in the khan located
inside the alley opposite the Al-Safafir market
So the guard squad rushed to the site of the fire
and began extinguishing the fire.
[ Sudden Danger ]
And at the moment when the firemen
began their duties, fire suddenly erupted
from all the rooms of the khan and was about to
transfer to the neighboring khans
and the khans behind it, which forced
the Fire Directorate to seek help from a squad
The fire refused to subside even a little, and the
flames continued to resist the power of the water flowing from
the pipes for about four hours
[ Rubber and Greasy Materials ]
What helped the extension of the tongues of
flame throughout this period was that the goods
present in the khan were rubber
materials and quantities of sponges and cans
and barrels of paint fats, this
in addition to the fact that the khan building from
the inside is old and in its walls are many wooden
windows, all of which are of the old style
[ Significant Testimony. ]
The testimony of the guard of the neighboring khan carries
a significance of importance, as the guard said
that Yaqub Baruch Moshe,
the owner of the burned khan, had a guard named
(Shamma) and several (porters) whom he expelled all
yesterday and refused to let the guard sleep this
night as usual in the khan.
[ Transporting Materials ]
Among the strange things mentioned is that the owner
of this khan continued for three days to
transfer abundant quantities of the materials piled
in his khan, and the owners of the neighboring
shops noticed that what was transferred yesterday of these
materials was - in particular - more
than what he transferred in the previous days.
[ Director of Lynch Company ]
The burned khan is insured with
one of the insurance companies, and since
the owner of the khan did not attend during the fire
the insured company was not known, and while
people were asking each other about
this company, the director of the Stephen
Lynch company, accompanied by two of the company's employees,
suddenly entered the khan to investigate what the
fire had consumed, and when it was impossible for them to enter the khan
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Newspaper: Al-Yaqza
Number: 782
Date: March 24, 1950
* A group of Jews nickname
among themselves (Bernadotte) the person named (Ezra
Hindi), who works as a director for the Agriculture Department
in Abu Ghraib and receives a salary of 45
dinars. He has decided (to move) to
Baghdad to enable him to sell his furniture and prepare himself
to join Tel Aviv!!!
* National banks, foremost among them
the (Arab Bank), have grave duties in
this period of the nation's life, by providing
merchants and patriots with financial aid
to fill the vacuum that the Jews intentionally created
in the current economic situation.
Remainder of a massive fire
They went up to the roof of the adjacent inn and remained
watching the flames for about five minutes
after which they left the shop, and in light of this
it can be said that the shop is insured
with the Stephen Lynch Company.
[ The Informant and the Neighbors ]
The two shops adjacent to the burned inn
belong, one of them to the Jewish merchant Isaac
Nassim Battat, and the second belongs to the merchant
Jewish Mashal Musfi, and the person
who reported the fire was one of the employees of
Isaac Nassim Battat, and the police wanted
to seek assistance from Mashal Musfi's shop, but they
did not find anyone in the inn, not even a guard.
[ The Inn belongs to Musfi... ]
It is worth noting that this inn is among
the properties of the Jewish merchant Shalom Musfi
who had an inn burn down last month
and three firefighters were killed in it,
and it is leased to the Jewish merchant Jacob
Baruch Moshe, and Shalom Musfi had
been referred to trial on charges of burning his inn
intentionally, but the charge was not proven against him
so he was acquitted yesterday, and his attorney was His Excellency
Mr. Najib al-Rawi.
Newspaper: An-Nahar
Number: 868
Date: 20 March 1950
Escape attempt of 12 Jews
By river route to Basra
Steam boat driver brings them to the station
By means of a hunting rifle
Mr. Abdul-Razzaq al-Ani,
Clerk at the School Police, related to us the following
incident which he witnessed himself the day before
yesterday:
At nine-thirty on the evening of
Tuesday, the day before yesterday, while I was returning
to my house in Karradat Maryam adjacent to the river,
I heard a (call for help) from
inside a steam boat in the river, so I rushed
to the Az-Zuwiyah police station and it was near
me, and I took the duty officer with me
and a number of policemen, and we headed toward the source
of the sound. When the boat driver sensed our presence,
he turned his rudder and docked at a distance
from us, and suddenly three people sneaked out of it
and fled, so a group of police pursued them,
while the officer and I remained to clarify the matter...
It appeared that the boat driver
had a hunting rifle in his hand, which
he was pointing at those present in the boat
to prevent them from leaving. They were eight
Jews: one man, three women, a boy,
a girl, and three children. In the meantime,
the station director and the patrol officer
arrived, and everyone was led to the Al-Karrada
Ash-Sharqiya police station and an investigation
was initiated. It appeared that these people had rented
the steam boat under the pretext of going to
Salman Pak for an excursion on the occasion of the
visiting season for a fare of eight dinars, but
hardly had they reached the middle of the river until they told
the driver that they wanted to travel to Basra
and that they were ready to pay whatever fare the driver
requested. The aforementioned driver pretended
to agree and asked them to hide inside
the cabin and turn off the light for fear
of exposure. They complied with the order, and instead
of proceeding with them to the requested destination, he turned
the boat's rudder back toward Baghdad without
their knowledge, as he was thinking of finding
a quick way to inform the police, looking
with his eyes in the darkness. When he approached
Karrada Ash-Sharqiya, those present sensed what
he intended, so they tried to exit, but he pulled out
a hunting rifle he had with him and aimed it at them,
ordering them to submit to him, and on the other
hand he began shouting at the top of his voice calling for help
until the police arrived. It was revealed after inspection
that the man arrested with them was wearing three
suits, one over the other, with four
shirts, and over everything a wide dishdasha.
His wife, named Marcelle, was hiding
gold and money in a bundle between her thighs,
and much of the money, gold,
and other papers had been taken by those
three whom the police officers who
pursued them were not able to arrest. Investigations
were initiated behind them, and the investigation is ongoing.
Let the Jews of Iraq read
Those who want to travel to Israel...
This is their situation there!!!
An officer of the Salvation Army related to us
the following:
It happened when the Iraqi
and Syrian Mujahideen forces captured a number of
Jews totaling 24 men and 7 women in the battle of
Mishmar HaYarden. Food was brought to them
in the detention center, and they were a mixture of
Jews from Europe and Russia. The Jews of Poland
and Russia refused to eat their food with the Jews
of Palestine, feeling disdain for them. When they were asked about
the reason, they replied: that they were disgusted by the
filth of the Jews of Palestine... So how will it be if
conditions stabilize and the Jews of Iraq,
Abu Sifayn, and Souq Hanoun travel to Israel?
Will the Jews of Europe be satisfied with
using them as servants or as street
sweepers? And will they remember the grace
they were in, which they trampled with their feet..!
Newspaper: Al-Husun
Number: 225
Date: March 24, 1950
Jews are buying civil status IDs from Muslims
To serve as transit permits to facilitate their escape
Official applicants for travel to Israel under the denaturalization law have ceased
63 Jewish men and women have requested to renounce their citizenship so far
Since the denaturalization law was issued until today, no more than (63) sixty-three people, including men, women, and children, have applied to the competent departments. In recent days, there has been a total absence of anyone submitting an application for this matter, which made us wonder at the Jews' insistence on staying in Iraq, as evidenced by this refusal of theirs, while they are known to exert every possible effort to escape to the promised land of Israel. In previous issues, we explained some of the reasons that lead them to prefer escaping over traveling according to the explicit law that authorizes them to do so. Among these reasons is their keenness to smuggle the largest possible amount of funds, jewelry, and gold, and their retention of the right to return, whether as spies or if they do not like the situation there, and other reasons. Each of these reasons is sufficient in itself to oblige us to the necessity of eliminating
the smuggling movement and punishing those who attempt to escape with the harshest penalties to deter others.
We have explained the various methods used by the Jews and their smugglers to escape from Iraq; however, by chance, we have come across a new diabolical method invented by the Jews to rid themselves of the surveillance imposed on them. This method is: Jews buying civil status IDs issued in the names of Muslim individuals to carry them after wearing Arab and national clothing, i.e.,
like wrapping themselves in a Keffiyeh or wearing a (Jarawiya) in order to deceive any official who asks them for their identities. As we publish this, we draw the attention of all officials to this new method, especially the police departments in Basra, as there is a special dress in Basra that no one would imagine a Jew would disguise himself in, which is wearing the red "Yashmagh." This method is the latest but not the last of the methods the Jews have reached and invented
for the sake of escaping to Israel. If the government does not impose the harshest and most stringent penalties on them, we will find them continuing to escape, returning to Iraq, escaping again, and returning time and time again. In this, there is a great danger to Iraq and Arabism, as is well known, for if these Jews return, they naturally return only as spies.
We suffice by publishing this and hope to find someone who listens, especially since the Jews, with their new method, will be able to penetrate and find civil status IDs, as long as they pay sums ranging between (10-30) dinars, and sometimes reaching fifty, and as long as there are clothes they buy from the markets to disguise themselves in, especially as they have begun to dress their women in these cases in the wool Abaya that only Muslim women wear. We are waiting for the decisive and strict measures that the officials will take!
Boycotting the auctions of Jewish rags
After what this newspaper and other local fellow newspapers published about the auctions of Jewish rags, the honorable Iraqi Muslim people began to refrain from buying these rags, and the level of sales from these auctions began to drop until it reached a point that brings satisfaction, as sales have completely stopped in some auction houses.
While we take pride in the spirit of the honorable Iraqi people and their noble feelings toward a cause that is their cause, i.e., the cause of Iraq, we call upon the rest of our brothers who are still buying from these shops to boycott them completely.
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Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab
Number: 1578
Date: March 24, 1950
The number of Jews registered to renounce
their Iraqi citizenship is close to seventy
Exemption from the "capable guarantor" condition
The process of registering Jews
wishing to leave Iraq permanently and renounce
their citizenship is still proceeding more slowly than expected,
for since the registration opened less than
two weeks ago, the number of registered persons until
yesterday has not reached seventy, including men, women,
and children.
In view of the inquiries from those wishing
to register, the competent authorities have amended
some of the paragraphs contained in the instructions that
it issued regarding registration. The following is a publication of
the amendments made to the previous
instructions. The previous instructions
required the Jew who wants to renounce
his citizenship to bring with him a capable guarantor
who guarantees the payment to the government and to
all municipalities, water and electricity committees,
railways, and the port of any amount
that has become or will become due from him, along with the stamps
required for this guarantee. This
paragraph has been cancelled and there is no longer a need to provide
a guarantor if the person wishing to renounce his
citizenship proves his clearance toward the Income Tax
and Property Tax departments, Customs,
Foreign Exchange, and other departments
that may be creditors to the person.
The previous instructions stipulated that
the person who signed the form
pertaining to renouncing his citizenship is personally responsible
for arranging the means of transportation out of
Iraq, with the note that the government
and the Israelite community are not responsible
for anything related to this matter. The
new instructions stated that the Iraqi government
will prepare the means of transportation as far as
the Iraqi border at the traveler's expense.
The Newspaper -: News
Number -: 2802
Date -: March 24, 1950
The Deterioration
of the Economic Situation
and the Necessity of Cooperation to Rescue It
Complaints about the economic situation in
Iraq are general and widespread, as several
local and foreign circumstances and factors have combined, leading
to the deterioration of Iraq's economy to this
extent, which has begun to threaten dire consequences
known only to God if we do not all stand together,
and work to rescue our economy from
the abyss into which it has fallen.
The first matter that must be noted
is that the current economic crisis in
Iraq is directly related to the global
economic crisis, the effects of which have appeared in many
Eastern and Western countries alike
.. Even the United States itself, its
economists have begun pointing to the economic
crisis which may turn into a disaster if
it is not treated from now on with complete firmness.
Naturally, the United States is not
alone in feeling economic distress,
but dozens of countries feel it, for this
is inevitable after the tremor of war which affects
the economies of all nations, and the
war was not like that back when connections between
parts of the world were non-existent, but now it is different
than before; for the world today is an indivisible
unit, and what happens at the edge of the earth
we feel its effects in other parts, and that
is because of modern communications, and the dependence of countries
upon one another to obtain
foodstuffs and goods they do not produce.
The recent war was on a large scale
of comprehensiveness, affecting the economies
of the entire world, and this became more and more evident
after the violent political tremors that followed
the war, in the form of revolutions, sit-ins,
strikes, and blocs; so the lack of
stability prevented agreement on a specific plan
on whose light all countries would act to avoid
economic crises.
This is from a general perspective, but as for what concerns
Iraq, in addition to international factors,
it did not direct its attention to its economy,
and what it should be after the end of the war,
and many had previously warned - during
the war - of the consequences of neglect, and the failure
to benefit from the monetary wealth that
the country had obtained, and it would have been quite easy
to exploit that wealth in productive industrial projects
which would establish the pillars of an industrial renaissance,
and we would be rid of the damage of importing
most necessities of industrial products
from abroad, which leads to the leakage of the
largest part of the country's wealth abroad,
in addition to the fact that factories are among the
direct reasons for eliminating unemployment which has spread
now in the country and its dangers have become visible
to the eyes.
And not only this, for Iraq was forced
in response to the call of national duty to participate
in the battle of Palestine which cost it huge
sums, then it was forced to cut off oil from
the Haifa refineries, losing - without regret -
other sums and it is still losing them until
now, all for the sake of its national creed
and its concern for the Arabism of Palestine.
There is another issue of great danger
and importance, having its direct impact on the economic
situation, which is that a large group
of Iraqi Jews who were dominating
the largest part of Iraq's economy,
have liquidated their businesses, and some of them have actually
left Iraq, while others declared their bankruptcy,
and both had the worst impact on the merchants
connected to them and who were working with them
in a single trade.
This is the summary of the situation, and it is not
an unknown matter to everyone, from
the officials and from those working in the economic
field; they must all
stand together to rescue Iraq's economy from
this abyss, and we believe that the greater part of
the duty to work in this field falls on the shoulders
of the banks operating in Iraq, at
the forefront of which are the government banks and national
banks; they must help merchants and others
from owners of industrial and agricultural projects
to continue their work and expand its scope,
and this is the only cure for this situation
which, if it continues, threatens the country with a disaster
whose harm will return to everyone, with the banks at
their forefront.
Newspaper: Sirwan
Number: 11
Date: March 24, 1950
An Important View
On the Codicil to the Law of Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship
Since the issuance of the draft codicil to the Law of Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship for Jews wishing
to leave Iraq, people have been in constant whisper and questioning about the concept of this codicil in its
precise and correct form, especially those Jews who had not previously thought of
leaving Iraq for Israel.
This draft has come in a form that has not allowed many Jews wishing to
retain their current citizenship any room for confidence in their future; rather, it has even disrupted
their private businesses due to their lack of confidence in the stability of their future and their permanent presence in Iraq,
because it was concise, first of all, and indirectly urged the Jewish community in Iraq to
leave without taking precautions through measures that would instill reassurance and comfort in the souls of the side
wishing to stay and be secured about its future.
As a result of this, every Jew in Iraq began to feel the desire of
other citizens to separate from them, which turned the orbit of their thinking and changed what they could of their affairs,
disturbing the peace of their life and shaking their economic stability, which must
have a severe impact on shaking the general economic life in all parts of Iraq, even
for a time.
The reality is that the Iraqi government acted with great haste in enacting this draft
before taking the opinions of the general Jewish citizens whose opinions might differ from one another.
The improvisation that characterizes Iraqi governments did not leave them even in enacting this
draft, in which the fate of two hundred thousand Jewish citizens is decided. While we do not deny
that there are not a few Jews who want to emigrate, at the same time we cannot
overlook a great portion of Jews who never gave serious thought to emigration except
after the enactment of this draft, which would force them—unassured of their remaining in
the land in which they wish to stay—due to many of the complications that occurred during
the few days following the enactment of this draft. If this portion of Jews—and we are
confident of this—were given the choice to stay or emigrate, they would have undoubtedly preferred to stay. What is missing for
these people is confidence and reassurance, and the absence of these two things makes them, despite themselves,
merge into the herd.
The Jew today is at a crossroads: the path of emigration and the path of staying, and both
are paths fraught with danger. The one taking the first path does not wish to renounce his citizenship because
he does not know what fate hides for him in Israel, and the one taking the second does not know what his fate will be
after these many incidents that have multiplied on the stage of politics in the Middle
East. Perhaps this is the secret behind the Jews' attempt to leave by fleeing while retaining their citizenship
rather than renouncing it and leaving legally. Had the government previously thought,
or rather studied to think of the correct solution that would untie this knot created by
a reckless movement ten years ago and more. And had it consulted some Jewish youth
and been able to obtain their point of view, we do not believe that the situation would have become as critical
as it has become today.
In conclusion, the government's action in enacting the draft was an improvised act lacking
precision and lacking study, examination, and verification. It would have been more appropriate for the government, to avoid
falling into error, to study the subject deeply before proceeding with it.
Owner and Editor-in-Chief
Salman al-Safwani
Responsible Manager
Zaki Jamil Hafiz
Issue
Year
Box
The Battle of Economic Destruction
The Duty of the People, the Government, and the Banks
By Salman al-Safwani
We used to say that the battle of Palestine is the battle of the entire Arab nation, not the battle of
a small part of it. If the Jews win this battle on the land of Palestine, it will move from there
to every Arab country, in various forms. For this reason, we considered the battle of Palestine a battle of
life or death for us, and therefore we appealed to the Arab nation to exert its utmost
effort in preserving this precious part of its beloved homeland before it falls prey
into the hands of the enemies. But the officials in the Arab countries refused - unfortunately -
except for Palestine to be the "scapegoat" to maintain their influence, and to prolong the days of
their rule. And struggling Palestine fell drenched in its blood between the feet of the "Jewish
gangs" - oh what a heartache! - and the battle turned, as we expected, from the land of Palestine to
every Arab country, and it is in Iraq today more intense than in any other Arab country,
because the number of Jews in Iraq is large, and because this number holds the reins of
the economic situation with an iron fist. And because the people are immersed in ignorance and negligence!
And here is the danger that we demanded be removed from Palestine; it was not satisfied with swallowing
⟦Palestine⟧ ⟦and displacing⟧ ⟦its people⟧ ⟦but rather⟧ ⟦but⟧ ⟦exceeded⟧ ⟦to⟧ ⟦the rest of⟧ ⟦the Arab⟧ ⟦countries⟧ ⟦and here⟧ ⟦it is⟧
this battle in Iraq is ongoing at its most intense, even if it differs in form from what it was
in Palestine. The Jews in Iraq are feigning a desire to emigrate from this country
to Tel Aviv, and they were smuggling individuals and groups, carrying with them what was light to carry
and expensive in price, in their own way of (robbing) peoples of their gold and silver. In
fact, their exit from Iraq is a planned (demonstration) to destroy its economic
entity, not just a desire to emigrate to Tel Aviv, as evidenced by the fact that they did not apply
to the relevant departments to register their names after the issuance of the law revoking citizenship,
but they continued their escape, defying the laws, mocking the authority of the government!
The Jews are fleeing, and taking with them gold, silver, and other money, after
they liquidate their businesses, stop their trade, declare their bankruptcy, sell their wreckage,
and mortgage their properties, while retaining their citizenship despite that, so they can return from
where we do not notice them as they left - and this is the battle currently raging in
Iraq between the people and the Jews.
The Jews went bankrupt, so their creditors were left empty-handed. The (settlement) led to
the bankruptcy of others, and they offered the goods they had saved and monopolized in the markets,
so prices fell below capital, sales stopped, merchants lost, and they filled
public auctions with their various products, so things stagnated in trade warehouses and furniture stores.
The cotton-carder, the cotton merchant, and the worker were disrupted, and everything related to household needs such as
fans, refrigerators, mattresses, sofas, carpets, and even clothes, shoes,
and others. The general public crowded like animals over those infected remains, buying them
at higher than their prices, and moving them to their homes with their germs and filth. As for the Jews,
they gained money and disrupted businesses. Glory be to the Changer of states and circumstances.
We have said everything that can be said in this regard, but the battle of economic
destruction is proceeding on its way, turning for nothing. Yesterday, we spoke to a group of
various stakeholders, and we heard what makes the heart bleed and tears at the souls. It was up to
the government to be firm and bold in handling the situation, and to put an end to the Jewish
conspiracy, to avoid the catastrophe that these evil people intended to create in the country
with their diabolical methods.
Since the danger must be fought by all classes of the people and the government
alike, we must alert the national banks, foremost among them the (Arab
Bank), to its great duty in this difficult stage, by extending to the trusted national
merchants the financial aid, so they can continue to practice their businesses
without being exposed to a confusing crisis, at a time when they must fill the void
that the Jews intentionally created in the general economic situation. We also hope that
public opinion, and stakeholders in particular, will be careful in their dealings with the Jews
these days so that events do not surprise them with what would overthrow their commercial and financial entity.
And they would regret it when it is too late for regret.
Newspaper: Al-Yaqza
Number: 782
Date: 24 March 1950
My Economic Corner
Lending on Crops
⟦line⟧ The Jews monopolized for the past thirty years the efforts of millions of the sons of
this country through surplus, in its various types, multiple rates, and methods of
payment. People used to come to them, and flock to them, to facilitate their business,
settle their needs, and escape from routine and the resulting slowness and delay,
correspondence, witnesses, and certificates!!! Until war was declared between the Arabs and the Jews,
and there is no need for us to repeat what the result of the war led to, the Jews felt the hour of departure
a year before the departure!! So they collected their debts, smuggled their wealth, and refrained from
lending, mortgages, and credit, and resorted to consensual settlements in discounting
papers before their maturity date... and finally they sold their (spoils) and fled as fugitives!!!
So the farmer, the merchant, and those with interests felt distress and hardship, a standstill in the market
and stagnation in products, and they were exposed to a situation they were not accustomed to before, added to this
the weakness of purchasing power as a result of a shortage in the amount of money circulating in the market, and in order
to eliminate such a situation to avoid falling into a crisis, we must facilitate
transactions as much as possible. And restore credit (dealing with papers) to its former state.
And granting loans, and advances on crops (in agriculture) and on money in (trade)
and deleting what can be deleted from (routine) and killing time, and adding new amounts
to the capital of national banks, and to encourage the banking profession, and directing national
capital in a correct, beneficial, and productive direction. And God is in the aid of the servant as long as
the servant is in the aid of his brother.
(A)
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Leave them alone..! | Personal Affairs
The matter is settled, and a group of students from
the College of Sharia in Adhamiya were dismissed for a year.
It is known that the college students are bound
by guarantees whose amounts are difficult for them to pay
now, especially since they intend, from what we have learned,
to travel to Egypt to continue their studies at
Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, so what would it harm the Directorate of
General Endowments if it postponed the execution of the guarantees
until the completion of their studies and their return to
Iraq? We hope that the Directorate of
Endowments will think about this and work on
achieving it, and it is not fair for the
officials to be harsh on a group of the country's sons to
a degree that deprives them of knowledge and culture for a violation
that all the youth of the world are exposed to during
their emotional outbursts.
Thanks to the Director of
Salman Pak District
Baghdad - Al-Yaqdha Newspaper:
We thank the efforts of our district director, which are appreciated
for fighting the flood.
Sheikh Abboud Al-Mulla Hirz and Sheikh Jassim
Al-Ali.
Thanks for Condolences
Mr. Amin Al-Hashimi and his son
Hikmat and the rest of the family thank Their Excellencies,
Highnesses, and Excellencies the Prime Ministers,
current and former ministers, notables,
deputies, and all the individuals who were kind enough
to offer their condolences for their dear lost one, the late
Mr. Akram Al-Hashimi, whether by participating in the funeral
procession or by attending the Fatiha council or
by sending telegrams and letters, and they pray to the
Almighty not to afflict them with a loved one.
Thanks to a Doctor
I thank in the name of humanity His Excellency the skilled
surgeon Dr. Khalid Naji for performing
the surgery he did for me without
charge, may God reward him well on behalf of the poor and grant him success
in serving society. Muhammad Abdul Baqi Al-Ani
Lost Ledger
I lost my membership ledger in the Baghdad Chamber of
Commerce and the Income Tax Certificate card,
so whoever finds them is requested to return them to me at my shop
located at Bab Al-Agha No. 166/1 and he will have a cash
reward. Haj Irshad Hussein Radi
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Al-Mansour Race
Saturday, March 25, 1950
The first heat at one fifteen in the afternoon
The race will be held for the cup of His Royal Highness the Regent and the Great Crown Prince
at four o'clock on the mentioned day
To reserve boxes, contact telephone 6340
Also, the race will be held on Sunday, falling on 26/3/1950
The first heat at one fifteen
To reserve lunch tables, contact the Rami Palace Hotel
⟦line⟧
Announcement No. (115)
A public tender has been placed for supplying the Adhamiya Electricity Committee with a large quantity of
electric wires, copper and lead, of various weights and sizes. Those wishing
to participate in the tender should attend before the Secretariat Council at 12 noon on
Tuesday, falling on 28/3/1950
Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
Number: 784
Date: March 26, 1951
* Finally, one of the movie
theaters in Baghdad has been liberated from Jewish control, which is
the Regent Cinema, which has been transferred to Mr.
Abdul Karim al-Khudairi; so may the rest of the
movie theaters be liberated from the Jewish octopus, and may
national hands work in them instead of the Hasakila!
* Some Jewish movie theaters have begun
continuing to show their films every morning,
where lazy female and male students,
and unemployed youth, take refuge there, fleeing
from lessons and escaping from duties;
so limit the showtimes, O officials!
And watch your children, O fathers, and hold accountable
the absentees among your students, O school principals!
Precautions against Jews fleeing from Iraq
The Directorate of General Police requested the Ministry of Interior's approval to conduct
a general census to determine the number of Jewish men and women fleeing from Iraq,
their ages, and the distinguishing marks of each of them, in order to circulate this to the centers and outposts
of the Iraqi borders to arrest those attempting to return to Iraq again, given
the dangers resulting from that in their performing acts of espionage and what leads against the safety of the state!
Aftawiya!..
* The (fires) in the shops
Jewish commercial centers caught people's attention, and
(incidents) have shown that they are (deliberate)
and intentional. It is not important that a Jew burns
his commercial shop and collects (insurance) or
enters (prison), but what is important is this spirit
(criminal) which may cause (damage)
to others. We hope that the government will strike
the hands of the (meddlers) among them relentlessly!
* Do you see if an Arab in Palestine had
the Jews accused him of some charge, would he find a lawyer
(Jewish) to defend him, and use his influence
to exonerate him? No, but the Jews in
Iraq find dozens of lawyers
defending them, so how great is the difference between
awareness and the sense of responsibility between us and them!
Newspaper: Al-Yaqaza
Number: 786
Date: 28 - March - 1950
A Jewish woman smuggles gold
And is arrested at the airport
Our roving correspondent said: While
the Jewish woman Naima Khazzam Gabriel, who is
of Iranian nationality, was about to travel by plane
to Iran, there was found with her, in addition to her usual
jewelry, a golden anklet weighing more than
111 mithqals, so the gold was seized. Naima
has a daughter named Saida, but she is of Iraqi
nationality, or of dual nationality to be more precise,
and we can only thank the passport officers
of the civil airport for their continuous vigilance
in monitoring smuggling by travelers
among the Jews, and we specifically thank Assistant Anwar
Thamir Al-Ani and Commissioner Abdul-Jabbar Khattab.
* Espionage movements and espionage trials
have increased these days among
nations, and we thank God that Iraq is safe
from that, as it does not require
such measures; there are no secrets, no
spies, and no trials. The Jews say
it is the best of all countries
for the work of fifth columns of any kind
they may be...