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Newspaper -: Al-Husoun Number -: 251 Date -: 22 April 1950
IJA 2746
Arabic Newspaper Clippings Regarding Jews Emigrating from Iraq
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This is a collection of newspaper clippings in Arabic. Articles include content such as: Anti-Jewish themes; the Iraqi government's response to Jewish emigration; Jews in Muslim and/or Arab countries; citizenship laws and the abrogation of citizenship; Zionism; Anti-Jewish legislation. The newspapers are: النباء (Al-Nabā’); الامة (Al-‘Umma); الحصون (Al-Ḥaṣūn); اليقظة (Al-Yaqaẓa/Al-Yaqẓa); الدخبار (Al-Dakhbār); لواء الاستقلال (Lawā’ Al-Istiqlāl); الزمان (Al-Zamān); الحواداث (Al-Ḥawādth); الدفة (Al-Dafah); الاخبار (Al-Akbār); النهار (Al-Nahār); الفخ (Al-Fakh); الاراء (Al-Arā’)
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Local Accidents and News Taxi Owners Express their thanks to His Excellency the Minister of Interior And His Excellency the Deputy Director General of Police In a letter carried to us by mail signed by (Hussein Abu Ali) and a group of owners of taxis in Baghdad, the following was stated: We and our families raise our palms to God Hoping the Almighty and Exalted will grant success to His Excellency Mr. Saleh Jabr, Minister of Interior, and His Excellency Mr. Saleh Hamam, Deputy Director General of Police To serve the nation and the welfare of the Kingdom and to help the poor like us, for their kindness to us and their compassion for us, the poor sons of the people whose poverty almost drove our cars away from Al-Rashid Street, ending us and our families And which I, after what we presented to His Excellency the Minister and His Excellency the Deputy Director General of Police of damages inflicted on us and our families as a result of this coordination, may God grant them success to serve the country and may He increase people like them. Friends of the criminal Ali Khalid Who owe him many favors ⟦...⟧ the Just, and they inform the criminal of his near release ⟦...⟧ his full punishment despite your agitation and fabrications These sayings, and as it is the final reference for judgments, it includes the most honorable men and the most upright and longest serving in the judicial corps And all of them are not affected by the blame of a blamer in the truth, nor do they tilt with every wind, nor do they listen to any conversation revolving around a case in their hands Nor are they attracted by whims, and no influencer can affect them at all, for the fortresses reject their words and say to them that whoever committed a crime must receive his punishment and their words will not save him. And we say to them also that if you were friends of the criminal, then lighten for him words and writings other than this agitation that touches justice and generates a bad effect, and we warn them that we will touch on more than this and we will say our word about them after mentioning their names and we will look into it Those who desist from such gossip and nonsense The General Building The Restaurants Must be forced On the Ministry What it wants from The General Building .. a long topic and a complex problem which days have not been able to solve, as we have written about it, and how much we have written and demanded, and how much we have demanded, and the situation in it was treated but in a way that did not eliminate the ailments in it, but rather they were temporary treatments. If they were correct and succeeded, then the days are numbered, and as soon as officials think that the medicine has eliminated the disease and they turn to more important duties, the situation returns to what it was. The assistant police chief of the current Sarai was able, thanks to the help of the director of Baghdad Brigade Police, to dismantle and uproot most of the corruption and mischief at the source of corruption some dens, but he did not turn to other important aspects to treat them until the situation in this focal point returned to its previous state, as in this building there are several houses used as places for gambling, the first of which is the first house located on the left of the person entering this place. It was also mentioned to us that this house is divided into two parts, the first part is the external house and the second part is another house inside this house, and in the inner house there are rooms on the right side of it taken as a place for gambling, and what a (gambling den) it is! The fourth in it comes out a loser. In this house itself, in the first room on the left of the entrance located in the (passage) and belonging to the owner of the house (Kanshour), it contains types of alcoholic drinks whose sale is prohibited inside the general building, sold to visitors at double their prices. And the son of the house, this is the first and last of its kind in the general building, but there are several other places for gambling, and there are also many shops that we can call specialized departments for catching prey that sell alcohol to teenagers. And how does this alcohol enter the general building despite the heavy guarding and restriction and precise search?! This is what we do not know, but we want to know it! In the general building there is a café, but a secret café, and from this, when the police applied Regulation No. 33 for the year 1948 and closed all the existing cafés in the general building after the health departments confirmed the necessity of closing them in application of this regulation, the owners of these cafés were able by one way or another to bring out their tools from inside these cafés and placed them on both sides of the road along its length for the patrons of the café to sit on, and tea, lemon juice, and types of refreshments are served to them, which are placed in some houses whose owners' names we can provide to the specialized departments based on the precise information that reached us from one of our honorable readers. Also, the regulation prohibited the opening of restaurants that serve food to the patrons of the nightclub, but despite this, we see that restaurants in their healthy form that meet the conditions are strictly prohibited according to the regulation, while the mobile restaurants that were placed on tables in filthy shops and in the paths of the building were not subject to this prohibition. As for (opium) and (hashish), speak without hesitation, as the ease of obtaining them in this place is more than anyone imagines. All this exists despite the strict supervision?! And the intensifications and restrictions, and the reality in what was happening before these restrictions and intensifications were imposed!! ⟦...⟧ If the person entering this place observed what he encounters in his way, he would see wonders. This place, despite what it is, and despite that we and all of Iraq and Baghdad especially are with us demanding its removal from its location for its health and moral condition away from sight and not far from the government's supervision with its various health, security and administrative authorities, then despite that we demand the necessity of removing it, we cannot remain silent about what it is It blocks the roads for passers-by and helps the lurking for the observers and hinders traffic and helps in increasing the crowd, and monitoring the existing shops with strict supervision, especially the shops of selling refreshments, which naturally are subject to the prohibition decision, and which have begun to sell alcohol publicly after mixing it with (siphon) instead of water And ordering the impermissibility of opening mobile restaurants after applying the regulation on fixed restaurants and closing the shops that were taken as quasi-restaurants at the present time, and monitoring the elevated houses where gambling is practiced, especially the house mentioned at the beginning of our letter, and that the teenagers and children in the general building should be taken into account from now on, and to prevent the entry of tea into the houses after it was prohibited in public cafés, for each of these houses has become a secret café where the dancing of (Shammareen) is practiced to the rhythms of the (Donbak), in addition to serving tea to entice customers to sit in these secret cafés. Now, because those who frequent it are from the poor class that forms the majority of the Iraqi people, and since this majority is accustomed to frequenting this place it is necessary to impose the strictest health supervision on the prostitutes in it, as it is noted that the most widespread diseases in Iraq and the most dangerous and deadly and most widespread is syphilis, and we can state with certainty that we may find five percent of the prostitutes found in this place free of diseases. As for the rest, as stated by His Excellency the Director General of Health they are inexhaustible sources of disease. Just as if those in charge observed the issue of boys and teenagers frequenting this place, they would be appalled by their number. Also, the mentioned regulation prohibits the presence of children of both sexes in the building at a time when we find dozens of children ⟦...⟧ of girls and boys. We also request that the guard consisting of police officers in the general building be rotational changed every week or every 3 days, not permanent to prevent the service from returning to its old habits?! And despite what we write, we advise to clarify that the police are performing their duties to the fullest, but what happens happens from some individuals who have ties to the past era, and whom His Excellency the Deputy Director General of Police is now working to clean the police corps of them, and they are known. We also hope the health departments carry out a wide-scale campaign and set a specific day for the examination, its timing being secret, where all the building's exits are monitored and the Director General of Health himself attends and performs the examination on all the residents of the general building including the procuresses to verify their safety from communicable diseases and to know the number of prostitutes present in the building without registration in the general register, as the number of prostitutes in the general building, as we have learned, is not proportional to the number in the mentioned register. This is a small word we send to our friend the Baghdad Police Director and the Sarai Police Assistant according to jurisdiction, hoping for the necessary action to be taken regarding what was mentioned in it, and to the health departments, hoping for attention to what we suggested about performing the general health check-up. As for the issue of moving the general building from its current location this is a matter left to the judgment of the responsible authorities and the current government, which has become the sighs of the people and the country. We are polling the honorable readers among the sons of the noble people about the issue of moving the general building, as we have polled the officials who agreed on the necessity of moving it, and we shall return to the subject. Referendum No. (2) To all the sons of the noble Iraqi people We ask you to express your opinion in letters you send to us about moving the general building from its current location in service of the public interest, and thank you. Municipality Court Due to what the visitors of the Municipality Court suffer from various difficulties in their movement from the areas they live in to the headquarters of the court the specialized authorities have decided to allocate special rooms in the unit centers as municipality courts where the follow-ups are carried out for each center a specific day, and this procedure is appreciated for its help to the visitors and saving their time and money they spend. A complaint from Nasiriyah In a letter from Nasiriyah, the sender complains about the large number of liquor shops and points out that a Jew opened three liquor stores with one license (?!) The sender also complains about one of the three shops belonging to this Jew which is adjacent to the girls' school and the mosque (?!) The sender also appeals to the Ministry of Social Affairs and complains to it about the hospital being empty of medicines and all other necessary supplies. The sender draws the attention of officials in the brigade to the manipulation that occurs in the contracts, especially the meat and hospital contracts. We hope for an investigation into what we mentioned and punishment of the manipulators if it is true that there is manipulation. We also hope the Mutasarrif of the brigade takes interest in the issue of liquor shops, and we hope the Ministry of Social Affairs answers the request of the complainant. It is clear that the hospital is empty of medicines and necessary supplies as he claims, as the hospital is not only its building, but rather it treats him
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National Hatred, and National Pride Which is more guaranteed to restore Arab dignity? The call for "national pride" arose in Iraq before other Arab countries, and that was more than ten years ago, and we do not want today in our article to criticize the proponents of this principle and its advocates, for we know they are driven by good intentions and a love of service for the sake of the national interest. But we intended to discuss their views in a purely scientific discussion and to convince them of the errors their viewpoint entails. In our discussion of the idea of "national pride," we do not fail to always take pride in our belief that they were extracted from the ancient Arab character and the inherited Arab tendency. Like the Jews or a grandson like the English, duty and historical evolution necessitate that we raise our new generation on national hatred, not national pride. We must make our sons and grandsons understand (that they are Arabs and that the Arabs are a nation no less deserving of civilization and progress than others, and that the English have betrayed the Arab nation dozens of times, colonizing its lands and partitioning them, killing every sensitive feeling in its sons and preventing its progress in all aspects, and they were not satisfied with that, but gathered the displaced Jews from the corners of the world and established a state for them in the heart of the Arab homeland. The Jews have violated our sanctities and displaced a million people from our brothers after killing a large number of them and burying some of them alive in Deir Yassin and committed atrocities that the tongue does not dare mention). This is what the new Arab youth must understand so they grow up saturated with the spirit of hatred and grudge toward the Jews and the English, seizing every opportunity for revenge and retaliation, underestimating every sacrifice for the sake of restoring their national dignity after this dear dignity was notched and torn by the lowest of peoples and the basest of nations. If we raised the new generation on correct blind national pride, they would have become worse than what we have become, and believed themselves to have strength and immunity while they are far from them, and underestimated the importance of the enemy until he achieves from them what he wants, just as we mocked the destinies of the Jews and the capabilities of the Jews and the power of the Jews, and the result was as we see it now. So we must realize these facts with a complete realization and prepare our modern youth on the concept of not national pride, but rather making them understand that their nation is defeated, afflicted, and stabbed to the core, and that their duty is confined to strength, unity, and revenge for their nation, so that the world may then know that the Arabs are no less entitled than other nations to a happy life. National hatred is more worthy for the Arabs to hold onto after their great catastrophe in Continued on page four The Jews do not respect the United Nations Nor do they take it into any account because they are the ones who control it And they do not respect treaties and covenants because they do not see themselves bound by any of them And as long as they do not fear anything from anyone.. they do what they wish They say that the Jews violated the Rhodes Armistice Agreement for the second time by dropping thirty bombs on refugee camps in Al-Majdal. And the news wanted to show us a side of recklessness in this disgraceful act until they dared because who are the Jewish dregs to dare to violate the armistice agreement and who are they to perform any act that would offend the United Nations - that mighty and great body - and the United Nations cannot stand idly by such dregs as they counter it or disobey its orders The Jews are scheming to remain in Iraq after their citizenship is revoked Some of them file false lawsuits against each other for the purpose of disruption and procrastination so they are not deported The government must be strict in taking measures and not let any of them remain after their citizenship is revoked We said before that the Jews did not want the government to resort to revoking their Iraqi citizenships, but rather they wanted to be left to their own devices, leaving to Palestine and returning from it whenever they wished. But the law that stipulated the acceptance of the revocation of citizenship from them disturbed their sleep and disappointed them. Now they are between two things: either they drop their citizenship and it becomes mandatory for them to leave Iraq with no return, or they stay as they are, and this is what they do not accept due to the establishment of the alleged Israel. If they abandon the revocation of their citizenship, the law might be repealed after a while and they do not know when, and that may be followed by ⟦line⟧ some obstacles for nations that prevented them from going to Palestine; therefore, they resorted to requesting the revocation of their citizenships himself. As for how that happens, the Jews, with the diabolical ideas they possess, have found a way that would never occur to any devil at all, which is that once his citizenship is revoked, another one of them files a lawsuit against him claiming debts of money, and thus they have been able, these cursed ones, to know the way by which they remain in Iraq despite the revocation of their citizenships from them. It is known that civil lawsuits require notification, which requires days and nights that may be long in duration. They also require the appointment of a day for the hearing, and medical reports may delay that in requests for postponement, then what follows of objection and then other stages of trials as is commonly followed. Such cases require months, even years. How many civil lawsuits have passed years and are still in their early stages. The Jews want to be left to go and come; if they find a place in Israel, as they hope, they stay in it, and if they do not find it as they want, they return from it. Therefore, they will not leave any means without resorting to it to stay and escape, and to revoke their citizenship and keep their citizenships at the same time. They know how that happens, and we do not know what they are plotting and what they have done now for this despicable, despicable, exposed Zionist purpose, but we now have caught them in this trick, and it alone is sufficient for the extent of what these demons can do. The filing of lawsuits by some against others on this wide scale has caught our attention because these lawsuits were not genuine; if they were genuine, they would not, firstly, be in this large number and limited to those whose citizenship is revoked, to those whose citizenship was revoked. Furthermore, the lawsuits are filed against those whose citizenship has been revoked from the Jews only; we did not find a Christian or a Muslim who filed such lawsuits, and if something like that happened, it is a rare, natural, and simple thing, as is the case in every matter that occurs by chance. Therefore, we call upon the government to be strict in taking measures and use the most precise precautions in preventing these apostate Jews from remaining in the country because their presence is a danger to the country due to the confusion, turmoil, and corruption they carry in it, and the intrigue and malice they plot. We want to reduce evil as much as possible, for every one of them who leaves the country, there leaves with him a bottle of the germs of evil and corruption and a wineskin from the alleys of vice and degradation. It is a cause for optimism for all Iraqis that these people leave as quickly as possible because they Continued on page four
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Newspaper: Al-Ittihad Al-Dusturi Number: 16 Date: April 24, 1950 Arrest of fleeing Jews to Iran via Zurbatiya On last Monday evening, the police of Badra seized a bus carrying thirty-two Jews, including men and women, and the car and its passengers were brought to the Badra District Police Sub-Directorate and they were all detained, as was the driver named Muhammad Amin, nicknamed "Shawli," from the people of Zurbatiya, and Tawfiq Haidar from the people of Badra And on last Friday evening, Hassan Abdul-Hussein was arrested by the Baghdad police and was sent under guard to Badra to complete the investigation
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The rest of national hatred Palestine, and this hatred was the most important reason that united the hearts of the Jews and made sacrifice cheap to them and ignited enthusiasm in their souls, so they were able to usurp Palestine and expel its legitimate inhabitants before the eyes and ears of the world; in fact, it increased in horror and atrocity that it was carried out under the protection and support of international organizations. Some pedants may attempt to say that national hatred is inconsistent with human cooperation, which requires brotherhood and forgetting grudges, and that this hatred is one of the pillars of Nazi teachings that contradict current democratic systems. These pedants should stay in their holes and not be defeated by these harmful sophistries regarding the Arab entity, and let them know that Alsace and Lorraine were not recovered without national hatred, and that Germany did not rise after every slumber without national hatred, and the Jews did not establish the state of Israel without national hatred; they must understand that and leave the guidance of the nation to those who are capable of sound, realistic guidance. The rest of the Jews ⟦illegible⟧ Renegades, and because they have become non-citizens, rather they have become firstly traitors and secondly enemies, so their remaining after their nationalities are stripped from them and their wandering among the people means espionage and sowing corruption and destruction. Therefore, we call upon the government to tighten as much as possible the measures for their expulsion and removal by every means and through every medium so that the country may be safe from their evil and that they may taste the torment of the blaze.
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Newspaper: Al-Ruwwad Number: 2809 Date: April 22, 1954 Private and Foreign Education in Iraq New Draft Regulation for Private and Foreign Schools The Ministry of Education has allocated in the general budget for the current year sufficient amounts for private and foreign education in Iraq. The esteemed professor Awni Bakr Sidqi, Director of Private Education at the Ministry of Education, says that it is the Ministry's plan to encourage and expand private education, and therefore it pays substantial amounts to private schools as annual grants. Were it not for the current financial constraints, it would not have stopped increasing those grants, which exceed seventeen thousand dinars - at the present time - . A draft of a special regulation for private and foreign schools has been prepared and will soon be submitted for approval. The Directorate of Private and Foreign Education oversees more than 200 private and foreign schools, to implement the provisions of the Public Education Law No. 57 of 1940. Teachers for Primary Schools At the beginning of this academic year, efforts were made to appoint male and female teachers for primary and secondary schools for the purpose of teaching Arabic language and social studies, and it encountered immense difficulties in this field, as the number of those whose academic credentials qualify them and who were not employed in public schools is very small, in addition to the weak financial status of most private schools. Raising the Standard of Private Schools Furthermore, the Ministry of Education does not hesitate to seize every opportunity to raise the level of private schools by providing them with competent teachers, inspecting them, and auditing their staff lists with the aim of introducing new elements for teaching in them instead of some male or female teachers whose academic capacity does not qualify them for teaching. The time may come when the Ministry is able to provide material and moral assistance on a much wider scale to these schools.
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The Newspaper - Al-Yaqaza Number - 807 Date - April 20, 1950 Attempt to Smuggle 32 Jews! We have learned that Badra police seized a bus last Monday evening carrying thirty-two Jews, including men and women. The car was pulled to the Badra Police Assistantship and all its passengers were detained, as was the driver named Muhammad Amin, a resident of Zurbatiyah, and Tawfiq Haider, a resident of Badra. Last Friday evening, a person named Hassan Abd al-Hussein, the owner of the car, was arrested by the Baghdad police and sent under guard to Badra to complete the investigation. * It is understood from newspaper reports that Jews are continuing to register their names, and requesting the revocation of their Iraqi citizenship, but smuggling - nevertheless - is ongoing at full speed, and collusive lawsuits among them occupy the courts. A Jew Escaped from Iraq Iraqi money is owed by this fugitive The esteemed colleague Sawt al-Nas said: We have learned that the Jew named Ibrahim Shalom Ezra, the commission merchant in Khan al-Ramah al-Kabir in Baghdad, has escaped to Iran, and he owes a Basra merchant, the notable Saud al-Saleh, a sum of 1500 Dinars, and more is to come... And we do not know how our merchants remain dealing commercially with the Jews until this time when they see the Jews wishing to travel at any moment to Israel.
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Arrest of Jews Attempting to flee to Iran Badra police arrested during the past week a car carrying thirty-two Jews, including men and women, attempting to flee to Iran; they were all arrested and detained along with the car driver named Muhammad Amin and his assistant Tawfiq Haider. The arrest took place as a result of investigations last Friday evening of the owner of the car named Hassan Abdul Hussein, who was sent under guard to the Badra police department to complete the investigation. Newspaper: Al-Nabaa Number: 522 Date: ⟦21 April 1951⟧
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The Fleeing Jews and the Revocation of Their Citizenship The Iraqi Commission in Damascus announced the following: Article (2) of the Supplement Law to the Decree for the Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship No. (62) of 1933, No. (1) for the year 1950, stipulates the loss of Iraqi citizenship for the Iraqi Jew who has previously left Iraq illegally if he does not return to it within a period of two months from the date of the enforcement of the aforementioned law. And since this law became effective as of 3/9/1950, the two-month period mentioned ends on 5/8/1950. Newspaper -: Liwa al-Istiqlal Number -: 959 Date -: 2 ⟦April⟧ 1950
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32 Jews Trying to escape! The police of Badra district in the Liwa of Kut arrested last Monday a passenger bus carrying 32 Jews who wanted to escape to Iran, so all of them were arrested along with the driver named Muhammad Amin and his assistant Tawfiq Haidar. The owner of the car, named Hassan Hussein, was also arrested and they were detained pending investigation. Newspaper: ⟦...⟧ News Number: 27 Date: 21 April
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Newspaper: Mada al-Wahab Number: 180 Date: 10/⟦...⟧ Instructions of the Foreign Exchange Control Regarding the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from Jews The Foreign Exchange Control has circulated a notice to all banks regarding the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from Jews, which included the following instructions: 1 - Jews whose citizenship has been revoked by law are permitted to take with them travelers' checks, transfers, or checks made out to them to countries of non-rare currencies - except Palestine - in amounts equivalent to the following sums in soft currencies: a - Twenty dinars for a Jew aged ten years and under. b - Thirty dinars for those over ten years and under twenty years old. c - Fifty dinars for those aged twenty years and above. 2 - Jews whose Iraqi citizenship is revoked may take with them banknotes in foreign currencies - except rare currencies and the Palestinian pound - equivalent to fifteen Iraqi dinars, provided that the banknotes do not exceed that these individuals are considered residents in Iraq. The Foreign Exchange Control Department has authorized all banks licensed to deal in foreign exchange to certify on its behalf the special forms in this regard, provided that the licensees who carry out the transfer must stamp and endorse the laissez-passer or the document carried by the Jewish traveler whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked with the amount of the transfer granted by them under the powers granted by this circular, and that no other licensee may carry out any other transfer for the same person whose laissez-passer or travel document has been stamped by another licensee. It has obliged the licensees who will practice these operations to provide it every two weeks with independent schedules including all the forms certified under this circular, containing the form number, the amount of the foreign transfer, the name of the traveler, and the number of his laissez-passer, passport, document, or residency book.
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Why Dawud Samih was sentenced to 10 years in prison Killing, imprisonment, and abuse are the consequences of treason among nations So what is the reward for traitors and outlaws among the Arabs?? No nation has been afflicted by traitors and outlaws among its sons except that its share was destruction, dissolution, and collapse, and whenever the number of traitors and outlaws increased, the deterioration of the nation increased and its enslavement became easier, and it became harder for it to progress and rise. Therefore, we find treason is minimal or non-existent whenever the nation is in high degrees of sophistication and has better directed its national sentiment. For the British nation, whose souls number in the tens of millions, not a single traitor appeared among its sons throughout the last World War except for one: Lord (Haw-Haw), and his punishment was execution, even though this man did not expose his nation's secrets nor did he spy on its forces for the benefit of the enemy, but rather worked only as an announcer for the English section on German radio. As for the Arab nation, it has set a strange example in contradicting nations in everything, even in (treason), as this scourge was non-existent among the sons of the Arabs in ancient times when ignorance and patriotism prevailed in the world, but treason has permeated the souls of its sons as time evolved, so traitors have come to compose a terrifying number among its sons in the age of light, freedom, and the awakening of peoples. In the era of Jahiliyyah, when the Arabs had no state or national or ethnic unity, they killed (Abargal) and they continue to stone his grave to this day because he guided the leader of the Abyssinians to the road to Mecca. Perhaps this man did not intend national treason, but rather did so out of ignorance and naivety, yet they made him a symbol of treason so he would be a lesson for others. In this era, the era of national uprisings and outbursts of national feeling, there is no longer for traitors, spies, those working for the benefit of the Jews, and those participating in selling Palestine and achieving colonial plans among the Arabs a share of just retribution, while we find the lowest of peoples and those furthest from a sense of national dignity standing in wait for the traitors among their sons, dealing out punishment haphazardly for the least reasons affecting the course of their national movement and those with the weakest danger to their national interest. The Vietnamese people, who until today had not known the taste of freedom and independence, have set in their new revolution against French colonialism a strange example of sacrifice and devotion to the national cause - whatever the color and reality of their movement - as news arrived from Paris three days ago stating that the Vietnamese revolutionaries stopped two of them in Paris and assassinated a rice merchant from among their own people for his role in exporting rice to the French forces that are fighting them in their country. This incident was the greatest lesson for anyone among the sons of Vietnam whose soul spoke to them of working for the enemy's benefit, as the people of Vietnam proved an overwhelming vigilance and a violent national sentiment that no one doubts will triumph over French colonialism. So what have we done to the smugglers of foodstuffs to Israel?? And the Jews, who are the furthest of peoples from sacrifice and national dignity, did not hesitate to abuse a number of their sect members, keeping pace with other nations in their national vigilance. In news from Israel, the Jewish courts have issued their sentence against one of the Iraqi Jews fleeing to it, who is (Dawud Samih), known in Baghdad circles for his work in circumcising children, to hard labor for ten years and the dismissal of his two sons, who were officers, from the Jewish army, because he was appointed as a supervisor on the Iranian border to receive Jews fleeing from Iraq and hand them over to the Zionist association in Iran to be transported by planes. It was proven that (Dawud Samih) was taking bribes for every fugitive he brought to the association, so his share was this harsh punishment for him and his two sons, as Israel believed that the bribery of this Jew might be a reason for delaying migration and the small number of immigrants, thus obstructing the Zionist movement. The Arab nation, if it wants to rise and achieve national aspirations and get rid of the clutches of colonialism and Zionism, must work above all else to cleanse its country of traitors and outlaws who are content to sell consciences and homelands for the sake of vanishing vanity. Arab governments must combat social criminality such as bribery and its like without mercy because of the damage and destruction it causes in the country. Otherwise, let us at least take a lesson from our enemies, as it is not reasonable for a Jew in Israel to be punished with the harshest penalties because of bribery, while proof of bribery is published among us against people who crowd the departments and institutions, and if one of them is caught, intercessions and mediations pour in to support and save him, as happened with the guards of Iraq months ago. Jews and Civil Status Books Every Jew carries more than one book for concealment and smuggling to avoid deportation We wrote yesterday about the Jews whose citizenship was revoked and how other Jews are still Iraqis filing civil lawsuits to demand from those whose citizenship was revoked the remainder of their travel delay, and we urged the officials to handle this matter accurately and to expel those stripped of Iraqi citizenship from the country so they do not sow corruption and incite strife. It has reached us today that the Jews were not satisfied with filing false lawsuits against one another, but they even resorted to keeping civil status books in excess of one for each of them, and their goal in that is to mislead those who find them after the revocation of their citizenship and the seizure of their status book so that they outside Iraq. We write these words on the occasion of the current righteous ministry carrying out its duties in reform affairs in various aspects of concern to the country, and strengthening specialization and benefiting from it has had a prominent place in its great reform program, hoping that its presence in power will be a good omen for the realization of this precious wish among the wishes of the country. We do not fail on this occasion to draw the attention of the present ministry to the fact that what was discussed in the local newspapers regarding articles in the Press and Printing Law is not devoid of a lack of consideration for specialization because journalism, as is known, is a profession acquired through experience, practice, and many trials, and restricting it to holders of high degrees has no connection Continued on page three Truman does not expect war to break out Washington - President Truman declared that he does not believe a third World War will sweep the world and that the US government will remain a leader of welfare and freedom in the world. His statement came in a speech he delivered yesterday at a military parade. Trieste in the Italian Chamber of Deputies Reasons for sending the Russian memo Rome - It is expected that the Italian Foreign Minister will speak in the parliamentary debate regarding Trieste, and the BBC correspondent says it is likely that Russia's memo regarding Trieste was sent at this time due to the many statements by Italians and Yugoslavs about the possibility of agreeing on a solution to the Trieste issue. Czechoslovakia disputes truth and honesty Cold War between America and the Belgians Washington - The American Secretary of State responded to the attacks of the Czech government, saying this government disputes truth and honesty, not the Voice of America radio or the American information offices. The United States requested Czechoslovakia to close its consulate in Chicago following the closure of the American information offices in Prague.
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Incidents and Local News Clarification and Explanation Regarding the column: A Reply to the Servants and Spies of the Thief This newspaper had written in a previous issue an article titled (A Reply to the Servants and Spies of the Thief) and addressed in it one of the thief's spies in particular and his spies and tails in general. Some people thought that we intended them by this word, and some met us in this regard, and we now emphasize that the one we intended is a specific person, like hundreds who served and are still serving the thief of Iraq. As for those who contacted us regarding this issue, we inform them that they are not the ones intended by this word. This is published to clarify what was stuck in their ears, as the thief Ali Khalid's helpers were countless, and he has many servants and spies who served and continued in his service. This does not mean that his service was limited to a specific group and not others. Mobile Bookstores On the street sidewalk Near Ghazi Park!? Passersby near King Ghazi Park notice that there are a number of old book sellers who have occupied the sidewalk and scattered hundreds of books and magazines on it, which obstructs the movement of passersby and blocks their path. Therefore, we demand the specialized departments to prevent these people from taking this center because the sidewalk was designated for people to walk, not to be mobile bookstores. We hope this will be corrected at the earliest opportunity possible. A woman gives birth to a (kid) !!! So blessed be God, the best of creators. The midwife Afifa al-Umran was called to deliver a woman living in the Bani Said neighborhood on Ghazi Street. When she answered the call and began the delivery process, she was appalled by the shape of the newborn and terrified when she found half of it a (goat) and the other half a (human being). When they wanted to name it, they were confused about the name to choose for it. So the midwife took the initiative and informed the first health inspector and told him the news, so he rushed to inspect to clarify the reality of the matter. He found the newborn strange in creation, with a human head and hanging from its neck were two large growths ending in black hair, and it had a voice like the voice of a goat. As for its rear, it was the rear of a goat with thick black hair. It refused to breastfeed, which caused its death a week after its birth. In the published photo appears (the deformed child) held by the midwife, and (its breasts) are clearly visible! Also appeared next to the midwife the first health official, Mr. Abdul Wahab Ahmed. This incident is the first of its kind in Iraq, as no newborn like this has been born before. Glory be to God who shows us wonders in everything and births (goats) from humans for us, and perhaps this is a sign of divine wrath upon his servants as corruption spread and they followed the paths of evil and denial. The issue of passenger transport cars between Baghdad and Kadhimiya and the necessity of determining the number of passengers, the fare, and the speed to ensure the comfort and safety of the passengers. The issue of transportation between Baghdad and Kadhimiya is a complex problem that the residents of Kadhimiya and those who have interests there, especially (the visitors), still suffer from its many evils. For the drivers of private buses crowd into their cars, which are officially designated to carry ten passengers, twenty or more. Three or four people may stand on the wings of the car, and five or more may sit on the roof of the car. This is in addition to these drivers driving at a terrifying speed that may cause and has caused many disasters. This is besides the fare, which is not regulated nor has a specific limit. This is from the perspective of the buses that run on the Karkh - Kadhimiya line and Bab al-Muazzam - Kadhimiya line. As for the (Tourn) cars, these are also another problem, as passengers are often surprised after riding that the fare is (50) fils or more, and this is a theft of the passengers. Therefore, we want from the specialized departments to order placing a number on every car of this type for the number of passengers, determining the fare, and setting a specific limit for speed to ensure the comfort of the people, secure their rights, and protect them. King Ghazi Cinema and This Newspaper Jewish ruses will not prevent us from following our plan All readers know the direction of Al-Husun in exposing Zionist intrigues and resisting elements of sabotage, and what these people perform in terms of tricks and conspiracies to spread chaos in this secure country that sheltered them for a long period of time. For this national stance taken by Al-Husun, Zionist parties began inciting their tails and brokers to resist the newspaper. Among these tails is (Ghazi Cinema Company), as it informed us of its intention (in revenge against us) to withdraw its advertisement for its play that it publishes in Al-Husun, the price of which is neither fattening nor satisfying hunger, thinking that this would terrify us or prevent us from performing our duty. So we had no choice but to reject its trace before its owners began withdrawing it, because we, in turn, refuse to defile this newspaper with this advertisement and its like, as we refuse for greed to have an impact on our direction and path. We will continue to perform our mission without fearing the Zionists, their methods, and their conspiracies. Applying the law of sources Iraqi Verification Foreigners monopolize We have learned that the oil company in Baiji has ⟦...⟧ The military [band] plays some pieces and melodies musical on the second day of the exhibition, and space was opened for the mounted police in the province to participate in the exhibition with a special category under the title (The best riding horses for police personnel), and appropriate prizes were allocated for them as well. Noting that the exhibition will be held in the Garrison Square in Hilla.
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Newspaper —: Al-Husun Number —: 252 Date —: 21 April 1951
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Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab Number: ⟦1100⟧ Date: April 24, 1950 Middle and wealthy classes of Jews apply for registration for the first time 210 registered yesterday Turnout is intensifying day by day at the registration center for Jews wishing to renounce their Iraqi nationality, at the Meir Tuwaig Synagogue. It was observed yesterday, and for the first time, that families from the middle and wealthy classes also applied for registration, after most of the registrants had been from the poor and lower-middle classes. Yesterday, two hundred and ten people were registered, including (131) adults and (79) minors. As for the provinces, (43) people were registered in Basra, (442) in Amara, (39) in Qal'at Saleh, and (88) in Khanaqin.
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Newspaper: Al-Zaman Number: 3812 Date: ⟦24⟧ - ⟦3⟧ - 1950 Stripping Citizenship from Jews The Council of Ministers strips it from 295 Jews New lists to be presented to the Council soon The wave of Jews wishing to have their citizenship revoked has intensified recently in accordance with the Citizenship Revocation Law recently approved by Parliament. The competent departments have been forced in view of this to open several offices to register those wishing to leave the country never to return. (Al-Zaman) has learned that the Council of Ministers considered last week a number of lists submitted to it with the names of Jews and decided to strip the citizenship of 295 Jews whose names were submitted in five lists, which are respectively 54, 65, 32, 27, and 117. There are other lists referred to the Council for consideration during its upcoming meetings. Some sources indicate that the number of those who have registered to leave Iraq has exceeded two thousand to date.
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Newspaper: ⟦Al-Umma⟧ Number: ⟦1606⟧ Date: ⟦13 / 3 / 1950⟧ 323 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships Turnout intensifies at the registration center Yesterday, (323) people were registered to renounce their Iraqi citizenship, among them (194) adults and (129) minors. The alley and the street leading to the Meir Tuweig Synagogue - where the process of renouncing citizenship takes place - were crowded since the early morning, and a police detachment attended to maintain order and admit individuals and their families to alleviate the increasing congestion and the heavy turnout.
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Newspaper: Al-Zaman Number: 891 Date: 26 - ⟦April⟧ - 1950 Reinforcing the border posts of Kut and Iran The Police Director of Kut Province conducted an inspection tour of the districts and sub-districts belonging to him on the 21st of this month, inspecting the border outposts and police stations in Zurbatiya and others. He increased the border outposts by three new posts and also provided the aforementioned posts with three wireless devices and three armed vehicles to be used in chasing smugglers and fleeing criminals.
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Newspaper: Al-Hawadith Number: 2194 Date: ⟦...⟧ The Case of Martial Law in the Country Raised by Senator Daniel in the Senate His Excellency the Minister of Justice and His Excellency Al-Said respond to him When presenting the draft of the Amnesty Law for those implementing the Martial Law declared throughout Iraq, His Excellency Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel spoke in the Senate yesterday (Wednesday), pointing out that a body of senior judges was formed in the Ministry of Justice to audit martial law rulings. Then he drew the attention of His Excellency the Minister of Justice to the fact that the martial law rulings issued were issued and implemented without completing the judicial stages prescribed for them by the Constitution, as the amended Article 88 of it considered military courts among the special courts that Article 89 of the Constitution mandated the necessity of determining the methods of appealing or reviewing their rulings and the procedures of their trials by law. He said that law should have been issued since Article 88 was amended to determine the method of appealing or reviewing martial law rulings. His Excellency the Minister of Justice responded to him saying that the martial law rulings that were issued were final and there is no legal way to enable their reconsideration, whether they were in violation or not. The Ministry of Justice took into consideration that there may be violations that might have occurred, and for this reason a committee was formed to look into the rulings. As for forming a special court of cassation to look into martial law rulings, the Ministry of Justice will study it. His Excellency Mr. Mouloud Moukhlis spoke in support of Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel. Senator Daniel spoke again, asking whether there is anything preventing the issuance of the law or not? His Excellency Mr. Nuri al-Said spoke, saying that the appeal in army regulations and the procedures of trials therein is the Command if the sentences are below death, and in death sentences, the appeal is to His Majesty the King. This situation is not only in the Iraqi army but in the armies of the world. If we want to change this situation, we must declare emergency laws instead of martial law. And it is not possible to change the army regulations in the world to serve ⟦...⟧
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Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab Number: 1611 Date: March 20, 1950 332 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships The difficulties faced by the registrants Yesterday, (332) Jewish individuals were registered at the Meir Tuweig Synagogue in preparation for the renunciation of their Iraqi citizenships, including (87) adults and (145) children. Some members of the community who are assisting the employees in charge of registration express their satisfaction with the facilities provided by the government so far, but they at the same time do not hide the existence of some obstacles, such as the delay occurring between the initial registration taking place in one of the registration branches in the synagogue and the turn of the person to sign the citizenship renunciation form at the main registration center at the Meir Tuweig Synagogue; they are requesting the creation of another main registration center to reduce crowding and to speed up the completion of transactions. The second issue they complain about is the delay in the issuance of the Council of Ministers' approval to renounce their citizenship so that they can travel without remaining vulnerable to unemployment.
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Newspaper: Al-Hatif Number: 741 Date: March 20, 1951 Registration of applicants for renouncing Iraqi citizenship from the Jews The rate of registration for renouncing | in these last two days, and however it Iraqi citizenship by Jews wishing to leave | was, it is assumed that the registration rate will drop Iraq in recent days was similar, and it seems | in the next week and will continue to drop that the turnout that was seen in | even more after that. last week for registration has begun to subside |
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224 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenship Recorded yesterday in the Meir Tuwaig synagogue (224) Jewish people wishing to renounce their citizenship, among them (128) adults and (96) minors. Newspaper: Al-Shaab Number: 1610 Date: 10 - March - 1950
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The Newspaper: The Arab World Number: 6984 Date: May 1, 1950 Reconsidering Martial Sentences as Well For nearly a week, local newspapers have been indicating the current government's intention to fulfill what its head promised in the Chamber of Deputies regarding the reconsideration of the sentences issued by the martial courts, and newspaper coverage of this subject has doubled after His Excellency the Minister of Justice stated in the Senate that his ministry had formed a committee to scrutinize the aforementioned sentences. Newspapers indicated yesterday that the Royal Decree has been submitted to His Highness the Great Regent for approval to pardon some convicts on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of His Majesty the Great King, which falls on the second day of this month "tomorrow." We have inquired with the relevant departments about the truth of this, and we learned that the decree will be issued to pardon some convicts sentenced to financial guarantees who were unable to pay and were imprisoned. As for the other sentences, the matter of reconsidering them will be studied soon, and in any case, public opinion awaits an official statement on this subject.
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Newspaper: Liwa al-Istiqlal Number: 969 Date: 1950 - March Jews in the Railways Among the acts of sabotage that the Jews have recently resorted to after they finished freezing the commercial markets and disrupting business in them is their attempt to paralyze the operations of the railways, where a large number of them simultaneously submitted their resignations from their positions in the railways. We have learned that the government has authorized His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Works to bring in specialists from Pakistan and elsewhere to fill the technical vacancies in this institution.
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Newspaper: Sada al-Ahrar Number: 894 — M Date: 20 April 1950 The Oil Company Agent in Kirkuk is a Zionist The Rafidain Oil Company has appointed a Zionist as its agent in Kirkuk, and he has begun performing many actions there without deterrent or restraint. Perhaps the company, having chosen this Zionist above all other people, acts as if the land has become barren and has produced none but Zionists like this one. We draw the attention of this company to the necessity of considering the interests of Iraqis in its operations and agencies. If it must appoint agents, it should appoint those who enjoy the trust of the country whose oil the company exploits.