Arabic Newspaper Clippings Regarding Jews Emigrating from Iraq
View interactive document pageThis 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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silly, obscene jokes .. that do not suit the sober moral taste .. such as when the girl's father, for example, approves ... it is not for you the suitor to look at her face ... look always at her backside .. and here the girl moves her buttocks ... pointing to its size with a movement disgusting .. and other such examples similar to this. ⟦Erotic dancing⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ crude acting ... and ⟦illegible⟧
Al-Zaman Newspaper Number 280 Date - 6 March ⟦1250⟧ 1950 500 Jews in Mosul request the revocation of citizenship The colleague Akhbar al-Haq of Mosul reported that the police department is continuing its endeavors and efforts regarding the registration of Jews who request the revocation of their citizenship, and a committee was formed headed by Mr. Khidr Abdul Jalil, Director of Police, and the membership of both Mr. Zaki al-Khatib, Officer of Travel and Residency, and Mr. Tahir al-Qadi, assistant of the Special Branch. The number of those who registered themselves reached about "500" persons, most of whom are strong youth fit to bear arms, excluding their elderly and incapacitated fathers. The committee has sent the first list for which the processing was completed and whose number of individuals is "200" persons to the competent authorities in Baghdad to carry out the necessary processing for the revocation of citizenship from them, and the second list, which consists of "200" persons, is also ready to be sent to Baghdad.
Expel the Jews from State Departments By Salman al-Safwani ⟦line⟧ Local newspapers indicated a few days ago that a number of Jewish employees in the Iraqi Railway departments have resigned en masse from their jobs, requesting the revocation of their Iraqi citizenship to join their gangs in Tel Aviv, and that the Railway Administration found itself forced, in view of this, to request from Pakistan those who would replace the Jewish employees in the technical positions that became vacant by their resignations, and which there are apparently no Iraqi nationals to fill now! This indicates that the percentage of Jewish employees in the Railway departments - as in the Port - is very large. And that they occupy important technical and administrative positions such that their resignations affect the progress of work in the railway interests, which did not try to train national Iraqis during a third of a century in technical work except rarely, until it was finally forced to seek assistance from Pakistan to provide it with a number of railway employees there to fill the void created by the Jews here! And what happened to the Railway Department today will happen similarly tomorrow to the Port Department and other state departments such as Telegraph, Post, General Accounts, Irrigation, Rafidain Bank, Communications, and Works. There is no doubt that the successive Iraqi governments are responsible first and last for this bad situation, as they turned a deaf ear to the cries of the sincere in this country about the immense dangers resulting from keeping Jews in state departments and its various interests. Our voices have become hoarse from saying that Jews cannot be considered "good citizens" in the countries afflicted by their presence because they are Jews above all else. The peoples of the earth realized this truth after they felt firsthand the Jews' hostility toward them, and their conspiracy against their safety, so they worked to rid themselves of their evils. The Jews did not win the support of most countries in the usurpation of Palestine and making it a national home for the Jews out of love for them only, but because the desire to exclude them from Europe was one of the greatest factors in that, in addition to this, the countries of Europe consider the Arab world merely land that holds no weight for its inhabitants because they did not demonstrate a strong attachment to this land, neither in terms of protecting it and repelling the greedy from it, nor in terms of developing it and exploiting its many riches. The Jews have actually convinced Europe of this view, and that they alone are capable of turning Arab deserts into Gardens of Eden, and bringing goodness and stability to the Middle East. The battle of Palestine supported the Jews' claim - unfortunately - to a large extent, as seven countries were defeated before a handful of scattered Jewish gangs ⟦...⟧ defeat - and announced, decades after their establishment - their poverty in organization and preparation, and their military and political bankruptcy together, and they are now suffering from a sharp financial crisis that cannot be ignored, so it is no wonder if they were described as ⟦...⟧ by the seven zeros, and no wonder if Arab thinkers attributed the great Arab defeat in Palestine to these seven zeros because they are seven! Yes, our voices have become hoarse. And our pens have worn out in warning of the danger of Jews in the Arab homeland in general, and in Iraq in particular, because the number of Jews in Iraq is large, and because their influence in Iraq is great. And we said - while the battle of Palestine was raging - expel the Jews from state departments so they do not disrupt your work, sabotage your facilities, and spy on you - but the ears - as we said - were deaf. We were like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand, thinking that the hunter does not see it if it does not see him! The matter did not stop at the limit of ignoring and feigning deafness, but the martial administration was exploited in many cases not only to protect the Jews from the people's anger, but to stifle every voice warning of the Jewish danger, and Al-Yaqdha was suspended several times for that reason. I have the right to say that what happened yesterday and today, and what will happen tomorrow of damages poured by the Jews upon this country, I have said it, warned about it, repeated speech on it, and endured harm because of it, because the dangers were present before me. There is no courage in calamity, but I pray to God to wake this poor nation from its slumber and illuminate for it the path of its salvation. Furthermore, the government must benefit from what happened in the Railway departments, and take precautions for the matter in other departments where Jews are numerous by training others to replace them, rather by expelling them and replacing them with others even if they are non-Iraqis until we have a sufficient number of our competent sons to take the reins of work in technical and administrative departments and others. Happy is he who takes heed and learns.
* The Jordanian newspaper (Al-Nahda) said: Fled from Basra to Tel Aviv the Jew named (Naeem Danoos), the manager of the loading station in Basra, without prior warning, and no one knows until now what he embezzled, and what he destroyed. And this news supports what we went to in our article today, so take heed . . .
The Newspaper - Al-Nabaa Number - 524 Date - May 7, 1950 Egypt ... and its Jews The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has decided to release the migration of Egyptian Jews without restriction or condition provided that their travel is via Italy !!
The Newspaper - Al-Husun Number - 224 Date - May 8, 1950 Distinguishing marks for Jews are a necessary matter To identify them and differentiate them from the general public It is crystal clear that Iraq and all the Arab countries are now in a state of war with the so-called Israel, and that Jews everywhere have proven their devotion to their Israel, a devotion that made it easy for them to commit every difficult matter and face every great danger, especially the Jews of Iraq, a large portion of whom enlisted in the armies of Israel and directed their fire at the chests of the sons of Iraq. Therefore, and for these considerations, such Jews will not harbor anything for this country but evil and schemes. And this, their recent movement of declaring their renunciation of Iraq, revealed to us what most Iraqi Jews harbor for Iraq in terms of grudge, hatred, and animosity. Accordingly, these Jews are not to be trusted. Therefore, distinguishing marks should be placed for the Jews among us by having them carry an emblem that identifies them to the people and distinguishes them to the public so they cannot deceive people, or infiltrate, or carry out any act of the acts that cause harm to this country and its people. This is not something harmful to the Jews loyal to their homeland. Moreover, this was common in times past and the Jews did not suffer any harm from it. Since Iraq in particular is still in a state of war with the so-called Israel, we call upon the officials to brand the Jews with a mark specific to them (distinguishing marks) lest the good be confused with the bad among them and others of the loyal sons of the country, and to limit their evils at the very least. Two whose identities should be known There are two persons, Abdullah Fattouhi and Anwar Al-Shahrabani; the first claims to be a collector for the Al-Aswaq Al-Tijariyah newspaper published in Beirut, and the second its general representative. Some merchants have complained to us about the methods they follow in how to obtain subscriptions and advertisements in a way that is inconsistent with the honor of the journalism profession. Al-Husun requests an investigation into the truth of their claims and to strike at their hands if they are lying in what they claim.
The Newspaper - Al-Waqt Number - 744 Date - March 7, 1950 Jewish News Read here the most important news related to the phone via correspondence and telephone and newspapers regarding Israeli news 10 million for the settlement of Iraqi Jews It was stated in Al-Hayat newspaper from Jerusalem | eighty thousand tons and that the government and private that the Zionist General Council in | companies are seeking to make the capacity of this Jerusalem decided, at the end of its conference which lasted | fleet between 10 and 15 million tons, ten days, to approve increasing the budget | in its government and public total, and that of the Jewish Agency from 40 to 50 million | efforts are being made to purchase additional cargo pounds to cover the housing expenses of Jews | ships for the commercial fleet. displaced from Iraq whom the Iraqi | And it was announced in Tel Aviv on the other hand government stripped of their citizenship. | that raw materials for the glass industry were discovered An official spokesman stated today in Tel | which will save Israel a lot of hard Aviv while speaking about the transfer of displaced | currency in importing foreign raw materials Jews to Israel, that the Israeli transport | for this industry. fleet capacity has reached |
Newspaper - Al-Zaman Number - 2821 Date - March 7, 1950 In the Council of Ministers yesterday Iraq in the Political Committee Draft law for the establishment of Undersecretary of State positions Draft law for the appendix to the Judicial Service Law New lists for the revocation of citizenship from Jews The Council of Ministers held a meeting yesterday evening chaired by His Excellency Mr. Tawfiq al-Suwaidi The agenda was crowded, in addition to urgent memorandums submitted by some ministers. We have learned that among the items stipulated in the agenda was the draft law for the creation of the positions of Ministry Undersecretaries. It is understood that it is required for those who hold this new position to be of Iraqi nationality, not less than thirty-five years of age, a graduate of a high school, and that at least fifteen years have passed since his graduation, and that he does not belong to any political parties until three years have passed since the date of his separation. The law considered the Undersecretary - the highest administrative head for all employees of the ministry, and also considered him responsible for the proper conduct of administrative work therein, and it also stipulated that the Undersecretary shall represent the Minister in matters relating to the Ministry's connection to the Parliament. Also on the agenda presented to the Council of Ministers was the draft law for the appendix to the Judicial Service Law, which stipulates the termination of the service of a judge, magistrate, or deputy magistrate based on a decision issued by a special committee, and it stipulated that the implementation of the law shall be for a period of two months from the date of publication. We have learned that a third list has been submitted to the Council of Ministers to revoke Iraqi citizenship from a number of Jews who registered their names to leave Iraq. This is in addition to other items included in the Council's agenda.
* Every day you read news about those Jews who have registered themselves to renounce their citizenship in preparation for their travel to Tel Aviv. But so far we have not read any news about those among them who have actually traveled. As for fleeing and smuggling, speak of them without restraint! Newspaper - Al-Yaqza Number - 819 Date - March 8, 1950
Retirement pensions for Jews The Directorate of the Central Treasury requested the Ministry of Finance to instruct the Directorate of Pensions not to disburse salaries to retired Jews or their heirs or their agents except after ensuring that the retired Jew remains in Iraq and has not had his Iraqi citizenship revoked, and it must also make contact before the distribution of salaries every month with the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police to provide it with lists of names of retired Jews whose citizenship has been revoked to ascertain their status and refrain from paying their salaries or striking them out permanently. The Newspaper - Al-Ummah Number - 449 Date - May 8, 1950
Al-Hatif Newspaper Issue 745 8125 Date - March 8, 1950 News of the Jews Read here the most important reports related to Al-Hatif via correspondence, telephone and newspapers regarding news of Israel Departure of the first convoy It was expected that the first convoy would travel of the Jews whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked yesterday, as we had previously indicated but the travel cards have not yet completed their processing, and despite not yet designating the day on which the first convoy will travel we have been informed that it will not be delayed beyond this week. As for the number of individuals in this convoy it is about 150 persons as we mentioned before, and the travel of this convoy will be to Cyprus, and an agreement has been reached between them and airline companies. The Council of Ministers approves the revocation of citizenship from another group The Council of Ministers approved in the last session the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from another number of Jews, and the police have completed the preparation of another list to submit to the Council of Ministers for approval.
Al-Hawadith Newspaper Issue 220 Date - March 8, 1950 Those Sentenced in Martial Law Courts Pardons Expected for Some of Them It has been decided to pardon the remainder of the sentences for some of those sentenced to prison by martial law courts. This is in accordance with the recommendations of the committee that was formed at the start of the present ministry's formation and entrusted with the task of auditing the sentences issued by martial law courts in Iraq. It is expected that the Royal Decree for this pardon will be issued very soon.
226 people registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships Yesterday, (226) people were registered among the Jews wishing to renounce their Iraqi citizenship at the Meir Tweig Synagogue including (131) adults and (95) children. Newspaper - Al-Naba Issue - ⟦1615⟧ Date - March 8, ⟦1950⟧
Newspaper -: Al-Zaman Number -: 2822 Date -: 9 May 1950 Local News and Incidents Pardoning of those sentenced by martial courts Achieving justice in light of the laws The colleague (newspaper) Al-Naba published the day before yesterday that a Royal Decree will be issued pardoning those sentenced by the martial courts. His Excellency Mr. Khalil Kanna stated yesterday to (Al-Zaman) saying: "The general policy of the ministry aims to achieve justice as far as the laws allow, and it is expected that the pardon will include sentenced persons who have completed the largest part of their sentences."
312 registered yesterday to renounce their citizenships Yesterday, in the Meir Tweig Synagogue, (312) Jewish individuals wishing to renounce their citizenship were registered, including (181) adults and (131) minors. Newspaper: Al-Husun Number: 1616 Date: 29 May 1950
Newspaper - Al-Zaman Number - 2829 Date - May 9, 1950 Iraqi Jews Abroad It has reached us that the Jews whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked will not be paid pension salaries; those salaries are paid to legitimate citizens of the country. As for the Jews who are studying abroad - except in Israel - or went for health or commercial reasons, it is not possible to pay pension salaries to them unless they appoint an official guarantor for them in Iraq with the endorsement of the Iraqi representative in the foreign country where the student is studying, or where the merchant's circumstances required travel to, or hospitalization in, his presence there.
The Newspaper - Liwa al-Istiqlal Number - 474 ⟦March 9, 1950⟧ Date - March 9, 1950 Regarding the disbursement of salaries for Jewish retirees The Pension Directorate had issued a letter to all departments that disburse the salaries of retirees informing them that the department should not pay the salary to the Jewish retiree or his heirs except after verifying from him or his agent that he remains in Iraq and that Iraqi citizenship has not been revoked from him. Accordingly, the Central Treasury Directorate wrote to the Ministry of Finance informing it that the number of retirees has exceeded at the present time eleven thousand male and female retirees, including a significant number of Jews, whether they are men, women, or minors. Due to the large size of this number, the Treasury Directorate prepares the payroll lists from the first of every month so they are ready on the day scheduled for disbursement when the retiree or his agent attends. In this situation, it will be very difficult to ascertain the reality of the Jewish retiree and know if his citizenship has previously been revoked or not. In order to secure the rights of the Treasury, we believe that the General Finance Directorate (Pension Directorate) should request monthly lists from the Travel and Nationality Police Directorate with the names of Jewish retirees or their agents and guardians who submitted a request to renounce their Iraqi citizenships and whose citizenship has actually been revoked, and then stop the disbursement of salaries to the Jewish retiree, as is the case in similar transactions related to stopping the disbursement of pension salaries or cutting them off permanently, such as cutting the salaries of women or girls who have entered into marriage contracts, or juveniles who have reached an age that no longer permits them to receive the salary thereafter, or upon death, or employment in a foreign government, or upon the sentencing of the retiree by Iraqi courts, or upon the revocation of citizenship from the retiree. This information is usually obtained by the Pension Directorate from a life certificate or through reports from the Mukhtars or the Sharia or civil courts. The duty of the Treasury in such transactions is limited only to providing the necessary indication in the payment control records upon receipt of the request from the Pension Directorate.
⟦...⟧ Council of Ministers Newspaper: Al-Hawadeth Number: 2202 Date: May 9 80 thousand Iraqi Jews Israel expects their migration to Palestine! Jerusalem - The newspaper HaBoker, published in Tel Aviv, says that Yitzhak Rafael, director of immigration at the Jewish Agency, has developed a project for the migration of 230,000 Jews from around the world to Israel this year, including 80,000 Iraqi Jews. The newspaper says that Jewish authorities refused to implement this project because they are not prepared to spend any of their funds on immigration
The Newspaper - Al-Shaab Number - ⟦161⟧ Date - March 10, 1950 Those registered yesterday to renounce their citizenship Yesterday, at the Meir Tweg Synagogue, (268) Jewish people were registered wishing to renounce their Iraqi citizenship including (173) adults and (95) minors.
The Newspaper - Incidents Number - 2204 Date - May 10 ⟦125⟧ Jews fleeing from Iraq Zionist agents in Iran rob them of their money! Jerusalem - The newspaper Herut, published in Tel Aviv, published a shocking report in bold letters stating that the small amounts of money carried by Iraqi Jews who succeeded in leaving their country illegally to flee to Israel were stolen from them by diabolical methods and deceptive tactics used by Zionist agents sent to care for these immigrants and facilitate their migration, and that this money has been lost to them. The newspaper says that these Jews arrive in large numbers at camps set up for them near the Iraqi border in Persian territory, and the first thing the managers of these camps demand of them is to immediately hand over whatever money or jewelry and other items they have, under the pretext that the Persian police will search the place. Those immigrants who handed over their money have not received it back again.
Authority: Al-Husun Number: 26 Date: March 10, 1952 The government pays attention to what Al-Husun wrote It becomes clear to it that what this newspaper wrote about (Al-Furat Club) is a reality The Ministry of Interior issues a decision to cancel its license after the investigation proved it to be a (gambling den) The club management smuggles out the furniture and closes its doors before the license cancellation decision is issued The shops of Anwar Khalif and Sassoon Siddiq, (Ibrahim Sakman gambling den), and (Hayawi Talla Khana) We want the government to pay attention to them and close them as it did with Al-Furat Club ⟦line⟧ After this newspaper wrote about (Al-Furat Club), the competent departments began conducting their meticulous investigations, and it was proven to them that what we wrote was a reality, and that some people took the club as a den for them to manage for gambling. The Acting Director General of Police wrote to the Mutasarrifate of Baghdad Province and the Ministry of Interior indicating that the existence of this club in name (and the gambling house) in reality is considered a danger given the acts occurring in it that violate the regulations of associations and clubs. On this basis, a decision was issued by the Ministry of Interior to cancel the license of this club and close it permanently. It is worth mentioning that the management of this club felt this coming at the right time from some quarters (!) so it worked on smuggling the furniture and closed its doors three nights ago to save itself from the fate that awaits it according to the observed regulations. This is a step that has a good effect carried out by the competent departments in order to save the country from the evils of this place and its likes. We expect that what the competent departments take against the shops we wrote about in previous issues, such as (Hayawi Talla Khana) in Al-Bataween, Anwar Khalif and Sassoon Siddiq in Karrada, and (Ibrahim Sakman gambling den) in Al-Bataween—who is the brother of (Ezra Sakman) who was managing (Al-Furat gambling house)—it is not unlikely, rather it is a fact, that the players who used to frequent the brother's place will move to the other brother's place, and it is expected that the (two gambling dens) belonging to the two brothers will be merged into one. Similar to the strict measures it took against (Al-Furat Club), and to work on closing them to save the people from their evils. We are waiting.
The number of Jews who requested to renounce their citizenship yesterday The number of Jews who registered a request to renounce their Iraqi citizenship yesterday was 228 people. As for the number of those registered in the other provinces, no news has been received about them since last Sunday until now. We have mentioned previously that the demand for the request to renounce citizenship has begun to reach a certain limit that did not reach 200 people per day, after it had significantly exceeded this limit in the first weeks from the beginning of registration.
Basra Public Works Department Its observer is Jewish and its purchasing agent is also Jewish ⟦line⟧ In the Basra Public Works Department, there is an observer Jewish man named Hazim Sassoon who has occupied this observation post for a long time, and this observation post is very important considering the large volume of work of the public works departments in Basra. Handing over such an important position to a Jewish person at the present time, especially since he has appointed a purchasing agent for this department named (Abdullah Al-Samarrai), and no one who hears or reads this name would doubt that it belongs to a Muslim person, at a time when this Abdullah Al-Samarrai is none other than another Jew, a matter which entails many risks. Therefore, even if his stay is necessary, there is no harm in keeping him provided he is transferred to another position far from collection, spending, delegation, and authorization, especially since the department of works in Basra is about to construct a bridge over the Khorah River and has allocated 13 thousand dinars. And God is the ultimate goal.