AI en Translation, Pages 26-50
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According to
12/8
1- The number of Jews at the present time is about
2,500 two thousand five hundred people, and they live in
⟦their homeland⟧
And in view of the results of fighting against national principles and the previous defunct governments
this Iraqi people, they ⟦suffered⟧ ⟦injustice⟧ and persecution, which forced them to leave Iraq.
When the July 17 Revolution took place, it removed the existing restrictions on travel for Jews
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and they began to practice their lives with their Iraqi brothers in life without any
restriction or condition, and this tolerance was a result of Jewish ⟦politics⟧ and when
they returned to Iraq within three months, Iraqi citizenship was revoked from them, and with the issuance
of this last decision of the aforementioned decision, the law of revoking citizenship
from the Jews has been abolished, as well as some existing restrictions. The Iraqi Jews at
the present time enjoy all their previous religious and civil activities.
2- Jews are the oldest inhabitants of Iraq and have integrated with the Iraqi people with all efficiency
and with the issuance of this blessed law, there is no doubt that the Iraqi Jews will return
a large number of them to Iraq, and the reason is firstly the removal of restrictions and secondly the law of revoking
citizenship, for Iraqi Jews will return because it will open family ⟦ties⟧ in this
country which is their original and dear homeland, and on the other hand, the Iraqi Jews
at the present time live in peace in the countries of expatriates and since they hold
citizenship, for citizenship is granted not to every individual Iraqi Jew
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Today in Europe, America, and elsewhere, he is a stateless refugee and displaced person.
In this situation, and after the Iraqi government allowed him to return to his dear homeland, this homeland
in which he enjoys equality with his Iraqi brothers in their joys and sorrows since the ancient Babylonian eras
which extend back more than two thousand five hundred years. Then came the July Revolution ⟦...⟧ the 17th of July Revolution
it made the Jew enjoy his full cultural and social rights, undiminished, as evidenced by
his practice of his religious rituals with complete freedom, and he has his official religious holidays recorded in
the official holidays law.
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The revolutionary government, which abolished the obsolete legislations issued by the monarchical regime more than
twenty years ago, cannot take hostile measures against a section of the sons of the nation, because the revolution and the principles of the
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party do not believe in such positions. Its ideology has emphasized the care for the rights
of all minorities, as well as the policy of the revolutionary government—this policy characterized by humanity, tolerance, progressivism,
and equality among all citizens of any religion or race.
I—as the head of the Jewish community in your homeland—sincerely invite you to return to the homeland of freedom,
justice, and progress.
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The Arab World and the World
Monday 1975/12/8
In the Target
A Bloody Day in Lebanon
Blood atmosphere of the settlement
Announcement of "National Mourning" and holding the sectarian Phalangist Party responsible for detonating the situation again
Beirut - Special to Al-Jumhuriya and news agencies
Last Saturday in Beirut was the most horrific bloody day since the bloody events began in Lebanon about eight months ago. The number of victims who fell the day before yesterday is double what fell on any other day during the past months.
Some reports stated that more than 200 people were killed and injured, and that most of the "dead" are victims of kidnapping operations, where they are kidnapped and their bodies are seen in the streets afterwards. Dozens of people were also killed when public institutions were attacked by reactionary forces, and employees were fired upon en masse. It seems that all of this is happening to escalate the situation, as many were killed simply because they left their homes for work, or simply because they did not leave their workplaces at the right time!
The gunmen returned to the streets of Beirut, which were deserted yesterday, after the Higher Coordination Committee asked citizens not to leave their homes, and with the horrific bloody day, all attempts made in recent days to resume normal life collapsed.
Beirut Radio said yesterday that all the capital's streets and entrances are unsafe, and also mentioned that clashes are taking place in northern Lebanon, especially in Tripoli, and clashes also occurred in the Bekaa Valley and in the city of Zahle.
The bloody events returned to the Lebanese arena after it appeared in recent days that the reactionary and isolationist forces had been forced to retreat under pressure from the national movement, and we mentioned previously that such a retreat would only be temporary and that it would remain subject to developments in local, Arab, and international circumstances.
The reactionary forces were active in achieving their goals during about eight months of killings, terrorism, and attempts to turn Lebanon into a "major confrontation arena in the region." If the top of these goals was to curtail the Palestinian resistance and assassinate its role in the Arab arena, as well as abort the national movement after it put forward radical reform demands, then what happened, despite the plotters' planning, is that the Palestinian resistance was able to strengthen its positions and increase its cohesion with the masses and their national movement, which was forced to move beyond its peaceful struggle method to carrying arms to deter the plotters.
Izvestia:
The Zionist entity is the biggest beneficiary of the events in Lebanon
The Soviet newspaper Izvestia confirmed in a commentary yesterday on the events witnessed in the Lebanese arena that the Zionist entity is the biggest beneficiary of these events.
It added that when this political crisis in Lebanon began to recede, the directors of Zionist conspiracies set about igniting it again with brutal raids they launched on Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. The newspaper continued - these raids, intended to isolate the Palestinian resistance, have strengthened Zionist persistence, as they sparked a wave of indignation and condemnation in the United Nations General Assembly.
One of the dead lying in the street
Morning falls and security forces only watch
One of Beirut's streets as it appeared yesterday, empty of people
Indonesian military landing in East Timor
Paratroopers occupy the capital "Dili"
And Indonesian warships bombard it from the sea
The people of Angola fight for freedom
Will the Angolan arena turn into another Congo?
Quick telegrams
Convening of the second and international African Teachers Conference emphasizes the importance of Arab-African solidarity
The Indian President begins his visit to Sudan
The International Youth Conference affirms its support for the Palestinian people
Laos rejects all peace agreements under the previous monarchy
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Editor-in-Chief
Saad Qasim Hammoudi
Al-Jumhuriya
Monday, December 8, 1975
25 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1395
Issue 4575
Eighth Year
AL JUMHURIYA
DECEMBER 8, 1975
Request from all sellers and wholesale distributors
The revolution, whose demands met with the struggle aspirations of our entire nation and with an inevitable necessity to consolidate the Arab presence among various peoples . . .
Saddam Hussein
Gloom hangs over Beirut after the horrific massacre
President al-Bakr's invitation to host Palestinians in Iraq receives wide resonance in Arab and international circles
Al-Bakr's invitation is a living embodiment of the revolution's principles in embracing the sons of our nation and its revolutionary vanguard
Our students and Bahraini students in Cairo denounce the crimes of isolationist forces in Lebanon
The National Union of Iraqi Students and the National Union of Bahraini Students, Cairo branches, praised President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr's call to shelter the northern front.
This came in a joint statement issued following meetings between the two unions during which they studied the developments witnessed on the Arab scene, the Palestinian cause, and the situation in the Lebanese Arab region in particular.
Palestinian appreciation for the decision to allow Iraqi Jews to return
Mr. Abdul Aziz al-Wajih, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, praised the decision of the Revolutionary Command Council to grant Jews who left Iraq since 1948 the right to return to it.
He said in a statement before leaving Baghdad yesterday after a six-day visit to the region that this historic decision represents not only the civilized face of the Arab nation, but also constitutes a prominent landmark on the path to complete liberation and blowing up the Zionist society from its roots as a prelude to achieving our comprehensive national goals.
Warning from national forces . . and Karami's seclusion
Continued incidents of finding more bodies of victims
The city of Beirut appeared pale and deserted, shrouded in gloom and anxiety after dark, after witnessing the day before yesterday and yesterday the worst it has seen at the hands of the gangs of the sectarian agent Kataeb Party.
Beirut Radio called on people to areas where Mr. Karami's main headquarters were yesterday to trigger a crisis of staying in their homes and said that the police that the Kataeb and extending to Gemmayzeh is political if things continue in five other bodies found yesterday on one hand and Bab Idriss on the other hand deterioration and lack of discipline.
Thus bringing the number of victims of acts in the Ashrafieh area where the Kataeb were even hospitals of violence to 400 dead and ten thousand storming the offices of workers in the port and on another level, the French Embassy protested wounded since the outbreak of strife in last April. It reached the point of armed men attempting to kidnap the "Hotel Dieu" hospital.
Revolutionary Iraq supports the government of India against fascist groups linked to imperialism
Mr. Aziz Sherif, Secretary-General of the National Council for Peace and Solidarity in the region and Minister of State, confirmed the support of the Iraqi people, the government, and the revolution for the Indian people and their government in their efforts against reactionary fascist groups in India linked to American imperialism.
This came in a speech he delivered in Bihar the night before last during a meeting of the committee discussing the uprising and neo-fascist forces in developing countries, which was held on the sidelines of the international conference against the emerging bases in Ghana, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar. Mr. Sherif added that the struggle of the Arab region considers India a great revolution in confronting imperialist activities.
Syrian regime newspapers praise the meeting between Hafez Assad and Gemayel!
The Syrian regime's newspapers yesterday highlighted on their front pages news of the visit of Pierre Gemayel, head of the agent Lebanese Kataeb Party, to Damascus the day before yesterday and his talks with Hafez Assad, head of the Syrian regime.
The French News Agency reported that the Syrian regime utilized radio and television stations the day before yesterday to cover the visit.
Renewed demonstrations in the West Bank against the enemy's settlement plans
West Bank cities witnessed more demonstrations yesterday for the second consecutive day in protest against the attempt to establish a Zionist settlement near Nablus.
Groups of Zionists, and Reuters reported that talks in Tehran reinforced the area and began establishing the Zionist police forces clashed with between the Shah and Sheikh Zayed the settlement, at the time when the Arab demonstrators protesting in authorities of the enemy claim that this measure is taken Nablus, occupied Jerusalem, and Ramallah, began in Tehran yesterday official talks contrary to their will . . and arrested a large number of between Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan demonstrators, so a shot occurred in the West Bank Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates occupied, witnessed throughout last week, a series of demonstrations Campaign against the First Secretary and Shah of Iran. and strikes in condemnation of the plans of the Arab Socialist Union in Egypt Reuters reported that the talks the enemy to consolidate its occupation of Arab territories. Rose al-Yusuf Egyptian magazine said will cover in addition to bilateral relations the situation in the Arabian Gulf and oil and energy issues. in its issue for this week that our policy
Shimon Peres admits to exploiting events in Lebanon to direct strikes at the fedayeen!
Shimon Peres, the enemy's defense minister, admitted that Israel exploited the gathering of fedayeen forces in northern and southern Lebanon to direct "strong strikes" at them!
Al-Amal newspaper, the mouthpiece of the agent Kataeb Party, had recently indicated that fedayeen forces were withdrawn from the Beirut area, based on an agreement reached with the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as part of attempts to calm the situation!
Washington asks the enemy government not to boycott the Security Council's discussion of the Palestinian cause
The United States of America officially requested the Zionist enemy government to attend the Security Council meetings on the twelfth of next month when the Palestinian cause is discussed before the Council.
Teachers praise the historic UN decision
The Iraqi Teachers Union expressed its appreciation for the UN General Assembly's decision considering Zionism a form of racial discrimination in a telegram sent to UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and the Director-General of UNESCO.
Continued control by Moluccan citizens over the Dutch train and the Indonesian consulate
Campaign against the First Secretary of the Socialist Union in Egypt
Two PLO offices in Tokyo and Rome
A message from King Hassan to King Hussein
News
24-hour curfew in Beirut
1000 dead
Explosions
Resistance
American surveillance devices in Sinai prepare for operation
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Telephone Number 83531 President
Copy for correspondence
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Number T/: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦line⟧
Date: 12 / 7 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
To my expatriate Iraqi Jewish brothers
You were sentenced to expatriation as a result of the application of Paragraph B of Article Five of the law supplementing the law for the monitoring and administration of
the assets of Jews whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked, No. 12 of the year 1951.
And according to it, your Iraqi citizenship was stripped from you, which is a natural right for every citizen.
The Government of the Revolution, the blessed July 17 Revolution, and its leading party, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and its respected
President, felt the injustice that befell you, and issued its revolutionary humanitarian decision to allow you
to return to your dear homeland.
And based on this decision, and from its wording and requirements, Paragraph (B) of Article
Five of the aforementioned law was canceled, and your stripped Iraqi citizenship was restored to you, and
all disposal restrictions were lifted from you, and you were equated with other citizens in rights and duties.
So hasten to return to serve and to cling to the soil of your homeland Iraq, in which you lived for thousands of years and shared
with your brothers their joys and sorrows.
May God protect the men of the revolution and care for them, led by the militant leader, the venerable President of the Republic, Ahmed
Hassan al-Bakr, and the Vice President of the Revolutionary Command Council, the militant Mr. Saddam Hussein.
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6 ⟦line⟧ BAGHDAD OBSERVER ⟦line⟧ 5/12/1975, Vol. V, No. 2379
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
MINISTRY OF MUNICIPALITIES
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF WATER &
ELECTRICITY PROJECTS
BAGHDAD
TENDER NOTICE No. 66/1975
(Schemes included in the National Develop-
ment Plan).
TENDER FOR
AL-ZUBAIR WATER SUPPLY SCHEME
BASRAH MUHAFADHAT.
1— Qualified firms are hereby invited to pa-
rticipate in the above said Secret Tender The ge-
neral conditions and specification may be obtain-
ed from the Accounts Section of the Directorate
General of Water and Electricity Projects during
the official hours and on producing a valid Cham-
ber of Commerce membership certificate and aga-
inst payment of ID. 50/— (Iraqi Dinars fifty only)
for each copy.
2— Offers should be submitted to the Secre-
tary of Tenders' Committee in the Diwan of the
Directorate General of Water and Electricity Pr-
ojects. Baghdad, in a sealed envelope marked as
shown above.
3— The following should be included in a se-
parate cover together with the offer:
a — An initial deposit of ID. 12000/— (Iraqi
Dinars twelve thousand only) either in cash or by
a bank guarantee valid for six months after the cl-
osing date of the Tender or by an endorsed ch-
eque from an Iraqi bank. All offers without the ab-
ove mentioned initial deposit or which are incom-
plete shall be rejected.
b — Drawings, catalogues, general arrangem-
ents, detailed and illustrated leaflets related to
the offers.
c — A new income tax certificate or a phot-
ocopy of it.
d — The purchasing receipt of the specifica-
tion and documents.
e — A time schedule of the work.
f — A list of similar works and contracts aw-
arded to or carried out by the Tenderer.
g — An approved copy of the Memorandum
and Article of Association of the Company, to sh-
ow the structure of the organization.
4— The contractor must be classified and of
a Grade which allow him to participate in this Te-
nder.
5— The closing date for submitting tenders
is on Saturday the 27th December. 1975.
The tenderer may be present when the offers
are opened in the Diwan of this Directorate.
6— A revenue stamp of FIFTY FILS should
be affixed to the Tender.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WATER &
ELECTRICITY PROJECTS.
Baghdad Observer No. 2379, Dated 5/12/1975.
(No. 1413)
STATE
CONSTRUCTIONAL
CONTRACTING
COMPANY
BAGHDAD
RASHID STREET,
BAGHDAD — IRAQ,
P.O.B. 5772
CABLE ADDRESS
"CONTRACT"
Telex No. 2234
CONTRACT IK.
NOTICE
SECRET TENDER OF
THE ALUMINIUM
WORKS FOR
RAFIDAIN BANK AT
SA'DOON STREET
BAGHDAD
This Company invites all
Iraqi and Foreign Compani-
es, Specialized Tenderers or
legally registered Agenci-
es to participate in the ab-
ovementioned Secret Ten-
der. those who are concer-
ned kindly apply to the Ge-
neral Buildings Departme-
nt of this Company for ob-
taining the necessary gene-
ral conditions, specificatio-
ns and drawings against
payment of 10/— ten Iraqi
Dinars unrefundable.
Offers should be submi-
tted and reach the Tender
Box of Purchasing & Con-
tracting Committee not la-
ter than 2/1/1976 which is
situated in the 3rd floor of
the said Company's main
office, Rashid Street — Ba-
ghdad.
For PRESIDENT
QASSIM SHAREEF
AL-KHAYAT
Baghdad Observer
No. 2379, Dated 5/12/1975.
(No. 1495).
STATE
SEWING
COMPANY
PRESENT
THE LATEST FASHION
FOR MEN*WOMEN*CHILDREN
BRANCHES
BAGHDAD SAADON RASHID KARKH MANSOUR THAWRA
IN THE MUNICIPALITIES
MOSUL SYLYMANIYA BASRAH