FACT CHECK · JEWS FROM ARAB LANDS
Claim: Chat claims: Jews were kidnapped from Iraq and Yemen
FALSETHE ANSWER
Operation Magic Carpet flew ~49,000 Yemeni Jews to Israel in 1949-50; Ezra and Nehemiah flew ~120,000 Iraqi Jews in 1950-52 after Iraq let them leave only without citizenship or property.
Iraq's Jewish community dates from c. 586 BCE; 120,000-130,000 were airlifted in 1951-52 (Operation Ezra and Nehemiah).
SOURCE
Jewish Virtual Library; Israel State Archives
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en.wikipedia.org
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