Jewish property claims against Arab countries

Michael R. Fischbach

In the twenty years that followed the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, 800,000 Jews left their homes in Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, and several other Arab countries. Although the causes of this exodus varied, restrictive governmental measures and an outburst of anti-Semitic feeling during and after the war were major factors. Some of these "Mizrahi" Jews, most of whom were not active Zionists, were forced to leave behind property of great financial and ancestral value-property that was sometimes seized by the governments of the countries they fled. In this book, Michael R. Fischbach, who has dedicated years to studying land and property ownership in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, reconstructs the circumstances in which Jewish communities left the Arab world. Conducting meticulous and exhaustive research in the archives of Washington D.C., Jerusalem, London, New York, and elsewhere, Fischbach offers the most authoritative estimates to date of the value of the property left behind. He also describes the process by which various actors, most importantly the State of Israel, linked the resolution of Jewish property claims to the fate of Palestinian refugee property claims following the 1948 war. Fischbach considers the implications of contemporary developments, such as America's invasion of Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and Libya's attempt to shed its international pariah status, which have impacted pending claims and will affect claims in the future. Overall, he finds that many international Jewish organizations have supported the link between the claims of Mizrahi Jews and those of Palestinian refugees, hindering serious efforts to obtain restitution or compensation.

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  • List of TablesAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroductionChapter One: The Loss of Jewish Property in the Arab World Middle Eastern and North African Jews, Zionism, and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Population Displacement, and Property Losses Syria Egypt Yemen and Aden Iraq Libya Lebanon Jordan The West Bank and Gaza North African Arab StatesChapter Two: Jewish Claims in the Context of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the PeaceProcess, 1948--2001 Holocaust Reparations, Israel's Finances, and Claims Against Arab Countries Comparability of Jewish and Palestinian Property Claims Demand for 1948 War Damages Early Actions Linking Jewish and Palestinian Property Losses and Claims Israeli Linkage of Jewish and Palestinian Property after 1948 International Response to Linkage Israeli Documentation of Jewish Claims in the 1950s Aberrant Cases: Addressing Claims Outside of the Conflict's Context Mizrahi/Sephardic Organizations, Linkage, and the Question of Jewish "Refugees" Israel's Peace Treaties with Egypt and Jordan The Palestinian-Israeli Peace ProcessChapter Three: The Status of Jewish Property Claims Today Syria Lebanon Egypt Jordan The West Bank and Gaza The Maghrib The U.S. Invasion of Iraq and Jewish Claims Compensation and Restitution from Libya? Preparations for Renewed Israeli-Palestinian TalksConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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書名 Jewish property claims against Arab countries
著作者等 Fischbach Michael R.
出版元 Columbia University Press
刊行年月 c2008
ページ数 xiii, 355 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780231135382
NCID BA88129366
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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