Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries

by 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231135386
• ISBN13: 9780231135382
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An important book

Michael Fischbach has produced another critically important work for anyone affected by, or interested in, the Arab-Israeli conflict. His painstaking research and even-handed analysis stand out from the crowd writing on this politically charged subject. Anyone who has read Records of Dispossession should read this book, and vice versa.