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London summit focuses on plight of Jewish refugees from Arab states
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Arab, Jews, Jewish refugees 

Jewish groups from around the world are meeting in London to highlight the plight of Jews who were forced to flee from Arab nations in 1948 when the state of Israel was founded, the British BBC website reported Monday.

The conference is organized by the American-based group "Justice for Jews," which aims to "ensure that justice for Jews from Arab countries assumes its rightful place on the international political agenda and their rights be secured as a matter of law and equity." The group says some 850,000 Jews lived in Arab nations before Israel was founded and that most were forced to flee due to hostility.

The group, which campaigns for compensation for Jewish refugees, says that the international community has placed a lot of emphasis on the plight of the Palestinian refugees, ignoring their Jewish counterparts. The Justice for Jews coalition numbers 77 organizations from 20 countries around the globe.
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The BBC reported that the conference is highly controversial because the number of Jewish refugees and the conditions under which they left their home countries are disputed.

The conference includes addresses by Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert and former Canadian Justice Minister and Attorney General Irwin Cotler.

The conference was to conclude on June 25.

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      1.   It`s about time! 20:37  |  Mike 23/06/08
      2.   The Summit is better served 20:40  |  Ray 23/06/08
      3.   About time! 20:43  |  Jo 23/06/08
      4.   Haaretz has already revealed this hoax 20:55  |  W 23/06/08
      5.   to 4 w if this is hoax then why the Egyptians were so afraid? 21:09  |  anti hypocricy 23/06/08
      6.   All their property and land should be returned, Pals too! 21:27  |  Justice for all 23/06/08
      7.   Jewish lies...not Jewish refugees 21:47  |  Khalid 23/06/08
      8.   ray ban # 2 21:53  |  frenz 23/06/08
      9.   Zionist Lies 21:55  |  Dovy 23/06/08
      10.   better late than never. 21:56  |  frenz 23/06/08
      11.   Historic decency 22:22  |  Peter 23/06/08
      12.   Dovy and W 23:05  |  Jeremy Woolf 23/06/08
      13.   The UN has the number at 800,000 Jews expelled or displaced 23:32  |  J37 23/06/08
      14.   This is a key summit -we must give Arabs a bill for this crime 23:34  |  Ronny 23/06/08
      15.   To Jeremy Woolf from London 23:49  |  Lebanese in Canada 23/06/08
      16.   Plight of Jewsih refugees 00:02  |  peter 24/06/08
      17.   I refer you to #7 Khalid`s write-up 00:04  |  Ray 24/06/08
      18.   #7 Khalid 00:19  |  Sol 24/06/08
      19.   To Peter 00:25  |  Dovy 24/06/08
      20.   I CANT BELIEVE THIS 00:30  |  indrajaya 24/06/08
      21.   850000. huh. you gurs are good with making up #s 00:32  |  sami son of yaffa 24/06/08
      22.   Difference is the Jewish Ref. went to israel which CREATED Ref. 00:32  |  UN Guy 24/06/08
      23.   Arab countries have kept arab refugees in camps for six decades 00:40  |  Avram 24/06/08
      24.   "palestinian" refugees. 00:42  |  Avram 24/06/08
      25.   Zionist Lies 00:44  |  Dovy 24/06/08
      26.   Some people are very effective in ... 00:54  |  Edith 24/06/08
      27.   To Khalid 00:59  |  Israeli Jew 24/06/08
      28.   nice try Khalid ..... more cheap Arab lies 01:09  |  Rashid 24/06/08
      29.   The Nakba of Arabic Jews 01:10  |  Jeff 24/06/08
      30.   Nos. 5 and 12 01:13  |  W 24/06/08
      31.   No 7. Arab lies. 1 million refugees. Stolen properties 01:30  |  EgyptJewRefugee 24/06/08
      32.   Khalid. Distorts the truth 01:33  |  LailaIraq 24/06/08
      33.   Dovy and Khalid like Holocaust Deniers 01:38  |  Fortunee 24/06/08
      34.   Right 01:42  |  Colin Wright 24/06/08
      35.   Apples and oranges 01:54  |  Colin Wright 24/06/08
      36.   Them, and the Palestinians 01:58  |  Michael 24/06/08
      37.   #2 ray 01:59  |  abu halil 24/06/08
      38.   Durson, Clickfool, Indrajaya, American, POP are you here? 02:09  |  Arthur 24/06/08
      39.   the true Nabqa 02:14  |  Richard S 24/06/08
      40.   Right of Return 02:46  |  Imran 24/06/08
      41.   Listen, Dovy 03:25  |  Simon 24/06/08
      42.   pressure on Jews 03:56  |  Moise 24/06/08
      43.   well documented that the zionist 04:49  |  sam i am 24/06/08
      44.   Seriously? In London, of all cities? 05:26  |  Serge 24/06/08
      45.   Mizrahi Jews 05:32  |  Rab Burns 24/06/08
      46.   This can`t be true - stop shattering my worldview. 05:39  |  Gideon Levy 24/06/08
      47.   Jeremy Woolf 05:54  |  Akiva P 24/06/08
      48.   What We Need Is A Really Long Straw 06:10  |  Yosemite 24/06/08
      49.   You Know I Never Thought Of This Before 06:20  |  Yosemite 24/06/08
      50.   well documented that Arab envoys to UN 06:23  |  Boris 24/06/08
      51.   KHALID # 7 06:37  |  Aussie Eli 24/06/08
      52.   If they are refugees then they deserve compensation 06:37  |  Johnboy 24/06/08
      53.   Palestinians can`t handle another narrative 07:48  |  Reid 24/06/08
      54.   The problem here . . . 08:31  |  Maki 24/06/08
      55.   U N GUY Arabs tried to steal it all by war of extermination 08:46  |  PETER SM 24/06/08
      56.   REMEMBER the Arab crystallnacht in Egypt!! 08:49  |  PETER SM 24/06/08
      57.   WHEN WILL ARAB COUNTRIES RETURN STOLEN LAND FROM JEWS? 09:04  |  PalestniansAreA Myth 24/06/08
      58.   To Lebanese In Canada 09:15  |  Jew in America 24/06/08
      59.   Lebanese Christian 11:06  |  Jeremy Woolf 24/06/08
      60.   W 11:20  |  Jeremy Woolf 24/06/08
      61.   Colin Wright 11:40  |  Jeremy Woolf 24/06/08
      62.   ALL REFUGEES HAVE THE RIGHT OF RETURN, PALS AND JEWS 12:50  |  KHADER KHOURY 24/06/08
      63.   #53 Actually, in fact, no, Reid 13:11  |  Johnboy 24/06/08
      64.   Khader Khoury 62 from Lebanon 15:02  |  Realist 24/06/08
      65.   PETER SM 16:23  |  UN Guy 24/06/08
      66.   THE ARAB WORLD WILL RETURN LAND WHEN PALESTINE IS RETURNED 16:23  |  :) 24/06/08
      67.   Johnboy #63, Thanks for the link 19:19  |  Maki 24/06/08
      68.   Johnboy Over $300 billion in lost assets + land 20:55  |  Free Gilad Shalit 24/06/08
      69.   $300 billion in lost assets + land X 5 size of Israel 20:57  |  Free Gilad Shalit 24/06/08
      70.   An incident in Safi, Morocco 21:09  |  Free Gilad Shalit 24/06/08
      71.   Colin Wrong again 21:17  |  Free Gilad Shalit 24/06/08
      72.   KHADER KHOURY 22:14  |  David Israel