Yemen's last Jews eye exodus after Islamist militia takeover
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Yemen's last Jews eye exodus after Islamist militia takeover
(Reuters) - A few worried families are all that remain of Yemen's ancient Jewish community, and they too may soon flee after a Shi'ite Muslim militia seized power in the strife-torn country this month.
Harassment by the Houthi movement - whose motto is "Death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews, victory to Islam" - caused Jews in recent years to largely quit the northern highlands they shared with Yemen's Shi'ites for millennia.
But political feuds in which the Jews played no part escalated last September into an armed Houthi plunge into the capital Sanaa, the community's main refuge from which some now contemplate a final exodus.
Around six Yemeni Jews from the same family arrived in Israel on Friday, members of the community told Reuters."Since last September, our movements have become very limited for fear of the security situation, and there are some members of the community who preferred to leave Yemen," sighed chief rabbi Yahya Youssef, sitting in his apartment within a walled compound next to ministry of defence.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/15/uk-yemen-security-jews-idUKKBN0LJ0QW20150215
This is sadly the problem Jews face around the world more so in Muslim countries to the point they face unprecedented hate in Muslim countries because of who they are associated wrongly to the Israeli Government and its actions. Not only this in Muslim countries it is beyond doubt that such hatred of Jews is rife and little is being done by Muslim leaders and scholars to tackle this problem.
Harassment by the Houthi movement - whose motto is "Death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews, victory to Islam" - caused Jews in recent years to largely quit the northern highlands they shared with Yemen's Shi'ites for millennia.
But political feuds in which the Jews played no part escalated last September into an armed Houthi plunge into the capital Sanaa, the community's main refuge from which some now contemplate a final exodus.
Around six Yemeni Jews from the same family arrived in Israel on Friday, members of the community told Reuters."Since last September, our movements have become very limited for fear of the security situation, and there are some members of the community who preferred to leave Yemen," sighed chief rabbi Yahya Youssef, sitting in his apartment within a walled compound next to ministry of defence.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/15/uk-yemen-security-jews-idUKKBN0LJ0QW20150215
This is sadly the problem Jews face around the world more so in Muslim countries to the point they face unprecedented hate in Muslim countries because of who they are associated wrongly to the Israeli Government and its actions. Not only this in Muslim countries it is beyond doubt that such hatred of Jews is rife and little is being done by Muslim leaders and scholars to tackle this problem.
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Re: Yemen's last Jews eye exodus after Islamist militia takeover
unfortunately didge...when the hammer falls here......we have nowhere to "exodus" to.....
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