Edited by TW on June 3, 2025, 2:34 pm Source: https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/focus-areas/jews-from-arab-lands
The story of the Jews in Arab lands still forms a major gap in most of the world's knowledge of the history of the Middle East and North Africa. Jewish presence in what are now Arab lands long predates Islam and the Arab conquest of the Middle East and North Africa, and goes back to Biblical times. In 1945, there were approximately 866,000 Jews living in communities throughout the Arab world. Today, there are fewer than 10,000. In many Arab states, once thriving Jewish communities have all but disappeared. According to official statistics, 856,000 Jews, persecuted and under duress, were exiled from their homes in Arab countries between 1948 and the early 1970s, leaving behind substantial property and other assets.
How many Arabs live in Israel?
From Wikipedia:
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the Israeli Arab population stood at 2.1 million people in 2023, accounting for 21% of Israel's total population. The majority of these Arab citizens identify themselves as Arab or Palestinian by nationality and as Israeli by citizenship.
I won't argue about the complete accuracy of the numbers, but percentage wise, it isn't even close. That's because Jews would not survive very well in Arab countries. These days, they are being killed and persecuted here.
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