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Ursprungligen postat av ianto
Från wikipedia: Many Israeli immigrants were Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews who left Arab countries to move to Israel. In some cases they had been persecuted in those countries.
ianto: Upphör med kolporterandet av dessa erbarmliga martyrsagor - det förekom spontan folklig vrede mot judar i muslimska länder, särskilt efter fördrivningen av 750.000 palestinier - men det var även ofta en önskan och dröm hos de som företog "aliyah" att komma till det ockuperade Palestina och leva ut sin sionistiska, nationalistiska längtan:
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=1459
Citat:
"---These pioneering travelers, most of whom had never been abroad nor on planes before, were the first of some 120,000-130,000 to be airlifted in the relatively short time span of 1950-1952, with most coming to Israel in l951.---They were uprooted from their homes, jobs, friends, schools, neighborhoods, environments, and their native tongue, and headed for a voyage into the unknown, to the Land of Israel and the State of Israel which filled their dreams but of which they knew very little.---"
