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1948 vs 2025 Jewish Population:

Algeria: 140,000 -> ~0

Morocco: 250,000 -> ~0

Yemen: 550,000 -> ~300

Iraq: 135,000 -> ~0

Lebanon: 20,000 -> ~40

Iran: 135,000 -> ~0

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Untrue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Jews

There are between 300 and 350 thousand Jews living in Iran. I presume the other numbers are similarly nonsensical.

Total population

  300,000–350,000 (est.)

Regions with significant populations

  Israel 200,000[1]–250,000[2]
  United States 60,000–80,000[1]
  Iran 9,100[3]
  Canada 1,000
  Australia ~740

Yeah, you misread this badly.

There are 300~350 thousand Jews from Iran, but only 9,100 are estimated to still live there.

To be maximally fair to their argument, I think it is good to point out (not that it's the point that was made but that it's a good point to make) that 9,100 is a distinct departure from 0 when there are other numbers in the tens and hundreds. It's worth questioning the disparity and whether it's indicative of incorrect or misinterpreted data.

Not sure why I decided to comment specifically on what you posted given the fact that there are various levels of misinformation going on in this thread, but I guess yours is the most blunt.

Anyway read the article you linked to again, you completely misread it.

It's clearly documented that Mossad committed terror attacks against Jews across the Middle East to terrorize them into fleeing. Iraq, Egypt, etc. Zionist authorities had to bribe, maneuver and scheme to get many of these communities to make the journey. Not a conspiracy - you have actual Jews like Naeim Giladi who wrote, 'Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews,' documenting these efforts.

For instance, Moroccan Sultan Mohammed V protected his country's Jewish population of over 250k instead of straight up handing them over the Nazi-aligned Vichy regime.

Throughout all these countries, the Arabs & other non-Jews had a tight grip on state power and could have exterminated the Jews anytime they wanted. So, why didn't they? Why did the population of Jews in those countries grow for centuries? Isn't that the argument online Zionists use to defend their genocide in Palestine?

Western normies always lick up the 'they expelled us, so we had to expel the Palestinians,' but, please, don't do it here. It's wrong at best, and outright immoral at worst.

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