Don't forget about the #Jewish Refugees #YomHaZikaron #YomHaAtzmaut #MiddleEast #JewishHistory

In 1947, the United Nations passed a resolution for the creation of both the Jewish and an Arab state by partitioning the British mandate, but the Arab world rejected the plan, couldn't stand the thought of a Jewish land, and the armies of five Arab nations attacked. It was an act of war, so the Jews fought back. Thousands on both sides wound up dead in the violence. Many Palestinians fled, and the families of these who ran away are the refugees you hear about today. But there's another story that must be told, not as well known, but it's just as old, about the Jewish refugees forced to flee from almost every Arab country. Don't forget about the Jewish refugees forced to flee from their home countries, Tunisian, Yemenite, Lebanese, the Turkish, Moroccan, and Iraqi, Iranian, Jordanian, and Syrian, Egyptian, Libyan, and Algerian. God only knows what would be their fate if it hadn't been for the Jewish state. You see, a million Jews lived in relative peace scattered all over the Middle East, but after the 1948 war, we just weren't welcome there anymore. Arabs forced us to flee in fear from homes we'd known for a thousand years. Faced with pogroms and bomb attacks, most left with just the clothes on their backs. They froze our Jewish bank accounts and stole our land in large amounts. Today, if you tried to add up the cost, billions and billions of dollars were lost. With no other options, most came straight to the newly founded Jewish state. And until this day, most Israelis are descendants of these Jewish refugees. So don't forget about the Jewish refugees forced to flee from their home countries, Tunisian, Yemenite, Lebanese, the Turkish, Moroccan, and Iraqi, Iranian, Jordanian, and Syrian, Egyptian, Libyan, and Algerian. God only knows what would be their fate if it hadn't been for the Jewish state.