It is commendable for Rep. Jerry Nadler to introduce the congressional resolution on the Jewish refugees from Arab countries (“Jewish Refugees, Too,” Editorial, April 4). It should be recognized that the Arab League bears full responsibility for these refugees, because in 1949 the Arab League imposed a de facto “population exchange” on Israel by forcing close to a million Jews to leave their homes in the Arab countries and immigrate to Israel as penniless refugees. The League is also responsible for the perpetuation of the status of the Palestinian Arab refugees by forbidding Arab governments to grant citizenship to those refugees, and thus not absorbing them, despite the Arab countries’ huge territories and oil wealth.
President World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries
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