Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "The Arab world has neglected Arab refugees for decades and has used them as a battering ram against Israel, while Israel, who was just born as a nation-state, has managed to absorb and resettle the Jewish refugees from Arab countries and turn them into productive citizens," said the prime minister. "This government has decided to promote the issue and therefore I raise this issue as well everywhere I go," he added.

 

UN Ambassador Ron Prosor: "The historic Jewish presence in the Arab World must be recognized. The grave injustices inflicted upon them must be acknowledged. The crimes committed against them must be rectified. Yet, there is still time for us to speak with truth - to bring the history of these refugees to the world's attention. On behalf of the Jewish State, I extend a promise to each and every one of you. Your history will not be lost. Your plight will not be ignored any longer".

On May 3, 2013 The Hon Jason Kenny, Senior Minister in the Harper government of Canada indicated that not only is Canada going to study the Jewish refugees from Arab lands but it is an important part of the Arab-Israeli conflict... "Yesterday, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development began its study on the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Between 1948 and the early 1970's, over 850,000 Jews were displaced as a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In some instances Jewish refugees fled state-sanctioned persecution and violence, and in other instances they were expelled.

These pogroms resulted not only in the confiscation and loss of property without compensation, but in the uprooting of ancient Jewish communities from their countries of residence. Many of these once-flourishing communities no longer exist.

Please feel free to follow the study and read the witness testimony at the following link: http://www.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusiness/CommitteeHome.aspx?Cmte=FAAE&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=1

 

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin stated, in a June 3rd, 2005 interview with the Canadian Jewish News which he later reaffirmed in a July 14, 2005 letter: "A refugee is a refugee and that the situation of Jewish refugees from Arab lands must be recognized. All refugees deserve our consideration as they have lost both physical property and historical connections. I did not imply that the claims of Jewish refugees are less legitimate or merit less attention than those of Palestinian refugees."