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<\/span>Triumphal arch erected by the Jewish community in honor of King Faisal I in 1928, Baghdad, Iraq<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/justiceforjews.com\/iraq-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JJAC-Letterhead-3.png\" "\\"JJAC")
<\/span><\/div>The Forgotten Refugees of Iraq<\/h1><\/div>Jewish settlement in Mesopotamia dates back to 586 BCE, following the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Over centuries, Babylonian Jews played a central role in Judaism, From a community of over 135,000. By the early 1970s, nearly all Iraqi Jews had fled, marking the end of a 2,500-year-old Jewish presence.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>The Forgotten Refugees of Iraq<\/h1><\/div>Jewish settlement in Mesopotamia dates back to 586 BCE, following the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Over centuries, Babylonian Jews played a central role in Judaism, From a community of over 135,000. By the early 1970s, nearly all Iraqi Jews had fled, marking the end of a 2,500-year-old Jewish presence.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Jewish settlement in Mesopotamia dates back to 586 BCE, following the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Over centuries, Babylonian Jews played a central role in Judaism, From a community of over 135,000. By the early 1970s, nearly all Iraqi Jews had fled, marking the end of a 2,500-year-old Jewish presence.<\/p>\n<\/div>