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19 hours ago

Where are your Jews??

This speech at the UN by UN Watch's Hillel Neuer went viral back in 2017, and it is easy to understand why.

So we thought we would share it again today, as 30 November is the "Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran". This day has been officially observed in Israel since 2014.

At the time of this speech, as countries such as Qatar, Sudan, Syria and Saudi Arabia took their turn accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and apartheid, UN Watch's Executive Director Hillel Neuer would not stand for it.

Taking the floor he asked the big question to Arab states - "Where are your Jews"?

He declared, "Now I’d like to ask the members of that commission, that commissioned that report, the Arab states from which we just heard. Egypt, Iraq, and the others:

How many Jews live in your countries? How many Jews live in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco?

Once upon a time, the Middle East was full of Jews.

Algeria had 140,000 Jews. Algeria, where are your Jews?

Egypt used to have 75,000 Jews. Where are your Jews?

Syria, you had tens of thousands of Jews. Where are your Jews?

Iraq, you had over 135,000 Jews. Where are your Jews?

Mr. President, where is the apartheid?"

The response? An echoing silence throughout the hall.

(Video from UN Watch) ...

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