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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/a-distorted-historiography-1.321731
Jews in Arab Lands
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Zameret - An Israeli who seeks a reliable depiction of past events cannot accept a mendacious historiography that portrays Jews as living prosperously and happily in Islamic states until Zionist colonialism and "Zionist aggression" ruined the idyll. Anti-Jewish attacks and massacres were perpetrated in Arab states during the course of the 20th century. In anti-Jewish riots in Iraq in 1941, 180 Jews were murdered and 700 were injured. In violent demonstrations in Egypt in November 1945, 400 Jews were hurt, and much Jewish-owned property was looted and damaged. In rioting in Libya in November 1945, 130 Jews were murdered and 266 were injured. December 1947 riots in Syria left 13 Jews dead (8 of them children) in Damascus, and 26 wounded. At the same time in Aden, Yemen, 97 Jews were murdered and 120 were injured.