Jewish refugees left $150 billion in property in Arab countries
Some 850,000 Jews were forced to flee their homes in Arab countries across the Middle East in the days leading up to and following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
Iraqi Jewish refugees stand in a refugee absorption camp. established in Israel in 1950.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, SAM SOKOL/JTA