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Article: Yemeni Jews resettle in US to flee attacks: report.
- Article from:
- Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Summary: About 60 Yemeni Jews have moved to the United States since July under a clandestine operation by State Department officials to escape anti-Jewish attacks in their homeland, the Wall Street Journal
About 60 Yemeni Jews have moved to the United States since July under a clandestine operation by State Department officials to escape anti-Jewish attacks in their homeland, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
Only 200 to 300 Jews still live among Yemen's 23 million Muslims. The murder of a Jew last year, a Shiite revolt in northern Yemen and the growth of Sunni Islamist fervor have fuelled their desire to leave the Arabian Peninsula country. ...