March 1, 1950 175,000 Jewish Refugees from Iraq
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The Jews of Iraq, fearful of the anti-Semitic purges, seized this opportunity to leave the country; 175,000 were brought to Israel by special air lifts.
The mass exodus from Iraq was stimulated by violence and economic expropriation designed to produce this effect.
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