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Iraq's Jews

Of all places, an editorial appears in today's Beirut Daily Star about the Jews of Iraq.

Unfortunately, the editorial makes sure to blame the "Zionist lobby" for being "willing to profit from ­ and even to help foment ­ mistreatment of Jews in any form in order to further its extremist agenda." However, it also states that "the country’s tiny Jewish community is living in fear... the Jews’ infinitesimal numbers make them especially vulnerable. This state of affairs is unacceptable, and it is not for the US-led occupation authorities to remedy it. It is for Iraqis themselves to disprove notions of Muslim intolerance by treating the Jews among them as what they are: citizens of Iraq who happen to practice a minority faith. Primary moral responsibility for the welfare of Iraqi Jewry rests with the influential figures who lead the country’s majority Islamic communities and nascent political parties. By both word and deed they should leave no doubt in the minds of their followers and supporters that their Jewish compatriots deserve the same rights and responsibilities as anyone else."
posted on 7/03/2003