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31.3.2021. 10:16
Jemen
 

Almost all remaining Jews in Yemen deported - Saudi media

Similar reports have been denied as false in the past.

By TZVI JOFFRE   ,  MARCH 29, 2021 




The last three Jewish families in Yemen were deported by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, leaving only four elderly Jews in the country, the London-based Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported over the weekend.
The move marks the virtual end of a 2,600-year-old Jewish community in Yemen. The families, totaling 13 people, told Asharq Al-Awsat that they were now searching for a new home. The families had resisted leaving, but finally agreed after the Houthis made their departure a condition for the release of Levi Salem Marhabi, a Jew who was captured by the rebels about six years ago. Marhabi was arrested by the Houthis for helping a Yemeni Jewish family move an old Torah scroll out of the country.

Posljednje tri  židovske obitelji u Jemenu su deportirane kao izbjeglice od Houtha i u zemlji je ostalo samo četvero starih Židova- to je kraj židovske zajednice u Jemenu stare 2.600 godina. Ukupno je 13 osoba koje asada traže novi dom. Obitelji su se opirale odlasku ali su na kraju pristale uz uvjet da se oslobpdi Levi Salem Marhabi, uhićen od Houta prije šest godina jer je pomogao židovskoj obitelji  da se iznese svitke Tore iz zemlje.
 Obitelji u stigle u Egipat i sada se razmatra njihiova dalnja migracija, neke  žele u Izrel a druge se  ne slažu. Izgleda da Marhabi nije oslobođen ali su u poboljšani uvjeti u zatvoru nakon što su se obitelji složile da napuste Jemen.
 
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 “They heard from their brothers who made aliyah before them and understand that Israel is not for them.“The US is also not appropriate for their lifestyle. They searched for an Arab country that would agree to accept them, and there are a number of countries that may be willing to host them with assistance from the US. 

Perhaps we’ll merit to soon see a new Yemenite community in a country with a similar Arab nature but without threats to its security and yahadus [Judaism].”
Houthi officials have forced Jews to sell their homes and land for low prices, a source from the Yemeni Jewish community told Al-Araby at the time.