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Mizrahi Jews or Oriental Jews (מזרחי "eastern", Standard Hebrew Mizraḥi, Tiberian Hebrew Mizrāḥî; plural מזרחים "easterners", Standard Hebrew Mizraḥim, Tiberian Hebrew Mizrāḥîm) are Jews of Middle-Eastern origin; that is to say, their ancestors never left the Middle-East. In Israel they are colloquially called Sephardi Jews, though technically the Mizrahim are not Sephardic, since they never lived in Spain or Portugal nor are they descended of those who were expelled from the Iberian peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition. Though there are many languages associated with Mizrahi Jews, the most prominent are the various Judæo-Arabic dialects; see also Mizrahi Hebrew language.In reaction to the events leading up to and following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Arab societies acted violently against their local Jewish populations in what they viewed as retaliation for both the inflammatory creation of the Jewish state of Israel and their Arab Palestinian brethren turned into refugees as a result. Further anti-Jewish actions by Arab governments in the 1950s and 1960s, incuding the expulsion of 25,000 Mizrahi Jews from EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797 following the 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Suez CrisisThe Suez Crisis also known as the Suez War Suez Campaign or Kadesh Operation was a 1956 war fought on Egyptian territory. The conflict pitted Egypt against an alliance between France, the United Kingdom and Israel. The alliance between the two European na, led to the overwhelming majority of Mizrahim becoming Jewish refugeesIn the course of history, Jewish populations have been expelled or ostracised by many different local authorities and have sought asylum from Anti-Semitism numerous times. The article History of anti-Semitism contains more information on anti-Jewish hosti. Most of these refugees fled to Israel.
Today, of the few remaining Mizrahi communities still residing in Arab countries, which total in all less than 8,000 individuals, a trickle of emigration to Israel continues and is encouraged by the Jewish state.
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