The Jews of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, and Afghanistan
This is an old piece written some time ago, but I decided to update it. Hope you enjoy it. Note: Long, 20 pages.
The Jews of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Lebanon
The Jews of Yemen
In recent days, the Houthis have ethically cleansed all the remaining Jews in Yemen. I'm not sure how many were left. Maybe 20? This is just terrible and I will never support it! The Houthis, otherwise known as Ansar Allah, are antisemites. Their chant is
Allahu Akbar (God is greatest!)!
Death to America!
Death to Israel!
A curse on the Jews!
Victory to Islam!
The standard Zionist line is that there are no Jews in "Arabia," or certainly none in Saudi Arabia. However, as of 2016, there are still Jews living in Yemen, which is a part of Arabia.
About fifteen years ago, when there were only 2,000 Jews left in Yemen, the ruling party nominated a Yemeni Jew to run on its platform as a parliamentarian representing the northern region.
This was a very controversial move in Yemen and unfortunately ran up against the stumbling bloc…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Beyond Highbrow to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.