Iran's Jews reject emigration incentives
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Thu Aug 16 10:16:24 EDT 2007
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http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/103010.html
Iran's Jews reject emigration incentives
Published: 07/13/2007
Iran's Jews rejected financial incentives to leave the country.
Offers ranging from 5,000-30,000 British pounds, financed by a
wealthy expatriate Jew with the support of the Israeli government,
were turned down by Iran's Jewish leaders, the Guardian reported.
Instead, the country's Jews pledged their loyalty to Iran.
"The identity of Iranian Jews is not tradeable for any amount of
money," the Society of Iranian Jews said in a statement. "Iranian
Jews are among the most ancient Iranians. Iran's Jews love their
Iranian identity and their culture, so threats and this immature
political enticement will not achieve their aim of wiping out the
identity of Iranian Jews."
Iran's Jewish population is the largest of any country in the Middle
East besides Israel.
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