AI-Generated Historical Overview — 2024
Between 1948 and the early 1970s, approximately 850,000 to one million Jews were forced to flee or we're expelled from Arab countries due to state-sanctioned persecution, pogroms, and rising Arab nationalism. The mass exodus largely concluded by the 1970s, though a final wave occurred with the Iranian Revolution in 1979-1980.
Key Drivers of the Exodus
The Jewish exodus was driven by a combination of "push" factors (persecution in Arab countries) and "pull" factors (the desire to live in Israel).
Timeline of
Peak Exoduses by Country
The timing and nature of the exodus varied by country: