Thursday, February 19, 2009

Yemeni Jews pay heavy price for Israel's Gaza killings...

They have closed their three synagogues and two schools, and avoid public places -- members of the small Jewish community of Raydah in northern Yemen are gripped by fear.

The 260 Jews who stayed on in the area used to coexist comfortably with their Muslim neighbours.

But on December 11, Masha Yaish al-Nahari, a father-of-nine who taught Hebrew at one of the community's two schools, was gunned down by a Muslim.

"In the past, we lived in security, but now, we are all afraid," the victim's father Yaeish al-Nahari said at his home in Raydah, a large dusty agricultural town swept by the wind. More...

See also:

  1. Israel's Shahar Peer denied visa for Dubai Tennis Championships...
  2. Rise in antisemitic attacks 'the worst recorded in Britain in decades'
  3. Gaza: War crimes accusations rattle Israel...
  4. Gaza: Israeli colonel prevented from speaking in London...

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