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  • Silent Exodus (2004)
  • 58 min | Documentary
Silent Exodus (2004)
58 min | Documentary

They were more than a million Jews. Between 1946 and 1974, this million is the number of forgotten fugitives, expelled from the Arab world, and whom history would like to forget, while the victims themselves have hidden their fate under a ...See moreThey were more than a million Jews. Between 1946 and 1974, this million is the number of forgotten fugitives, expelled from the Arab world, and whom history would like to forget, while the victims themselves have hidden their fate under a veil of modesty. The Jews have been living in Arabic lands for thousands of years and seemed to accept their fate forever, some even considering their survival as a miracle. But 1948, the beginning of their exodus, was also the birth of the State of Israel. And, while the Arab armies were preparing to invade the young refugee-country, while the survivors of the Shoah were piling up in dangerous boats to fulfill at last the return to the land of their dreams and their prayers, a few hundred thousand Arabs from Palestine were getting ready to flee their home, convinced that they would return as winners and conquerors. They were soon going to fill up the refugee camps built on their brothers' land, and - because of their refusal to integrate - pass on their refugee status to the next generations. The Jews did not get any special status. They had just returned to the Land of their fathers And if they came from Aden, Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Tunisia or Libya, if they had lost everything and sometimes even relatives, memories and cemeteries, it is in Israel and the west that they were ready to rebuild their lives. Without ever asking for any compensation, any right to return, or even wishing that their story be told. See less
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22 cast members
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Bat Ye'or
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David G. Littman
Self - historian Self - historian   See fewer
Moise Rahmani
Self - writer Self - writer   See fewer
Yitzhak Navon
Self - former President of Israel (as Itshak Navon) Self - former President of Israel (as Itshak Navon)   See fewer
Eli Amir
Self - writer Self - writer   See fewer
Carole Basri
Self - lawyer Self - lawyer   See fewer
Moshe Shahal
Self - Knesset member Self - Knesset member   See fewer
Avi Beker
Self - secretary general of WJC Self - secretary general of WJC   See fewer
Yaakov Meron
Self - historian Self - historian   See fewer
Maurice Roumani
Self - historian Self - historian   See fewer
Jean Claude Niddam
Self - ministry of Justice, Israel Self - ministry of Justice, Israel   See fewer
Gena Waldman
Self - President of JIMNA Self - President of JIMNA   See fewer
Jacqueline Raoul Douval
Self - historian Self - historian   See fewer
Mordechai Ben Porat
Self - knesset member Self - knesset member   See fewer
Frank Pallone
Self - congressman Self - congressman   See fewer
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Self - congresswoman Self - congresswoman   See fewer
Yusuf Hassan
Self - United Nations Self - United Nations   See fewer
Abdel Shafi
Self - Palestinian Authority Self - Palestinian Authority   See fewer
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