EGYPT - Nearly $60 Billion Seized from Jews
The report, released by Justice for Jews from Arab Countries, is the culmination of six years of research, documenting both the rich cultural legacy of Egyptian Jews and the systematic persecution that led to their expulsion. According to JJAC’s findings, the total value of assets seized from Egyptian Jews amounts to $59 billion in today’s currency.
It also highlights the significant impact Egyptian Jews had on their country’s advancement throughout various aspects of society.
The 1930s marked a turning point, with the rise of fascist movements on the one hand and the Muslim Brotherhood injecting religious militancy into Egyptian nationalism on the other. Anti-Jewish sentiment intensified as the “Palestine problem” became entangled with nationalist fervor and xenophobia.
“From this point on, things began spiraling downward for Egyptian Jews,” the report states. “Violence, arrests, bombings, blood libels, and the virus of Jew-hatred had spread like a biblical plague throughout Egypt.”
The establishment of Israel in 1948 provided Egyptian authorities with a pretext to intensify persecution. Between 1948 and 1966, approximately 63,000 Jews fled Egypt. The 1956 Suez Crisis accelerated this exodus, with 25,000 of the remaining 45,000 Jews leaving by mid-1957.
Sylvain Abitbol, co-president of JJAC, added, “Egypt has held a unique and significant place in the history of the Jewish people,” highlighting a presence that spanned thousands of years before its abrupt termination in the early 1970s and stressing that Egypt denies these facts.
The report on Egyptian Jewry is part of JJAC’s broader effort to document the systematic expulsion of Jewish communities across the Middle East and North Africa—a historical injustice that, unlike the ancient exodus commemorated during Passover, remains largely unacknowledged in international discourse.
-www.jpost.com, 10 April 2025
Arno's Commentary
The exodus from Arab nations is, the article concludes, “largely unacknowledged in international discourse.” Why not? Because there is a degree of hidden antisemitism among the Gentile world.
Some 3,500 years ago, Moses warned the people of Israel to obey the Lord and His commandments, or else: “…thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee” (Deuteronomy 28:37). Verses 64 through 66 continue: “And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life.” That is Israel’s past.
Today, antisemitism is increasing. Thus, Christians are admonished: “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins” (Isaiah 40:1-2).
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
