Herzog addressed the unveiling of "Israel Today", announcing that he would work to raise awareness of the issue • "It is important that the matter be addressed"

• Yitzhak Herzog // Photo: Gideon Markovich

Following Israel's exposure today, the huge amount of property left by Arab and Iranian Jews after being deported from their countries and immigrating to Israel, worth $ 150 billion, in the Foreign Ministry emphasizes that "refugees cannot be talked about - without talking about Jewish and Arab refugees" .

Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that "ignoring the issue of Jewish refugees, who have been living in Arab countries for centuries and forced to leave and flee, is serving Palestinian propaganda. History, and certainly not conflict, cannot be interpreted without understanding the story of the displaced Jewish communities." .

As revealed today in Israel Today, from the total data that can be published, it appears that according to distribution by countries, the value of assets left behind by Jews in Iran is estimated at $ 31.3 billion; Libya has about $ 6.7 billion; About $ 2.6 billion in Yemen; In Syria about $ 1.4 billion and about $ 700 million. This data is weighted after decades where no significant progress has been made on the subject. While some change was made in 2002, with the need to make an alternative property estimate, the significant change began only in 2017, under which Minister of Social Equality, Gamliel revealed, promoted a classified project aimed at assessing property valuation in Arab countries.

The data were counted, among other things, by land and real estate, business value, loss of income and income potential, movable property and Jewish public / community property. In the five years since the decision to hold the day to mark the deportation and departure of Arab and Iranian Jews, the Foreign Ministry has held about 30 events. This year on this issue in different places in the world.

Jewish Agency Chairman Yitzhak Herzog said: "The Jewish Agency intends to hold a significant conference in the near future to discuss additional ways to raise awareness of the issue. It is important that the expropriated property issue be addressed and addressed at various levels. "