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;[[1948]]-[[2001]]: Anti-Semitism played a major role in the [[Jewish exodus from Arab lands]]. The Jewish population in the Arab [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]] has decreased from 900,000 in 1948 to less than 8,000 in 2001.

; [[1948]] During the [[Siege of Jerusalem (1948)|Siege of Jerusalem]] of the [[Arab-Israeli War]], Arab armies were able to conquer the part of the West Bank and Jerusalem; they expelled all Jews (about 2,000) from the [[Old City]] (the [[Jewish Quarter]]) and destroyed the ancient synagogues that were in Old City as well.

;[[1952]] August 12-13: The [[Night of the Murdered Poets]]. Thirteen most prominent Soviet Yiddish writers, poets, actors and other intellectuals were executed, among them [[Peretz Markish]], [[Leib Kwitko]], [[David Hofstein]], [[Itzik Feffer]], [[David Bergelson]], [[Der Nister]]. <ref>[http://www.joshuarubenstein.com/rubenstein/stalinsecret/intro.html Stalin's Secret Pogrom: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee] (introduction) by Joshua Rubenstein</ref> <ref>[http://www.midstreamthf.com/200207/feature.html Seven-fold Betrayal: The Murder of Soviet Yiddish] by Joseph Sherman</ref>