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Jews in Yemen receive death threats
by Scott Gilbreath ~ January 6th, 2009
Members of the Jewish community in Amran Governorate, Yemen, have been receiving death threats from Muslims for several weeks, but it’s gotten worse since Israel attacked Gaza.
On 4 January a number of schoolchildren attacked Jews with sticks and stones in Raydah District during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza, local Jews said.
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[Hayeem] Yaish said Jews had been receiving threats from Muslim extremists since the killing of a Jew on 11 December by a Muslim extremist, but that harassment had increased since the Israeli action in Gaza.“The protesters told us the state won’t protect us and that they would attack us secretly if not openly,” he said, adding: “We are intimidated every day and our pain grows constantly. We even receive threats on our mobile phones.”
Besides the 270 Jews who live in Amran Governorate, Yemen has another Jewish community numbering 45 in Sanaa City. The latter group was moved from Saada Governorate in early 2007 because of death threats.
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