Comprehensive report by Jack Epstein in SF Chronicle on efforts to compensate Jews who fled Arab lands after the founding of Israel. Great background on the scope of the problem, how recent changes in Iraq and Libya have altered the equation, reaction from Palestinians, and the latest actions in Congress:
In recent months, independent Jewish groups have begun a concerted effort on behalf of these “forgotten refugees,” who they say were ignored by the global community after being absorbed by other countries — mostly Israel — while Palestinian refugees captured worldwide sympathy for living in squalid camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.
