World Zionist Organization Rejects Yemeni Jews Transfer to New York

The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday that a dispute has broken out among Jewish communities in the United States about the intention of moving Yemeni Jews to an anti-Zionist community in New York.

The source cited the World Zionist Organization (WZO) executive and co-chair of the Jewish Agency's Immigration and Absorption Committee, Paula Edelstein as saying "The common umbrella of American Jewry is to stop the fundraising effort meant to transfer Yemeni Jews to a Satmar community in Monsey, New York."

"Bringing Yemeni Jews to the Satmar community is an anti-Zionist activity, because it's bringing Jews to a place that doesn't really recognize the State of Israel," Edelstein said.

We have made a strong call for the United Jewish Communities (UJC ) to stop its activities cheering the immigration of Yemeni Jews to the US," WZO spokesman Gil Litman said.

A Jewish Agency Official who spoke in anonymity said that Some 113 Yemenite Jews are expected to leave Yemen for the United States in the coming weeks, aided by the US State Department and Jewish refugee agencies in the US. Many of the remaining 160 or so Jews in the country are expected to eventually come to Israel, Jewish Agency officials believe
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