Violent abduction of Yemenite Jewish children in Israel: A historical study on the intergenerational dynamics of oppression and resistance
Manfred Liebel
Abstract:In the founding years of the State of Israel, numerous Jewish children who immigrated to Israel with their parents from Arab countries, especially Yemen, were removed and disappeared. Some of these children were adopted by people in Europe and the USA, while others remained missing. The article reconstructs the efforts to clarify the fate of these children. The disappearance of the children is analysed in the context of the Zionist founding myth and the colonial genesis of the State of Israel and interpreted a… Show more
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