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Yemeni Jews: relocation offer    


From The Jewish Chronicle
Anshel Pfeffer
December 30, 2008

The Jewish community in Rayda have refused an offer by the Yemeni President to relocate to the capital, Sana’a. Three weeks ago, a Jewish teacher was killed there by a former air force officer demanding his conversion to Islam.

About 270 Jews live in the Rayda area and they have been living in fear since the murder of Moshe Yaish Nahari by former pilot Abdul Aziz Yahya Hamoud Al-Abdi, who has already confessed to the murder. In his defence he said that he had given Nahari a choice between converting to Islam, fleeing the country or death.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered each family of the community plots of land in Sana’a, where they will be defended by security forces.

The community leaders refused the offer because the deal does not involve compensation for the loss of their property and jobs.

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Jew shot to death in Yemen by 'disturbed extremist'

Suspect called out 'Jew, accept Islam's message', then gunned down brother of prominent rabbi. Relative says victim and his wife planned to make aliyah but changed their minds

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3637452,00.html



According to the preliminary investigation, the suspect had murdered his wife just two years ago, but avoided jail time by offering her family compensation.
 
Deputy head of security of the Amran province, Ahmed el-Sarihi, told Asharq Al-Awsat that el-Abadi is "an extremist who suffers from mental problems".
 
According to the security official, the suspect has admitted to killing Nahari, and told his interrogators that "these Jews must convert to Islam".

Nahari is the brother of Rabbi Yehiya Yaish, one of the leaders of Yemen's Jewish community.

Haviv Nahari, the victim's brother-in-law who resides in Ashkelon told Ynet that the family was in "total shock" upon hearing of Yaish's murder.

"We spoke to him just last Saturday and asked him how his family was doing," Haviv told Ynet, adding "we knew there was anti-Semitism in Yemen, but I never imagined someone would take a rifle and murder a Jew on the street in broad daylight."

According to Haviv, three years ago his sister and her husband decided to make aliyah after visiting Israel a few times.

"They sold their house and we prepared for their arrival, but at the last moment Moshe's father changed his mind and convinced them to stay in Yemen," he said. "My sister is now a widow with nine children.

"My sister took it very hard. She cried and passed out," he said.

Haviv said Moshe (35) worked as a butcher in the local Jewish community, and in recent years had strengthened his ties to the Satmar Hasidic movement in Yemen.