(Jewish Group) Yemen spreads false reports on Jews to harm enemies
The embassy of Yemen in Washington quoted incorrect reports in various news outlets on Wednesday with tweets about false accusations about Jews in order to harm their Iranian-backed enemies, the Houthis.
Controversy erupted after Egyptian reports circulated on social media on Tuesday, claiming that Yemen’s Houthis arrested Jews in the Kharif District of the Amran Governorate northwest of Sana’a as part of “ethnic cleansing” efforts. The report, published in a number of Yemeni media outlets and then the Egyptian newspaper Al-Mesryoon, stated that local sources from Kharif had reported that the Houthis had rounded up the Jews and imprisoned them due to their religion and were pressuring them to leave Yemen.
When asked by The Jerusalem Post about the matter, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it had been queried about the report many times and it appears to be false. Another international organization with ties to Yemen’s Jewish community said it had probed the reports and found them to be far from true and that there were no Jews in the region.
But the Yemeni embassy in Washington still quoted the reports.
“Alarmed by reports of Houthis arresting and assaulting Jewish residents, forcing them to sell their homes, expropriating their properties and transferring ownership to Houthi leaders,” the tweet said. “Shocking if Yemenite Jews are unjustly being pressured to leave Yemen.”
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