Attempted Genocide Against Jews in the Middle East by Terrorist Groups This this the TRUTH saying Israel is committing Genocide is the lie from the pit of hell
- Graham Healy

- Jul 24
- 4 min read
Attempted Genocide Against Jews in the Middle East by Terrorist Groups This this the TRUTH saying Israel is committing Genocide is the lie from the pit of hell Graham Healy
Fri 24 /7/26 **Attempted Genocide Against Jews in the Middle East by Terrorist Groups**

Jewish communities lived continuously in the Middle East and North Africa for over two millennia—long before the rise of Islam and the modern Arab states. By 1948, roughly 850,000–900,000 Jews resided across Arab countries and Iran. Within a generation, that number collapsed to a few thousand. Pogroms, state-sanctioned discrimination, property confiscation, and expulsions followed the establishment of Israel and the subsequent Arab-Israeli wars. This mass displacement is sometimes called the “Jewish Nakba” or the forgotten ethnic cleansing of Middle Eastern Jews.
The violence was not limited to spontaneous riots. It was fueled by ideological currents that framed Jews as eternal enemies. In the decades since, several designated terrorist organizations have explicitly embraced the destruction of the Jewish state—and, in foundational documents and leaders’ statements, the killing of Jews as a religious or political goal. These groups have conducted attacks, suicide bombings, rocket campaigns, and massacres aimed at Israeli civilians. Their charters, sermons, and actions supply the clearest evidence of genocidal intent as defined under the UN Genocide Convention: the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.
### Historical Backdrop: Expulsion and Pogroms
After the 1947 UN partition vote and Israel’s independence, anti-Jewish violence erupted across the region. Notable episodes included the 1941 Farhud in Iraq, 1945 and 1948 riots in Libya, the 1947 Aleppo pogrom in Syria, attacks in Aden and Morocco, and systematic pressure in Egypt, Yemen, and elsewhere. Synagogues were burned, Jews were murdered or forced to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs, and ancient communities were erased. By the early 1970s, the Jewish presence in most Arab countries had been reduced to near zero.
This demographic catastrophe occurred alongside the rise of Islamist and rejectionist movements that rejected any Jewish sovereignty in the region.
### Modern Terrorist Groups and Explicit Ideology
Several organizations have combined classical antisemitic tropes (including citations of forged documents such as the *Protocols of the Elders of Zion*) with Islamist theology that portrays Jews as cursed or destined for destruction.
- **Hamas** (Islamic Resistance Movement): Its 1988 Covenant is unambiguous. Article 7 quotes a hadith attributed to Muhammad: “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.” The document frames the conflict as a religious struggle against Jews and calls for the obliteration of Israel. The 2017 “Document of General Principles and Policies” replaced some of the most explicit antisemitic language with references to “Zionists,” while still rejecting Israel’s existence “from the river to the sea” and affirming armed struggle. On October 7, 2023, Hamas and allied fighters killed approximately 1,200 people in southern Israel—mostly civilians—and took hostages. The attack included systematic sexual violence, burning of families, and targeting of civilians at a music festival and in kibbutzim. Genocide scholars and analysts have described the ideology and the massacre as evidencing genocidal intent.
- **Hezbollah**: Founded with Iranian support, Hezbollah’s 1985 Open Letter states that its struggle ends only when Israel is “obliterated.” Leaders have repeatedly used classic antisemitic language. Hassan Nasrallah said Jews are “the grandsons of apes and pigs” and that gathering them in Israel makes them easier to fight. Deputy leader Naim Qassem described Jews as a people with “evil ideas.” The group’s ideology treats the conflict as religious and aims at Israel’s elimination.
- **Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)**: This Iranian-backed group is committed to the destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamist Palestinian state. Its ideology frames the struggle in religious terms; leaders have stated that the conflict is over religion, not merely land, and that Jews remaining between the river and the sea remain enemies to be pursued and killed.
Other actors, including elements of the Iranian regime (the primary state sponsor of Hamas, Hezbollah, and PIJ) and groups such as Islamic State, have also promoted the killing of Jews as a religious duty, though their primary targets have varied.
These organizations have not succeeded in destroying the Jewish people or the State of Israel. Israel’s military capabilities, intelligence, and defensive measures have prevented the realization of their stated goals. The Jewish population of Israel has grown dramatically since 1948, and the remaining tiny Jewish communities in Arab countries live under severe restrictions or in secrecy.
### Featured Table: Key Terrorist Groups, Ideology, and Actions

| Group | Foundational Statements / Ideology | Notable Actions Against Jews/Israelis | Designation / Status |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| **Hamas** |
1988 Charter: Calls for killing Jews (hadith); destruction of Israel.
2017 document softens language but rejects Israel’s existence “from river to sea.” | Oct 7, 2023 massacre (~1,200 killed); suicide bombings; rocket attacks on civilians | U.S., EU, UK, others: Foreign Terrorist Organization |
| **Hezbollah** |
1985 manifesto: Struggle ends only when Israel is obliterated. Leaders call Jews “apes and pigs,” “evil,” and easier to kill when concentrated in Israel. | 1980s–2000s bombings & kidnappings; 2006 war; ongoing rocket & cross-border attacks | U.S., EU (military wing), others: Terrorist organization |
| **Palestinian Islamic Jihad** |
Destruction of Israel and establishment of Islamist state; conflict framed as religious duty against Jews. | Suicide bombings, rocket attacks, joint operations with Hamas | U.S., EU, others: Foreign Terrorist Organization |
| **Iranian Regime (sponsors)** | Official ideology calls for Israel’s elimination; funds and arms proxies. | Direct support for above groups; plots against Jews abroad | State sponsor of terrorism (U.S.) |
### Conclusion
The historical expulsion of nearly a million Jews from Arab and Muslim countries after 1948, combined with the explicit charters and statements of groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, constitutes a sustained pattern of eliminationist ideology directed at Jews as a people and at the only Jewish state. October 7, 2023, demonstrated that this ideology remains operational. Recognition of documented intent and actions is a prerequisite for any serious discussion of the conflict. The Jewish people survived these attempts; the groups that pursue them remain active threats.


