On February 22, the Knesset adopted a law under which any Israeli government entering into peace talks must claim compensation for the estimated 856,000 Jews who were forced to leave Arab countries after the establishment of the State of Israel. This is great news. Western media is very eager to remind us of the 720,000 Arabs who left Palestine prior to the 1948 assault on Israel, but few journalists bother to remind us of the many Jews who were evicted from Middle Eastern countries where they had lived for many generations.

Remember this the next time you hear sob stories about evil Zionists forcing Palestinians to leave their country.