Bruce, your post in response to mine is irrelevant to the point I was making. I was showing Joe that what he thinks is impossible, is, in fact, possible.

However, it was actions by the Israeli leadership that caused the Jews to leave the other countries in the region. Had it not been for those actions, those Jews would very likely still be in those places. Remember, it didn't serve the purposes of the Israeli leadership for Jews to remain in their countries of origin. They needed people to help them build their new country.