Israel to seek USD 250 bn from Middle East for Jewish assets

Israel to seek USD 250 bn from Egypt, other Arab countries, for Jewish assets: Cooperation on Sinai, however, does not mean that Israel won’t try to reign in the worst impulses of hardliners in the Israeli government. Israel is trying to reclaim back USD 250 bn-worth of assets left behind by Jewswho fledor were forced out of Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries during the rise of the Israeli state, Bloomberg reported. The Israeli government has hired an international accounting firm to put a number on the lost assets amid expected US backing, the newswire cited a report by Israel’s Hahadashot TV as saying. Israel will reportedly seek USD 50 bn from Tunisia and Libya and USD 200 bn from Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Yemen. No further details were provided.