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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Yemenite Children affair

The grave of Yosef Melamed, at the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery, Tel Aviv. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
September 25, 2022, 12:56 pm
Fate of Yemenite baby determined after DNA from exhumed body matches relatives’
Forensic scientists confirm grave belongs to Yosef Melamed, whose remains were the first of 9 due to be tested as part of probe into Yemenite children affair
By ToI Staff
Forensic teams exhumes the grave of Yosef Melamed at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery on July 27, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 9, 2022, 6:52 pm
Experts said to identify DNA from remains exhumed in state kidnapping probe
Genetic profile successfully reconstructed for first time in Yemenite Children Affair; results to be compared with Yosef Melamed’s relatives to see if exhumed remains belong to him
By ToI Staff
Forensic team exhumes the grave of Yosef Melamed at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery on July 27, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 27, 2022, 11:23 am
Grave of alleged disappeared Yemenite baby exhumed: ‘Any answer won’t be sufficient’
Some immigrants from Middle Eastern and North African countries claim their babies were kidnapped in the 1940s and 1950s after authorities said they had died
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest as they mark a memorial and awareness day of the Yemenite Children Affair in Jerusalem on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
July 24, 2022, 9:25 pm
Grave of alleged disappeared Yemenite baby to be exhumed Wednesday
Mother of Yosef Melamed, who according to records died in 1948, believes her son is alive since she received a military draft letter for him in 1963
By ToI Staff
Israeli forensic team members open Uziel Khoury's grave to take a DNA sample at the Segula Cemetery in Petah Tikva on May 23, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Pool via Flash90)
May 25, 2022, 3:45 am
Second body found in exhumation of grave of suspected ‘kidnapped’ Yemenite child
Excavation halted following discovery, with Uziel Houri’s family requesting the court allow it to continue; officials said preparing to dig up nine additional graves
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of the exhumation of Uziel Houri, the son of Yemenite immigrants, whose family rejects official records that he died of illness as a baby in 1952. The grave was opened in Petah Tikva, on May 23, 2022. (Twitter)
May 23, 2022, 12:33 pm
In historic first, alleged ‘disappeared’ Yemenite baby exhumed
Sister of Uziel Houri, who according to records died in 1952, says she has doubts as to whether answers will be found regarding her brother’s fate
By ToI Staff
Leader of the opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 19, 2022, 2:05 pm
Daily Briefing May 19: Likud battles over IDF bill; change in Haredi community?
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses parliamentary battles and negotiations; reporter Amy Spiro deep-dives into the aftermath of the Chaim Walder abuse scandal
By ToI Staff
A memorial and awareness day for Yemenite children said to have disappeared in Israel's formative years, in Jerusalem on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2022, 5:24 am
MKs push to release report of Health Ministry’s action in Yemenite children affair
Unpublished report by former deputy director general Prof. Itamar Grotto is rejected by ministry’s legal adviser during turbulent Health Committee hearing
By ToI Staff
Yemenite Jewish children and their toys in the Hashed camp near Aden, Yemen. 1949. (David Eldan/GPO photo archive)
May 15, 2022, 10:14 pm
For first time, grave of alleged ‘disappeared’ Yemenite baby to be exhumed
At request of surviving family, authorities plan to take DNA sample next week in effort to determine if interred child really is Uziel Houri, who was said to have died in 1952
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest as they mark a memorial and awareness day of the Yemenite Children Affair in Jerusalem on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2021, 2:57 pm
Families of disappeared Yemenite children demand state open secret files
Relatives decry ‘hush money,’ say they just want the truth, after cabinet approves NIS 162 million settlement over kids who vanished after arriving in the country in 1950s
By ToI Staff
Jews of Aden, Yemen, awaiting evacuation to Israel on November 1, 1949. (GPO/Public domain)
February 22, 2021, 2:53 pm
Government expresses ‘regret,’ will compensate for disappeared Yemenite children
Cabinet approves NIS 162 million settlement for families whose kids vanished after arriving in the country in 1950s; but no official apology for what happened
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Children being airlifted from Yemen in Operation Magic Carpet, in front of an Alaskan Airlines plane. (Courtesy AJM)
December 24, 2019, 1:30 pm
High Court says lawsuit on disappeared Yemenite children should be heard
Families suing the state for responsibility over 11 kids who vanished after arriving in the country in 1950s; justices cite ‘worrying concerns about pattern of action’
By ToI Staff
Yifat Bitton, co-founder and chair of Tmura, the Israeli Anti-Discrimination Center, gave the keynote address at the first-ever Mizrahi Legal Studies conference at Harvard Law School, held on December 10 and 11, 2019. (Rich Tenorio/ Times of Israel)
December 13, 2019, 12:56 am
Harvard hosts first-ever conference for emerging field of Mizrahi legal studies
Diverse speakers and listeners including Palestinians and Israelis, participate in inaugural confab for those seeking to curb inequality for Israel’s Middle Eastern Jews
By Rich Tenorio
Screen capture from video of activist Uzi Mushalem. (YouTube)
October 26, 2019, 8:34 am
Ministers meet over posthumous pardon for ‘Yemenite children’ activist
Ohana, Gamliel talk with son of Uzi Mushalem, who was jailed over 1994 deadly standoff during campaign to uncover the fate of thousands of infants allegedly kidnapped by state
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Children being airlifted from Yemen in Operation Magic Carpet, in front of an Alaskan Airlines plane. (Courtesy AJM)
From the WebFebruary 20, 2019, 6:49 pm
The disappeared children of Israel
A New York Times photo essay looks at the new generation of Yemenite Israelis demanding answers for families who say their children were abducted by the state in the 1950s
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