THE DISPLACEMENT OF JEWS FROM ARAB COUNTRIES It has been argued that as a result of Israels creation under United Nations Resolution  and the ensuing conflict that hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab countries were displaced and that the influx of these displaced Jews and their descendants now constitute  of the present day Israel population if Thomas Friedman httpquerynytimescomgstfullpagehtmlresBDEDCFFFACA is correct Such a demographic shift and its causes would surely impact the politicalcultural makeup of Israel and should be noted