Synopsis A Jewish Iraqi family is suing France for 22 million dollars. They claim France occupied their Baghdad mansion as an embassy for decades without paying rent. The family alleges France benefited from Iraq's antisemitic laws that dispossessed Jewish owners. The lawsuit highlights the plight of Iraqi Jews forced to flee their homeland. More than 60 years ago, the French government rented a stately mansion in Baghdad from a Jewish Iraqi family and set up its embassy there. France still uses the building as its embassy, but it has not paid rent to the family in decades. Now, the family...
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