10 hours ago · A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property.

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 ...

Oct 21, 2025 · The descendants of two Jewish-Iraqi brothers are suing the French government for $33 million (£24.6 million) for using their family home as its embassy in Baghdad for over half a century...

Aerial view of the Lawee mansion in Baghdad, Iraq, built between 1935-1937, to house the families of brothers Ezra and Kehdouri Lawee, auto merchants, until they fled antisemitism in the 1950s and …

France appropriated the home of a displaced Jewish family and has used it as its embassy in Iraq for 50 years without paying the family a single euro in rent.

Jun 30, 2025 · However, in 1951, over 100,000 Jews were airlifted from Iraq. Most headed to Israel, but the Lawees left for Canada. "They had someone take care of the house after they left, and then in …

Jun 9, 2025 · The grandchildren of two Jewish brothers whose home in Baghdad was used as an embassy are suing the French government for more than £14.5 million in overdue rent.