al Jazeera, September 28, 2017
![Mizrahi Jews protest on Monday for the theft of their children and loved ones in the 1950s [Yuval Abraham/Al Jazeera]](http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/9/28/7f4a4f5227bd4121b0c7622ccd0ecf8e_18.jpg "Mizrahi Jews renew calls for justice over stolen babies")
After Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands in 1948, the state's leadership was concerned with physically guarding the empty territories and blocking Palestinian refugees' return to them.
[...] The wave of Mizrahi immigrants from Arab countries that joined the predominantly European society in the 1950s provided a solution [....]
Upon docking at Haifa's port, many Mizrahis were directly taken to these development towns, despite protests.
