The British mandate over Iraq came to an end in June 1930 , and in October 1932 the country became independent . The Iraqi government response to the demand of Assyrian autonomy ( the Assyrians being the indigenous Eastern Aramaic-speaking Semitic descendants of the ancient Assyrians and Mesopotamians , and largely affiliated to the Assyrian Church of the East , Chaldean Catholic Church and Syriac Orthodox Church ) , turned into a bloody massacre of Assyrian villagers by the Iraqi army in August 1933 . This event was the first sign to the Jewish community that minority rights were meaningless under Iraqi monarchy . King Faisal , known for his liberal policies , died in September 1933 , and was succeeded by Ghazi , his nationalistic anti-British son . Ghazi began promoting Arab nationalist organizations , headed by Syrian and Palestinian exiles . With 1936 – 39 Arab revolt in Palestine , they were joined by rebels , such as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem . The exiles preached pan-Arab ideology and fostered anti-Zionist propaganda
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Simele massacre
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries