▁ ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁following ▁the ▁declaration ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Israel , ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁government ▁declared ▁Z ion ism ▁a ▁capital ▁off ense ▁and ▁fired ▁Jews ▁in ▁government ▁positions . ▁In ▁his ▁aut obi ography , ▁S ass on ▁Some kh , ▁a ▁Bag hd adi ▁Jew , ▁wrote : ▁Em igration ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁or ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁was ▁inf re quent , ▁despite ▁the ▁growing ▁feeling ▁among ▁Ira qi ▁Jews ▁that ▁their ▁days ▁in ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁the ▁Two ▁R ivers ▁were ▁number ed . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁war ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁Palest ine ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁many ▁civil ▁servants ▁had ▁been ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁their ▁government al ▁jobs . ▁Com merce ▁had ▁decl ined ▁consider ably , ▁and ▁the ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁Far h ud , ▁which ▁had ▁mean while ▁f aded , ▁returned . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁writes , ▁" h undred s ▁of ▁Jews ... ▁were ▁sent enced ▁by ▁military ▁courts ▁to ▁long ▁prison ▁sentences ▁for ▁Z ion ist ▁and ▁Commun ist ▁activity , ▁both ▁real ▁and ▁imag ined . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁Bag hd adi ▁Jews ▁who ▁supported ▁the ▁Z ion ist ▁movement ▁began ▁to ▁ste al ▁across ▁the ▁border ▁to ▁Iran , ▁from ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁flow n ▁to ▁Israel ." ▁ ▁El ie ▁K ed our ie ▁writes ▁that ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁show ▁trial ▁of ▁Sh af i q ▁Ad es