Talk:History of the Jews in Namibia

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Did you know... that the first Jews in Namibia settled there in the 1800s?

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Because of independence?[edit]

I'm at a loss as to how the first sentence in the "History (1965–present)" section makes sense:

Because the League of Nations mandate for Namibia was cancelled by the United Nations and the fact that Namibia became independent, the Jewish population in Namibia dramatically declined since 1965 [...]^[1]

I see that it is a paraphrase of the provided source, which also gives no further explanation. I can imagine why someone would leave when a country status changes from "mandated" to "occupied", but how does that apply when a country becomes independent? --Pgallert (talk) 06:25, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Namibia: Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

[jewishvirtuallibrary1-1] "Namibia: Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

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