 The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands in the 20th century was a result of the expulsion and mass departure primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background from Arab and Islamic countries.The migration started in the late 19th century, but accelerated after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.According to official Arab statistics, 856,000 Jews left their homes in Arab countries from 1948 until the early 1970s.