Last Afghan Jew Finally Reaches Israel
Zablon Simintov, the last Jew from Afghanistan, arrived in Israel on Monday with the help of a Jewish Agency.
Zablon Simintov, the last Jew from Afghanistan, arrived in Israel on Monday with the help of a Jewish Agency.
According to Israel's Kan network, Simintov went to Türkiye after the Taliban came to power, and after living there for three years, he finally arrived in Israel on Monday.
Simintov, who was forced to leave Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul, in an exclusive interview with Kan 11, said that he was in danger every day and had taken care of the only synagogue in Kabul for a long time, but after the Taliban takeover, he had no choice but to leave Afghanistan.
Simintov was shifted to Türkiye with the support of an American Jewish man named Mordechai Kahana, where he remained for three years. During this time, he continued to look for an opportunity to immigrate to the United States, but encountered administrative problems.
In the interview, he also spoke of his desire to go to Israel to visit his friends.
The Jewish Agency, which facilitated Simintov's immigration to Israel, declined to comment on the details of the case, saying that it could not comment on his specific situation.
