How many countries is Hanukkah celebrated in?

• I know Hanukkah isn't a national holiday or a religious holiday, but more of a cultural holiday, (please correct me if I'm wrong). I was wondering if there was information on ...show more

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  Jews celebrate Hanukkah in just about every country except for most of the Arab countries that summarily threw them out. [See chart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries%5D For some reason the world is silent on this and all of the property that was confiscated during this expulsion. All that matters is the poor Palestinians that are treated better by Israel than by the Arabs. Jordan massacred them in the '70s. All arab countries have made them remain "refugees" [they do not fit the UN definition of refugees] by refusing to allow them to become citizens. It is a little known fact that many of the so-called 1948 refugees weren't actually born in Palestine .The United Nations definition of "Palestinian refugee" is as follows: "Palestine refugees are persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict" This definition of a refugee also covers " the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948."1 In contrast of the United Nations definition of a “normal” (everybody else) "refugee" which is as follows:” owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country."2 In an amazing definition a Palestinian refugee is vastly different than a "normal" refugee. 1. http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA)- Palestine Refugee- 2. http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR) –The “Normal” defenition for refugee-