Warnings against the possible persecution of Jews in Algeria by the Moslem majority there, after Algeria becomes independent of France, were voiced here last night by a group of experts participating in a radio discussion on Station WNEW, entitled “The Algerian Jew: The Man in the Middle.”
The warnings came after one of the participants in the panel, Abdel A. Chanderli, permanent representative in New York for the provisional Algerian Nationalist Government, declared that, while Algerian Jews will be “welcome to stay,” some Jews may face prosecution for having been lined up on the side of the OAS, the French rebel underground opposed to an independent Algeria. “Some members of the Jewish minority,” he said, had lined up with the European killing Moslems in Algeria, stating “it is even acknowledged by many Jews.”
Senators Jacob K. Javits and Kenneth B. Keating, members of the panel, advocated the need for international aid to those Algerian Jews who wish to emigrate either to France or to Israel. Other participants in the radio discussion included Samuel Blumenfeld, secretary of the American Committee for France and Algeria; Dr. William Korey, of the B’nai B’rith International Council; and Hal Lehrman, journalist. They were gloomy on the future of the Jews in Algeria.
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