Charges that the Government of Morocco is “doing nothing for the Jews” and that it is anti-Semitic were made here by a Moroccan Moslem, Said Ghallab, who is a cousin of the editor-in-chief of Al Alam, organ of the Istiqlal Party in Morocco.
The charges appeared in an article by Mr. Ghallab in Modern Times, the monthly review directed by Jean-Paul Sartre, the famous French author and philosopher. The author protested against the Moroccan Government’s ban against Jews in administrative posts, and charged that, recently, teaching posts and other employment have been denied to Jews.
“The Moroccan Jew,” the writer said, “feels himself insecure. His insecurity is total. He can be imprisoned at any moment, he can be assassinated, he can be burned to death.” Supporting the latter charge, the writer pointed out that, during the recent Ramadan festival, a Moroccan Moslem seized a Jew and burned him alive “before a crazed and hungry mob.” The atrocity was perpetrated, he stated, because the Moslem opposed his son’s love affair with the Jew’s daughter.
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