Reports reaching here from Morocco assert that “Jewish lives are in constant danger” there, and that conditions for Jews have become “intolerable” in a number of Moroccan cities. In Rabat, Jewish stalls and shops have been closed for two weeks for fear of Moslem gangs one report said.
A plea for speedy assistance for some 70,000 Moroccan Jews who have registered for immigration to Israel was voiced here today by Rabbi M. Fingerhut of Algiers, who reported on the situation of North African Jews to the joint world conference here of the Mizrachi and Hapoel Hamizrachi movements. Rabbi Fingerhut called for a “non-selective” immigration policy in Israel, warning that “we may be unable to accomplish tomorrow what can be accomplished today”
The conference set up a commission to consider the problem of North African immigration and to discuss with the Israel Government and the Jewish Agency urgent measures to bring North African immigrants to Israel immediately.
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