Moroccan Jewish Leader Protests Discrimination; Quits Important Post

David Azoulay, the secretary of the Casablanca Jewish community, announced today his resignation from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Casablanca as a protest against the discrimination directed against him by the Chamber.

The resignation was a protest against the action of the Chamber in relieving him of his post as secretary of the Chamber, in the recent worsening of Moslem-Jewish relations in Morocco, because he was a Jew.

Simultaneously, the Moroccan Radio again devoted its morning editorial to the Jewish problem in Morocco. The principal target of the broadcast was Abdallah Ibrahim, leader of the Moroccan opposition and former Premier. The commentator charged Ibrahim of “playing the game of the Zionist, the Israel Radio and Golda Meir, ” Israel’s Foreign Minister.

The commentator charged that the Israel Radio had denounced the Moroccan regime for its recent anti-Jewish activities and that the Israeli attack had been based on statements made by the Moroccan opposition. The Government Radio also charged opposition members with “working for foreign interests.”

In another broadcast, the Government Radio suggested that the Arab countries take up arms agains against “Israeli colonialists and world Zionism.” Commenting on the recent Arab Foreign Ministers Conference in Baghdad, the commentator also suggested that “to keep Israeli colonialism in check, ” the Arab countries should form “a single bloc.”

(The London press reported today that the Moroccan newspaper Al Mash Hadah published a letter from a reader which said: “If I had the chance I would not leave a single Jew on earth. I would go much further than Hitler and Eichmann, ” Below this letter the newspaper printed the comment, “To our great regret this is not possible, otherwise it would be amusing to see what the Jews would look like.”)