The Board of Jewish Deputies of Morocco issued a statement today hailing the return to France of Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, former Sultan of Morocco, from two years of exile on Madagascar. The statement said the Jews of Morocco joined their Moslem countrymen in asking Ben Youssef’s return to the throne as the “legitimate sovereign” of Morocco.
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