The Moroccan Government was accused in two newspapers today of permitting the Jews in this country to hold an “excessive place” in the economy and of placing too many Jews in the Foreign Ministry.
“Alertness” against the Jewish community here and against the “dangers” of Zionism was sounded in an article in La Paix Africaine. This journal not only claimed that the place of Jews in the Moroccan economy is “excessive,” but said also that many Americans in Morocco serve as intermediaries between the Moroccan Government and Israel.
“Al Alam,” organ of the opposition Istiqlal Party, alleged that Foreign Minister Ahmed Beda Guedira has put “too many Jews” into the Foreign Ministry, and has entrusted the affairs of the Ministry “to foreigners and Jews.” In fact, only one Jew–M. Asseraf–heads a desk in the Foreign Ministry today. Not a single Jew has been named to a Foreign Ministry post since Morocco attained independence in 1956.
“At Alam” also criticized the Vatican, disagreeing with those Catholic prelates in the recent session of the Ecumenical Council who pressed for adoption of a Catholic Church schema which would absolve the Jews of responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus. The publication also criticized Pope Paul VI for his decision to visit the Holy Land.
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