Al Alam, the organ of the opposition Istiqlal party, which regularly publishes articles attacking Moroccan Jewry, published three more such attacks today.
One of the articles, noting that, in the Mellah (ghetto) of Rabat, Jewish owners close their shops on Saturdays, urged authorities to order the stores to remain open on that day. The second said there were 55 pharmacies in Morocco, of which 30 were owned by Jews, and that “this must cease.” The article said that, in Tunisia, 80 per cent of pharmacies belonged to Tunisian Moslems, and that “Tunisia does not regard Jews as Tunisian citizens.”
The third article discussed the draft declaration on Jews before the Ecumenical Council in Rome, and said that such proposals could “seriously affect relations” between Christians and Moslems.
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