Casablanca police carried out a night raid in the Jewish quarter in which they systematically detained Jewish children wearing blue and white skull caps and arrested some 20 Jewish youth, it was reported here today.
The police action coincided with the arrival in Casablanca of President Nasser of the United Arab Republic for the African “summit” conference. Police even arrested M. Toblay, brother of the president of the Jewish community in Sefrout, because he was wearing a blue tie with his white shirt. He was released on intervention by Max Loeub of the Casablanca Municipal Council.
The raids, which caused a deep stir among Moroccan Jews, apparently were carried out in other parts of Morocco as well.
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