The Moroccan National Radio today again accused the opposition and “left-wing elements” in Morocco of “conniving with the Zionists” in the controversy over recent repressive treatment of Moroccan Jews.
The charge was made in the journal of the radio which asserted that “attacks” on the issue against the Moroccan Government by the opposition had only one purpose: To give the Zionists grounds for organizing a press campaign against Morocco.
The Journal noted that one of the opposition members, Abdallah Ibrahim, former president of the Moroccan Council, recently gave an interview to “a Zionist organ” in Algiers which the journal asserted had been republished in Tel Aviv.
The caretaker of the Jewish cemetery in Casablanca, M. Khalfon, and another Jew who was with him, were arrested while traveling between Tangiers and Rabat; it was reported here today. The caretaker’s home in Casablanca was thoroughly searched by police who refused to give any information.
A report from Casablanca said today that unknown persons have distributed a tract throughout the Jewish quarter of the city appealing to the Moroccan Jewish community to “remain firm and have courage” in the face of the current deterioration of Moslemi Jewish relations.
The pamphlet appealed to Moroccan Jews to commemorate the memory of the 43 Moroccan Jewish men, women and children who drowned off the Moroccan coast on January 11 when their overloaded boat, the Price, capsized in a raging storm.
“While we know anti-Semitism contradicts the principles of Islam, ” the pamphlet declared, “there exist elements who are secretly bent on pursuing and humiliating us. ” In urging firmness and courage, the leaflet said, “the fight for your rights and liberties continues. “
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