A number of Moroccan Jews have received instructions to report for duty in the Moroccan army, it was reported here today from Casablanca. The report also said that the political atmosphere for Jews continued to improve, and that life in the Moroccan Jewish communities was returning to normal despite a continuing general hostile press toward Jews.
The newspaper, II Opinion, has called for a Moslem boycott of Jewish business, but the effect of the call has been diminishing. The army call-up was expected to act as a contributory factor in increasing Jewish migration from Morocco.
Since Israel’s Six-Day War, when Morocco, as a Moslem state, supported the Arabs both at home and at the United Nations, the situation of the Jewish community in Morocco has been steadily deteriorating. Jewish civil servants, some holding high posts, have been dismissed or forced out of their jobs. Leading rabbis and some of the leading Jewish merchants in the country have emigrated, many to Israel, some to this country.
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