Moroccan Jews were reported here today to be still experiencing difficulties in obtaining passports for travel abroad, despite promises by the late King Mohammed V and the late Interior Minister Si Bekkai that such restrictions would be removed.
Meyer Obadia, president of the Casablanca Jewish Community, was forced to intercede with Moroccan authorities to obtain a passport for an elderly Jewish woman, Mrs. Esther Zohar, suffering from a grave eye disease, after her son, Albert Zohar, found too many obstacles placed in his path when he tried to get his mother a passport to travel to Barcelona to consult an eye specialist.
The Moroccan authorities finally issued the passport when Mr. Obadia intervened after the son failed to get satisfaction even from the Governor of Casablanca. The case is only one of many where the promise of the late King to Jews to permit their traveling abroad is not being honored by the Moroccan authorities.
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