A Jewish Agency spokesman conceded today that the phenomenon of the Black Panther movement in Israel has adversely affected immigration prospects among French-speaking Jews from Canada. Many who had planned to settle in Israel this summer are now waiting for the report of a 50-man mission of Jews from Quebec sent to investigate aliya prospects, the spokesman said. The group is paying special attention to the question of social unrest in the wake of Black Panther demonstrations in recent weeks. The Panthers, Jerusalem slum youths of North African and Asian origin, have been protesting against squalid living conditions and alleged discrimination against Jews of Oriental origin in housing, education and employment. They have adopted the name of the militant American Black Panther Party but have no known connection with that organization.
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