Seven Jews were killed in the murderous French-Moslem fighting in Algeria this week, it was reported today. Three of the Jewish victims were killed in Algiers, three in Oran and one in Bone.
A Jew in Oran, Albert Levy, a cafe owner, was sentenced by French authorities to five years’ imprisonment for selling grenades and guns to Moslem underground rebels. He said he had done so under threats by Moslem terrorists against him and his family.
Jewish communities in various Algerian towns urged rabbis to abandon their immigration plans because of the difficulties of replacing them.
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