Salah Ben Youssef, Moslem nationalist leader who reportedly was designated by Egypt to lead an anti-Israel campaign in North Africa, said in an interview today that he is an “enemy of racism and injustice.” Ben Youssef, chief opposition leader to Habib Bourgaiba, within the Neo-Destour movement, said that all inhabitants of Tunis, “Jews included,” are Tunisian brothers if they fulfill their duties to their country.
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