Following Friday night's string of bombings in Casablanca, Morocco, in which some 30 innocent people were killed, Israel's Minister of Absorption Tzippy Livni issued a call to the remaining Jews of Morocco. The terrorists, assumed to be members of Al-Qaeda, targeted two Jewish sites in their attacks, and Livni invited the Jewish community there to immigrate to Israel, pledging special assistance from the Jewish Agency.
Some 2,000 Jews still live in Morocco, 80% of them in Casablanca. Ben Sheetrit, Chairman of the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, told Ynet today, "The time has come for the last remaining Jews of Morocco to pack up their belongings and join the 700,000 Moroccan Jews who have immigrated to Israel and have been successfully absorbed by their people here."
Some 2,000 Jews still live in Morocco, 80% of them in Casablanca. Ben Sheetrit, Chairman of the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, told Ynet today, "The time has come for the last remaining Jews of Morocco to pack up their belongings and join the 700,000 Moroccan Jews who have immigrated to Israel and have been successfully absorbed by their people here."