Two Moslem Anti-Semitic Murders In Morocco In Three Days
Two Jews have been murdered in Morocco over the past few days - and local Jewish communal leaders say that Moslem anti-Semites are on the loose again.
On Thursday, Albert Revivo, 55 - a wood trader and a respected member of the community - was shot as he was coming out of his store. Yesterday, Eli Afriat, 75, was stabbed while on his way to the synagogue; a high-ranking policeman told Jewish communal leaders that it was an anti-Semitic murder perpetrated by a Moslem.
A member of the Moroccan Jewish community told Army Radio this morning that they are "scared." He said that after the attack in Casablanca this past May, "the police caught 700 Moslems - a group that says they want to kill Jews and destroy Israel. The police continue to pursue them." Almost 30 people were killed in a series of terrorist bombings in the Moroccan city of Casablanca in May; none of the victims were Jews, but four of the bombed buildings were Jewish-owned.
He said that there are currently around 3,000 Jews in Morocco; other sources say there are 4-5,000. Asked if they are now thinking of coming to Israel, he said, "There can be no organized aliyah [immigration] because [of fear that this will endanger them]. Everyone wants to go where he has family..." He acknowledged that all Moroccan Jews have family in Israel. Ben Sheetrit, chairman of the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, declared after the Casablanca attacks, "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."
Two Jews have been murdered in Morocco over the past few days - and local Jewish communal leaders say that Moslem anti-Semites are on the loose again.
On Thursday, Albert Revivo, 55 - a wood trader and a respected member of the community - was shot as he was coming out of his store. Yesterday, Eli Afriat, 75, was stabbed while on his way to the synagogue; a high-ranking policeman told Jewish communal leaders that it was an anti-Semitic murder perpetrated by a Moslem.
A member of the Moroccan Jewish community told Army Radio this morning that they are "scared." He said that after the attack in Casablanca this past May, "the police caught 700 Moslems - a group that says they want to kill Jews and destroy Israel. The police continue to pursue them." Almost 30 people were killed in a series of terrorist bombings in the Moroccan city of Casablanca in May; none of the victims were Jews, but four of the bombed buildings were Jewish-owned.
He said that there are currently around 3,000 Jews in Morocco; other sources say there are 4-5,000. Asked if they are now thinking of coming to Israel, he said, "There can be no organized aliyah [immigration] because [of fear that this will endanger them]. Everyone wants to go where he has family..." He acknowledged that all Moroccan Jews have family in Israel. Ben Sheetrit, chairman of the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, declared after the Casablanca attacks, "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."