March 06, 2005

Uprooting Morocco's Jews

I found this very interesting site whilst looking up the expression "human dust". It's a little bit quirky (Ben Gurion is referred to as President for example) but overall very good and the author seems like an earnest chap. Here's his take on the emigration of Jews from Morocco:
I believe that the emigration of Moroccan Jews was an uprooting of an entire population. As a whole, Moroccan Jews lived well with Muslims and under the Sultan, who is now known as King. Groups from outside the country disturbed these relations, turning Jews against Muslims and vice versa. These outside groups included: European and American governments; European and American Jewish Zionist and non-Zionist groups; and the Israeli Government. These groups may have believed they were acting in the best interests of the Jews. I believe, however, that they were more interested in using the Jews to pursue their own parochial agendas. An ambiguous attitude of the Moroccan nationalists and political parties toward integrating Jews into the political life of Morocco also facilitated the uprooting of the Jews.

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