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2010-07-13 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I visited Tangiers, Morocco in 1973 when my ship made a port call there. This was a few months before the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. We had several Jewish crew members aboard. The king at the time, Hassan II, had placed all Jews under his personal protection. (Most of the Jewish crew members still stayed aboard.) I don't know if the current king, Mohammed VI, has continued his father's policy, or if it actually meant anything in the first place.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-07-13 03:25|| 2010-07-13 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 The king at the time, Hassan II, had placed all Jews under his personal protection.

He was protecting them against his people, Rambler, who occasionally exercise their traditional religious rights against the dhimmis. The current king is equally enlightened, and doesn't understand any more than his father why this isn't properly appreciated by those who left. Half a century ago the king extended his personal protection over a quarter of a million Jews; The CIA estimates there are fewer than 6,500 remaining. The rest are in Israel, France, Canada, and the U.S., where they no longer need the king to protect them from his subjects.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-13 06:35|| 2010-07-13 06:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Question: How effective is the King's protection? What happens to anybody who attacked Jews in Morocco?

Posted by mom 2010-07-13 12:44|| 2010-07-13 12:44|| Front Page Top

#4 How effective is the King's protection?

If it were effective, I'd think most of Morocco's Jews would not have left, or would have returned when the king invited them back, mom. That kind of thing generally means that if the police catch the perpetrators, they are prosecuted. But that then depends on the police...

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-13 13:35|| 2010-07-13 13:35|| Front Page Top

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