The Political Bureau of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has dispelled speculations about its intention to submit a draft bill to forfeit nationality from Jews of Moroccan origin living in Israeli settlements. The Party’s Spokesperson confirmed that the legal measure against the Moroccan Jews in Israeli settlements was not on the agenda. And during a meeting on January 4 in Paris with the Secretary General of the Federation of Moroccan Jews in France, Simon Skira, PAM’s Secretary General, Ilyas El Omari, promised to withdraw the draft bill. Ilyas El Omari had promised Hamas leader Khalid Mishaal, who was on a recent visit to Morocco, to table a draft bill at the Parliament to withdraw the Moroccan nationality from Israeli settlers. The draft bill had triggered a backlash from Moroccan Jewish figures who denounced an unfeasible legal move that bears prejudice to the Moroccan Jewish community.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 13, 2018 14:26 UTC