Morocco will not oppose return of Moroccan Jews living in Israel

Morocco will not oppose the return of Moroccan Jews living in Israel who wish to, speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, told an Arab daily.

In an interview with "Asharq Al-Awsat" published in London, the Moroccan official explained that Morocco does not object that Moroccan jews who have settled in Israel return home if they wish to, because Moroccan laws do not deprive a Moroccan from his/her nationality regardless of where they are living or the citizenship they acquired.

There is no obstacle for a Moroccan wishing to return to Morocco, whether he is a jew or a christian, he went on. He added that Arab states have to ask Israel for compensations for thousand of hundreds of Arab jews who emigrated to Israel.

For Radi, this "human richness" that was born, brought up and educated in Arab countries and then emigrated to Israel.

According to Israeli "Yediot Aharonot" daily, 64 % of Moroccan jews living in Israel wish to go back to Morocco, 79% of these emigrants are still keeping their Moroccan citizenship.