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This report provides an overview of June 1940 on the political activity of elected Muslim officials, reformist ulama, the Algerian People’s Party, etc. We can also read there information on the youth of the Algerian Muslim congress, the action of the European parties on the Natives, the native workers, the economic question, etc.

There is a noticeable revival of hostility among Muslims against Jews, accused of having supplied only a small number of combatants, of taking advantage of circumstances to monopolize goods and gold, and of speculating. They are also criticized for having shown no courage during the recent alarms and for having misbehaved in the towns of the interior where they had taken refuge in large numbers. Even arrives, often, to make them responsible for all the misfortunes of France and Algeria, and some French (former French Social Party) aren’t without awkwardly stoking this hostility “. The Jews subscribe in an important way for the National Defense (“the collection organized by Mr. Guemassia, of Algiers, brought in a few days more than 350,000 francs, a number of jewish traders having registered for 10,000 francs).

“The current upsurge in anti-Semitism is a very serious clue to which it is important to pay the greatest attention, both by keeping the Jews in their place, and by effectively ensuring their safety. incident between Arabs and Jews which risked starting a serious fire in this country. “

There is a “general propensity to take the Jew as a scapegoat: it was the war of the Jews, it is declared. They are the ones who dragged us into it. It is they who would have benefited if we had it. There were too many Jews among the leaders of France … From there to wanting revenge for the misfortune present on the Jews of Algeria, there would perhaps only be a quick step. it is important to take care “.