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This report provides an overview of July 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 general strengthening of hostility against the Jews, who are held responsible for the present woes.

“Radio-Berlin broadcasts articles specially written for him by Emir Chekib Arslan, still based in Geneva and in which the famous Syrian leader violently attacks England, which accuses him of having concluded a secret pact with the Jews . “

In a violent diatribe against England, “the Iraqi announcer Younes Bahri speaks of the ex-General de Gaulle as” a salaried agent of the Jews “.

The natives are increasingly hostile to the Israelites accused (sometimes rightly) of speculating in commodities and storing gold, and held responsible for the war, in which they only participated small number. They are also often accused of scheming to “muddle the waters” between the colonists and the natives, in order to deflect the hostility of the latter against them.

In Algiers, some anti-Jewish leaflets are reported and in Blida handwritten leaflets with “Down with the Jews, Long live the Arabs, Long live France” have slipped under the doors of jewish stores. One of the windows of one of the stores was sprayed with fecal matter. “There is a rumor that several Jews, fearing the worst for themselves and their families, would think of fleeing to America. Others would have obtained weapons, either for their personal defense or to commit suicide in case they were forced to do so. only way out. “

“The most fantastic rumors are circulating about the treatment which would already be reserved for the Jews in the French zone occupied by the Germans: wearing of a yellow armband, elimination of all administrations, various brutalities …”

“Banknotes are circulating, from July 20, both in Algiers and inside, with a red stamp inscription“ Buy nothing from the Jews”. Similar facts had already been reported some time ago. years “.

“At the end of the month, and especially following the appointment of Governor General Abrial and the measures taken in France against certain Jews for abandoning their post, the conviction takes root in all circles that the Jews will” be put back in their place, “perhaps even by repealing the Crémieux Decree. This anti-Semitism is moreover even more accentuated in certain European circles than among the natives.”