Israel’s top court ruled Thursday that while Morroco’s Jews may have suffered antisemitism during World War II, they are not eligible for compensation as Holocaust survivors.
Israel’s Nazi persecution law stipulates that those who suffered health issues as a result of Nazi persecution during the Holocaust will be entitled to benefits and compensation.
The plaintiffs had appealed a ruling of the Haifa District Court, which rejected their claim of Nazi persecution in Morocco.
The Supreme Court ruled that the deprivation of liberties and restrictions imposed on Moroccan Jews during the war did not meet the conditions set out in the law.
The justices said that the harm to Moroccan Jews was mainly economic and largely limited to their ability to integrate into the labor market, acquire education outside the Jewish community and choose their place of residence.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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Whatever the case may be, but the Israeli Supreme Judenrat Court has a chazoka of being incapable of justice.
Why has the Israeli government kept the money for themselves from the Holocaust victims until now? Now, after 75 years when most victims have already died they decided to start compensating Holocaust victims. How nice…
Good point.