jewish issue
I've travelled extensively in Morocco, Mauritania and Mali as a Jew. I've been welcome everywhere and treated with more respect that in some parts of Europe.
Morocco is a very moderate Islamic state. They have low level diplomatic relations with Israel through representative offices.
Mauritania is the only Islamic country in the world which has an Israeli embassy not as a result of a peace treaty. The other two are Egypt (Camp David 1979) and Jordan (Washington 1993 - i might be wrong. don't quote me on this one.) In Mauritania there are Israeli investments and business people working. Even if you have an Israeli stamp in your passport you'll be fine.
In Mali and Senegal they practice a very tolerant and friendly version of Islam. One time I had lunch at a high level government official's private residence. The man was a devout muslim who made the Haj several times. When I told him that I was Jewish, he said that this should be an example for the rest of the world. A jew and a muslim should always be able to sit at the same table and have lunch without any issues. To me that sums up the Jewish question in West Africa.
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