Yahya Zagury

Yahia Zagury (; ; 1878–1959) was a leader of the Jewish community in Morocco, adviser to French in Morocco Hubert Lyautey, and inspector of Jewish institutions (1919–1937) under French colonial rule. He supported French rule in Morocco and opposed Zionism.

Biography He was born in Casablanca in 1878. He worked as a tarjuman in the French consulate in Casablanca. In 1907, in the French bombardment and invasion of Casablanca, Zagury guided French forces through the medina to the French consulate, where Europeans had taken refuge and were under siege. Zagury was then decorated with the Legion of Honour, accorded French citizenship, and appointed as an advisor to Hubert Lyautey. Zagury was involved in these changes and took the position of inspector general of Jewish institutions, created on June 23, 1919, which reported to the French Protectorate's Directorate of Indigenous Affairs. He occupied this post from 1919 to 1937. delegate in Morocco, sought to get German Jewish refugees interned by the French colonial authorities as enemy foreign nationals released, but without success.

(1932–1940), a francophone publication, was established in Casablanca to speak for Zagury and other , Jewish notables who supported the and opposed Zionism.