[1] Deeply anti-Semitic and xenophobic, the political focus of the extreme right Pied-Noir settlers in Algeria was guided by the unrelenting torrent of violence between them and local Muslim population.
[5] The rift between continental republicanism and colonial politics deepened in the 1920s as anti-Republican movements like the Action Francaise (Af) and Jeunesses patriotes (JP) emerged in opposition to countless real or imagined enemies—communists, socialists, metropolitans, Muslims and Jews were all seen as acting against settler interests.
Even though AF and JP were established in continental France, they were not able to duplicate their success in Algeria due to their core position in support of French imperial monarchy.
[9] UL gained support under the anti-Semitic mayor Jules Molle who promoted the party through his paper Le Petit Oranais which was emblazoned with a swastika on its front page.
UL supporters were anti-semitic and xenophobic Algerians of European descent who opposed traditional right wing politics as much as left and center parties.