Morocco is going through tense times with Europe. Since last week, it has been accused of having spied using the Israeli software Pegasus on the phones of French President Emmanuel Macron as well as those of several personalities. The kingdom has already fallen out with Germany on the Sahara issue and with Spain after the reception of Brahim Ghali.
Bernard Squarcini, former director of French domestic intelligence, says that "Morocco has no interest in spying on Emmanuel Macron" using the Israeli software Pegagus. He is counting on the technical and international judicial investigation that will be conducted to shed light on this case.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is at the top of the high-level airlines in terms of health safety in the Maghreb. This emerges from the latest "Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating" ranking by the international air transport rating agency, Skytrax.
Judicial offensive by Morocco following the accusations made against it for espionage via the Pegasus software. The Moroccan authorities have filed a complaint in France against the media that revealed or denounced the case.
Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi is in Tel Aviv where he will participate with PSG in the French Super Cup called the "Trophée des Champions". It will pit this season’s Ligue 1 champion Lille against PSG, the Coupe de France winner.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that France did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights by refusing to grant asylum to a Moroccan who applied for it on the basis of alleged fears of persecution due to his Sahrawi origins and his activism for this cause.
Rachida Dati , former Keeper of the Seals, current mayor (LR) of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, has been indicted for her consulting services to the former CEO of the Renault-Nissan alliance, Carlos Ghosn. She allegedly received 900,000 euros in fees between 2010 and 2012 while she was a lawyer and a member of the European Parliament.
A turnaround in Gennevilliers. Imam Mehdi, who occasionally officiated at the Gennevilliers mosque, has just filed a complaint against French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin for "abuse of power". The Interior Minister had ordered the dismissal of the Imam last week for sexist remarks.
The head of the Moroccan government spoke out on the Pegasus affair during a television program. El Othmani denounced the organizations Forbidden Stories, Amnesty International and the media consortium publisher of the controversial study on the Pegasus software, which, according to him, are targeting Morocco .
While the diplomatic double crisis between Rabat and Berlin and Madrid persists and Morocco is accused of having targeted 10,000 numbers including that of French President Emmanuel Macron using the Israeli Pegasus software, Germany tends to pour oil on the fire. The German Institute for International and Security Affairs calls on the European Union to reduce Morocco’s hegemony over Algeria and Tunisia.
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about the Pegasus software that Morocco is said to have used to target his number and those of other personalities.
Chakib Benmoussa, Morocco’s ambassador to France, assures that his country did not spy on French President Emmanuel Macron or former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe or members of the government. According to the revelations of the investigation by Forbidden Stories and its partners, the kingdom is accused of having targeted the numbers of journalists, activists and personalities using the Israeli software Pegasus.