
Israeli Arms Exports Soar, but Morocco Halts Purchases Amid Gaza Conflict
While Israeli arms sellers have posted record highs for the third consecutive year, exports to Morocco have plummeted.

While Israeli arms sellers have posted record highs for the third consecutive year, exports to Morocco have plummeted.

Fewer and fewer Moroccans approve of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. This is revealed by a survey by the Arab Barometer.

While the Moroccan people and the Moroccan authorities, in particular King Mohammed VI, continue to defend the Palestinian cause since the outbreak of the war between Hamas and Israel, Morocco is the target of a defamation campaign from Algeria.

The Moroccan Front for Support to Palestine and Against Normalization with the Hebrew State maintains a constant vigil. It calls on Moroccan government leader Aziz Akhannouch to prevent the passage of arms shipments destined for Israel.

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu reiterated Israel’s recognition of Morocco’s Sahara after causing an uproar in Rabat by showing a map of Morocco without the Sahara during an interview broadcast on LCI.

Accused of supporting the Israeli army in its current offensive in the Gaza Strip, the American brand McDonald’s is the target of a boycott campaign in Western Asia and Europe that is having a negative impact on its activities. KFC is not spared either.

The United States would plan to set up a peacekeeping force in Gaza at the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Morocco should be part of it.

Many Moroccans have called on social media to boycott the Mawazine Rythmes du Monde festival, in solidarity with Gaza.

In Morocco, student and faculty demonstrations supporting the Palestinian cause against Israeli action in Gaza are hardening in universities. They call for the cancellation of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the kingdom and Tel Aviv and the cancellation of all academic agreements concluded by Moroccan university institutions with their Israeli counterparts.

The sale of the ultra-sophisticated SeaGuardian military drones to Morocco, negotiated as part of the normalization of the kingdom’s relations with Israel in exchange for the United States’ recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara, is taking shape.

In partnership with Israel, Morocco is preparing to launch a drone manufacturing plant. The kingdom aims to become the first African producer of drones .

Morocco aims to become a weapons producing and exporting country. It is relying on countries like Israel, the United States and Brazil to establish a solid military industry.