Morocco is said to have entered into negotiations with Israel Aerospace Industries to acquire the Barak-8 medium-range surface-to-air missile system, capable of shooting down aircraft, missiles and drones at a distance of 50 to 70 kilometers.
Since the normalization of their relations, Morocco and Israel are working to develop their economic cooperation. Israeli companies operating in the field of renewable energies want to conquer the Moroccan market but also markets in the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has decided to cancel the summit to mark the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords signed between Israel and four Arab countries, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
In total, 31% of Moroccans say they are in favor of the agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. This is revealed by an Arab barometer survey conducted in the MENA region.
The food delivery app "Haat" ("bring" in Arabic), which until now has operated exclusively in the Arab and predominantly rural sector in Israel, plans to offer its services abroad, including in Morocco.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Yemeni resistance movement Ansarullah, says the Palestinian people consider the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries, namely the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain and Sudan, as "a betrayal of their cause".
Nearly 200 people demonstrated on Monday in Rabat against the deadly clashes between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and against the normalization of relations between Morocco and the Jewish state.
The Moroccan Front for Support to Palestine and Against Normalization organized a sit-in on Sunday in Casablanca , during which it denounced the "neutral" position of Moroccan diplomacy on the situation in the Gaza Strip.
The serious deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip is a concern for Morocco, which "calls for avoiding further escalation and restoring calm".
Mushi Halioua, a septuagenarian, is the only Jew still living in the "mellah" (Jewish quarter) of Marrakech, where he runs a fabric shop and welcomes Israeli tourists who come to say hello to him.
During a working visit to Morocco, Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, head of the Israeli police, expressed the wish for cooperation between the two countries to track down Israeli fugitives on Moroccan territory.
During a working visit to Morocco this week, the head of the Israeli police, Yaakov Shabtai, was received on Tuesday by the Director General of Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi .