Morocco has been steadily increasing its military budget in recent years. This year, the kingdom plans to invest nearly 5 billion euros in the modernization and strengthening of its army, which represents 4% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Many Moroccans responded to the call of the National Action Group for Palestine, which organized, on the occasion of Al-Quds Day on Friday, a sit-in in front of the Parliament in Rabat , to denounce the daily incursions and attacks against the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli forces, on the one hand, and to criticize the Negev summit attended by the foreign ministers of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt and the United States in southern Israel, on the other.
FC Barcelona has denied putting pressure on Abde Ezzalzouli to remove his post on his Instagram account denouncing Israeli attacks against Palestine.
In Morocco, a violent altercation took place at the airport between Israelis who were about to board an Israir flight to Israel. The plane was able to take off after the intervention of the security personnel.
In Morocco, more than 40 demonstrations were held last Friday in the kingdom to denounce the daily incursions and attacks against the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli forces, during this month of Ramadan.
Moroccan international Abdessamad Ezzalzouli reacted through an Instagram post to the incursion of Israeli forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This post has provoked strong reactions from Israeli media and Internet users.
Morocco has welcomed more than 15,000 Israelis, who have come to celebrate the Jewish Passover, known as Pessah, which takes place this year from April 15 to 23, symbolizing the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt liberated by Moses from slavery.
In recent years, Morocco has strengthened its army with the acquisition of Chinese or Turkish drones, which it does not hesitate to use against the Polisario. This is evidenced by the recent attack on the border between the Sahara and Mauritania.
Morocco has reacted to the incursion of Israeli forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. They closed the doors of the place of worship, assaulted worshippers inside the mosque and on its esplanades. The toll is about a hundred injured.
Dozens of Moroccans demonstrated on Friday in Rabat to denounce the Israeli intervention in East Jerusalem, on the esplanade of the mosque, which left at least 153 Palestinian injured.
Israeli tour operators denounce the increase in fares for direct flights between Morocco and Israel operated by the airlines Royal Air Maroc and El AL.
Morocco has received advanced Israeli missile defense systems. This reception follows an agreement signed between Rabat and Tel Aviv last year.