Following the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel in December last year, trade exchanges have increased between the two countries. This is indicated by data from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
The Israeli group Mehadrin plans to settle in Morocco to grow avocados. In this regard, it announces that it has concluded a joint venture with a Moroccan producer.
Algeria’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Morocco continues to elicit reactions. After the Arab League, France, Israel , it is now the turn of Saudi Arabia and the United States to react.
The statements of the Israeli Foreign Minister during his historic visit to Rabat are one of the grievances for which Algeria says it has severed diplomatic ties. Israel rejects these accusations and calls on Algiers to "focus" on its economic "problems".
Joseph Oded, Israel’s ambassador to Kenya, believes that the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and the Hebrew state is a "natural" decision due to the cultural and historical ties between the two countries, through the large Jewish community of Moroccan origin.
Hassan Kaabia, spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says that the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, will travel to Israel in the coming days to open the liaison office in Tel Aviv. An office that will then be transformed into an embassy.
King Mohammed VI sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in response to his letter delivered by Yair Lapid last week. A message in which he welcomes the diplomatic advances between Morocco and Israel.
During a meeting chaired by the Algerian head of state, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Wednesday, the High Security Council (HCS) accuses the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia (MAK) and the Rachad movement, classified as "terrorist organizations" and considered to be protected by Morocco and Israel, of being responsible for the deadly fires that ravaged the north of the neighboring country and the death of Djamel Bensmail, a 35-year-old man, lynched in Larbaâ Nath Irathen.
Ram Ben Barak, former No. 2 of the Mossad, also president of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Knesset, made revelations about the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel on the sidelines of the historic visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister .
Algeria has reacted to the statements of Yaïr Lapid, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Rabat. On the sidelines of his historic visit to Morocco , the latter said he was concerned "about the role played by" the neighbor to the east "in the region, its rapprochement with Iran and the campaign it has waged against the admission of Israel as an observer member of the African Union."
The city of Marrakech , with its charm and cultural diversity, continues to welcome hundreds of Israeli tourists since the launch of direct commercial flights between Israel and Morocco.
Morocco and Israel have decided to transform their liaison offices into official embassies within two months. The kingdom has already chosen the city where its embassy will be located.