
Israeli Diplomat Departs Morocco Amid Rising Israel-Palestine Tensions
Israeli chargé d’affaires David Govrin would have left Morocco for Israel. Since last Monday, tensions have again been high between the Hebrew state and Palestine.

Israeli chargé d’affaires David Govrin would have left Morocco for Israel. Since last Monday, tensions have again been high between the Hebrew state and Palestine.

Palestine has been going through dark times for the past few days with the escalation of violence. There are even injured and dead among the children. A family man based in Morocco is pleading for his three children who remain in Palestine and is asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Palestinian Embassy to bring them to Morocco.

The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) accused the co-chair of Ecolo Rajae Maouane , author of a controversial publication, of inciting anti-Semitic hatred. The Belgian-Palestinian Association (ABP), the Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium (UPJB) and the non-profit organization De-colonizer are defending the official.

The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) accused on Wednesday the Belgian of Moroccan origin Rajae Maouane of inciting "anti-Semitic hatred" for having shared a photo accompanied by a song about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. False! retorts the co-president of Ecolo, "deeply hurt".

Karim Sader, a political scientist specializing in the Gulf countries, believes that Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, who have normalized their relations with Israel, are "hostages of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." Since May 7, the escalation of violence has further increased between the Hebrew state and Palestine.

The embassies of Israel and Morocco in Madrid will organize this Monday, the Jewish Passover and the end of the Ramadan fasting month. A first joint commemoration since the restoration in December of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The recent violence observed in Al Quds Acharif and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a concern for the Moroccan government. This is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made known this Sunday.

Tensions between Morocco and Algeria are far from subsiding. Salah Goudjil, President of the Algerian Senate, said that the actions of the kingdom "are known, and this, from the day after independence, in particular through its expansionist tendencies" and that normalization with Israel is "a scarecrow".

The Rabat-Tel Aviv diplomatic axis, reactivated last December, is promising and shows a strong determination to consolidate bilateral ties between the two countries on all levels, as confirmed by the Moroccan Foreign Minister in a recent interview with an American media.

The draft law on the legal use of cannabis is pending examination in parliament. In anticipation of the adoption of this text, several Israeli economic operators have already expressed their interest in investing in this field in Morocco.

Fattal Hotel Group, one of the major Israeli hotel groups, is about to set up in Morocco. Since the resumption of diplomatic relations, cooperation between the two countries is strengthening day by day, in key sectors such as tourism, agriculture and many others.

Morocco is the safest country to visit in Africa during this health crisis period, according to a study conducted by Manuel Aguilar, a biomedical engineer at the University of Malaga in Spain.