The Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Saaïd Amzazi , had a telephone conversation on Wednesday evening with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Galant. The two officials agreed to set up exchange programs for students from both countries.
Israel has announced the organization of educational trips between Morocco and Israel for their students. They will allow Israeli students to learn "the great history of Morocco, from an educational and social point of view".
A Moroccan singer was arrested in Kuwait because of a duet with an Israeli artist. Sanaa Mohamed had meanwhile received death threats.
Moroccan singer Sanaa Mohamed received death threats for collaborating musically with Israeli artist Elkana Marziano. She had to "go into hiding".
Abderrahim Beyyoudh, head of the Moroccan delegation on a mission in Israel, took up his duties on Tuesday in Tel Aviv. He thus becomes the 1st head of the Moroccan Liaison Office in Israel after the signing of the agreement relaunching diplomatic relations between the two countries.
David Govrin, Israel’s chargé d’affaires in Rabat, announced on Sunday, February 7, that direct flights between Morocco and Israel will be launched within two months. This will mark another step in the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Two weeks after the reopening of the Israeli diplomatic mission in Rabat, an important Moroccan delegation traveled to Tel Aviv on Sunday morning to officially inaugurate the new diplomatic representation.
Abderrahim Bayoud, this is the name that is mentioned to head the Moroccan liaison office in Tel Aviv, Israel. If his appointment is confirmed, he should join his post in a few days.
Arrived in Rabat at the beginning of last week, the head of the Israel office has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to "expanding its bilateral ties with Moroccans." Tel Aviv wants to restore its diplomatic relations with Morocco as soon as possible, the Israeli diplomat said.
Since the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel, the demands are increasingly strong from Israelis who want to visit Morocco, and vice versa. This will be effective as soon as direct flights between Rabat and Tel Aviv are set up, says the chargé d’affaires of the Israeli liaison office David Govrin, who says he expects a "spectacular increase" in the number of Israeli tourists in Morocco.
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita exchanged a phone call on Tuesday, February 2 with his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi on strengthening bilateral cooperation. This discussion is a first since the resumption of relations between the two countries.
The normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel continues to provoke strong reactions among some Moroccans or Islamists defending the Palestinian cause. Kader Abderrahim, author of Geopolitics of Morocco, insists that "we cannot put the Palestinian issue before Moroccan national interests".