The normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel is not to the liking of some Moroccan scientists and academics. They are the bearers and signatories of a petition.
Government spokesman Saaïd Amzazi should soon travel to Israel on an official visit. This is the first trip of a senior Moroccan official to the Hebrew state.
Royal Air Maroc is one of the airlines selected to launch commercial flights between Morocco and Israel, announced on Wednesday, December 16, the supervising minister, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, during her appearance on Israeli public television, Kan .
Morocco is preparing to welcome 200,000 Israeli tourists by the end of March 2021, more than double the number who visited the kingdom in 2019. The flights, announced for the end of March, will be served by three Israeli airlines.
Faced with the spread of the coronavirus, an Israeli start-up wants to get involved in the production of antibacterial hijabs that will be sold in Arab countries.
Israeli airlines are working to operate flights to Morocco as early as 2021, with more than 150,000 Israeli tourists on board the planes. This could give a new impetus to Moroccan tourism, which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel could very soon arouse vocations within a new category of dual nationals. This is the case of the young Yaniv Edery, 17 years old, an Israeli-Moroccan player.
The Jewish community in Morocco describes the normalization with Israel as a "positive act". Some are eager to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv.
Amazigh activists believe that the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel is a "historic victory".
By agreeing to establish relations with Israel, the Kingdom has obtained from Washington the recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara. This exchange is simply a "gift" from Trump, said Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, a specialist in Israeli-Moroccan relations at the University of Tel Aviv, to AFP .
Even if Morocco improves its relations with Israel, the Kingdom will continue to support the Palestinian cause. This is the statement of the Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) and Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an intervention on the Israeli channel Kan, estimated that the relaunch of relations between Morocco and Israel is a sovereign decision. Nasser Bourita also did not rule out a future visit to Israel.