Morocco Quake Linked to King’s Jerusalem Stance, Israeli Rabbi Claims

King Mohammed VI, President of the Al-Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has meanwhile stated that Jerusalem should become the capital of the Palestinians. "King Mohammed VI of Morocco has recently made a bold statement, just a few months ago, stating that Jerusalem should become the capital of the Palestinians. Almost immediately after this statement, important regions have experienced severe disturbances and collapses," commented Rabbi Mosche Elcharar, a rabbi for the local council of the town of Shlomi, in northern Israel, in an editorial in The Jerusalem Post, thus evoking a link between the earthquakes that struck Syria and Turkey in February and Morocco in September. According to him, the sovereign "seeks to repent" in the face of the violent earthquake that has mourned his kingdom.

For the rabbi, the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8 goes beyond a geological event: "The fundamental question we must address is whether the earthquake in Morocco was solely a geological phenomenon, such as tectonic plate movements that occur in different parts of the world." And to question: "Can we establish a link between our explanations concerning the relations of nations with the people of Israel and the crises unfolding in different parts of the world, particularly what happened in Morocco?"

Before Elcharar, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) had spoken about the September 8 earthquake. "We must be aware that ’returning to God’ means that we have strayed from Him in certain aspects of our lives. We must therefore return to Go