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• French Muslims Call for Boycott of Halal Brands Accused of Supporting Israel
  20 December 2023, by Sylvanus

  At a time when the Israeli army is continuing its retaliation against the Palestinian Hamas movement, calls for boycotts are multiplying in France against halal brands deemed pro-Israel.
  Tough times for halal brands deemed pro-Israel. On TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), French Muslims, including influencers, are calling through videos to boycott these brands, whom they accuse of supporting the Israeli army in its retaliation against Hamas, which carried out a spectacular and surprise (…)

• Cycling Champion Evenepoel Calls for End to Gaza Bombings on Social Media
  8 April, by Sylvanus

  On Instagram, Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel, double world time trial champion, spoke out about the war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel that continues to rage in Gaza.
  On Sunday, Remco Evenepoel, companion of Moroccan Oumaïma "Oumi" Rayane, shared an Instagram story post from "cestmocro". It shows photos and videos of the bombings, various tweets, as well as poignant images of suffering Palestinians. The Belgian cyclist accompanied this repost with the caption: (…)

• Moroccan Boycott Movement Claims Success in Disrupting Israel Trade
  3 February, by Prince

  The "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement in Morocco", abbreviated as BDS Morocco, welcomed the success of its boycott campaigns, carried out in collaboration with other associations, against products from Israel and Moroccan products exported to this country, or companies that support it in the war in Gaza.
  BDS Morocco rejoiced at the impact of its actions. The movement cites as proof the statements of the executive director of the Israeli company "Tomer" on the Israeli site (…)

• A Moroccan engineer censored by Microsoft and LinkedIn
  8 April, by Sylvanus

  Banned from LinkedIn due to her support for Palestine and denunciations of the genocide in Gaza, the Moroccan engineer at Microsoft Ibtihal Aboussad is receiving an avalanche of support on social media.
  #ReinstateIbtihal. On the web, many internet users have launched a petition to call on LinkedIn to immediately restore the account of Ibtihal Aboussad, a Moroccan engineer at Microsoft whose platform was suspended following her public protest against the company’s involvement in the (…)

• Morocco Condemns Israeli Minister’s Controversial Visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
  5 January 2023, by Ginette

  Morocco joins the list of countries that, since Tuesday, strongly condemn the visit to the esplanade of the Al Aqsa Mosque by the new Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir.
  Seen as a provocation, the minister’s visit comes a few days after the UN General Assembly voted a resolution against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Morocco, which voted for this resolution, and whose king is "the president of the Al-Quds Committee, calls for the preservation of the (…)

• Kickboxing Champion Badr Hari Condemns Gaza Bombings, Calls for Ceasefire
  24 October 2023, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan kickboxing champion Badr Hari speaks out again on the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
  Despite calls for a ceasefire, the bombings on Gaza continue. This situation arouses the indignation of Badr Hari who reiterates his support for Palestine. "In all these videos, you only see death. People are being transported to hospitals, people reduced to pieces on the ground," he laments in an Instagram story. "You don’t see armed Palestinians, you don’t see them (…)

• Morocco Debunks Fake Document Banning Palestine Mentions in Mosques
  24 October 2023, by Prince

  The fake document banning preachers from mentioning Palestine in mosques comes from a non-Moroccan source, the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs has clarified.
  This document is false due to its non-compliance with the recognized rules of correspondence in Morocco and the style of writing (linguistic and semantic), denounced the ministry in a statement, specifying that the information had been relayed by a Moroccan website which had attributed it to "mosque controllers" in the Tangier (…)

• Israel Reportedly Seeks Countries to Host Gaza Palestinians, Morocco Named
  7 April, by Sylvanus

  Morocco would have agreed to host Palestinians from Gaza. This is at least what the Israeli press, very accustomed to bluff moves, claims.
  Speaking to the media during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Hungary, a senior Israeli official said on Friday that Jerusalem was in contact with several countries to host Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. According to him, US President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of the Gaza Strip and permanently relocate all Palestinians is (…)

• Moroccan Engineer Confronts Microsoft AI CEO Over Israel Ties at Company Event
  6 April, by Sylvanus

  A Moroccan engineer risks being fired by her company after accusing Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, of supporting Israeli military operations that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
  During the presentation by Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, of Copilot products, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence assistant, on the sidelines of the company’s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, April 4, 2025, the Moroccan engineer, Ibtihal Aboussad, made an impression. "Shame (…)

• Failed Foreign Plots: King Hassan II’s Regime Survived Multiple Coup Attempts
  27 June 2019, by Said

  Several foreign countries have tried to overthrow the regime of the late King Hassan II. The coups all failed, to the point that even in the West, people had started talking about the "baraka" of the Sharifian Sovereign.
  The weekly Al Ayam returns, in its latest edition, to the attempts to overthrow the regime of the late Hassan II. The perpetrators were international organizations or foreign countries.
  During the Skhirat coup d’état in 1971, the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, (…)