
Morocco Bolsters Military with $120 Million Israeli Suicide Drone Deal
Morocco plans to acquire Harpy and Harop suicide drones, capable of waiting for targets up to 1,000 km, for an estimated amount of $120 million.

Morocco plans to acquire Harpy and Harop suicide drones, capable of waiting for targets up to 1,000 km, for an estimated amount of $120 million.

In the midst of war, Israeli Moroccans are increasingly choosing to return to Morocco, where they rediscover their roots.

Morocco has strengthened its military cooperation with Israel since the normalization of their relations in 2020, multiplying the acquisitions of drones and state-of-the-art defense systems.

The Moroccan police arrested an Israeli businessman for Forex fraud and a Franco-Israeli for a case of kidnapping and extortion at the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. Both were wanted by Interpol.

In Argelès-sur-Mer, France is launching its largest project for the reuse of treated wastewater (REUT) for agricultural use. A practice already experimented with in Morocco, Spain and Israel.

Many Israelis of Moroccan origin have chosen to resettle in Morocco. A migration that appears to be gaining momentum.

The war in Gaza, in Ukraine, the tensions between Israel and Iran, regional tensions, threats of escalation of the conflict with the United States and geopolitical uncertainties are affecting the travel plans of Moroccans for the summer of 2025.

In Morocco, the surge in fuel prices is likely to last due to fluctuations in global oil prices, influenced by the military conflict between Iran and Israel. Concerned, the deputy of the Democratic Left Federation party, Fatima Tamni, questions the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali.

The websites and media that give an "extension to the propaganda" particularly Moroccan on Algeria concerning the war between Iran and Israel, and its possible extension are in the sights of the National Independent Authority for the Regulation of Audiovisual Media (Anirav).

How far will Algeria go to try to discredit Morocco? The latest maneuver is the invention of a fake official document on alleged Moroccan military personnel.

Many Moroccan-born Jews living in Israel have welcomed the recent Israeli attack on Iran, considering these strikes necessary to protect the security of the "Hebrew state" in the face of the "hostile intentions of the Khamenei regime in Tehran" and what they have described as the "growing Iranian threat".

The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) reassures its customers that the aerial military escalation between Iran and Israel has no negative impact on flights from the Kingdom of Morocco to the Middle East.