
Moroccan Expats Join Pro-Palestinian Protests Across Europe
Moroccan expatriates (MREs) have demonstrated their solidarity with the Palestinians by participating in demonstrations organized in several European countries, including Spain.

Moroccan expatriates (MREs) have demonstrated their solidarity with the Palestinians by participating in demonstrations organized in several European countries, including Spain.

Morocco has just sent a second military plane with emergency humanitarian aid on board for the Palestinian people. On the instructions of King Mohammed VI, the plane took off on Saturday evening from the Royal Air Force Air Base in Kenitra (3rd BAFRA), bound for the Jordanian capital, Amman.

At a time when deadly clashes between Israelis and Palestinians continue, Morocco organized a sit-in of solidarity with Palestine in Rabat on Saturday. Political, associative and human rights actors are the initiators.

Jamal Choubki, the Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco, expressed his gratitude to King Mohammed VI, who "never ceases to support the Palestinian cause."

Israeli chargé d’affaires David Govrin would have left Morocco for Israel. Since last Monday, tensions have again been high between the Hebrew state and Palestine.

Palestine has been going through dark times for the past few days with the escalation of violence. There are even injured and dead among the children. A family man based in Morocco is pleading for his three children who remain in Palestine and is asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Palestinian Embassy to bring them to Morocco.

King Mohammed VI, President of the Al-Quds Committee, has ordered the dispatch of emergency humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) accused the co-chair of Ecolo Rajae Maouane , author of a controversial publication, of inciting anti-Semitic hatred. The Belgian-Palestinian Association (ABP), the Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium (UPJB) and the non-profit organization De-colonizer are defending the official.

The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) accused on Wednesday the Belgian of Moroccan origin Rajae Maouane of inciting "anti-Semitic hatred" for having shared a photo accompanied by a song about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. False! retorts the co-president of Ecolo, "deeply hurt".

The Ajax Amsterdam players, Noussair Mazraoui and Zakaria Labyad were absent from the match against VVV-Venlo. This absence follows a photo the two Moroccans shared on Instagram to support Palestine in the conflict opposing it to Israel.

Karim Sader, a political scientist specializing in the Gulf countries, believes that Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, who have normalized their relations with Israel, are "hostages of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." Since May 7, the escalation of violence has further increased between the Hebrew state and Palestine.

Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi has just expressed his support for Palestine in a message posted on Twitter. This solidarity shown by the Atlas Lion has been warmly welcomed by Internet users, especially Moroccans.