By making a strong gesture in favor of the Palestinian cause, the attacking midfielder of the Turkish club Galatasaray Hakim Ziyech has attracted the sympathy of several Arab countries to the point of dethroning players, like Mohamed Salah, Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Aboutrika to be called now "pride of the Arabs".
The United States would plan to set up a peacekeeping force in Gaza at the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Morocco should be part of it.
Many Moroccans have called on social media to boycott the Mawazine Rythmes du Monde festival, in solidarity with Gaza.
The public prosecutor’s office of the court of first instance in Berkane has decided to prosecute at liberty a supporter who entered the field with a Palestinian flag on Sunday, during the first leg of the Confederation Cup final, opposing the Renaissance Sportive de Berkane to Zamalek.
In Morocco, student and faculty demonstrations supporting the Palestinian cause against Israeli action in Gaza are hardening in universities. They call for the cancellation of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the kingdom and Tel Aviv and the cancellation of all academic agreements concluded by Moroccan university institutions with their Israeli counterparts.
The war between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip is spilling over into the celebration of Jewish holidays (Passover and Mimouna) in Morocco.
The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, firmly rebuked the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, who made erroneous statements about the Sahara and drew a parallel with Palestine, during a debate at the Security Council on "The role of youth in addressing security challenges in the Mediterranean".
Marrakech airport recorded a strong influx of tourists following a message from the United Kingdom advising its nationals not to travel to 18 countries, including Morocco, due to a high risk of attacks during this period marked by the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement and the attack carried out by Iran against Israeli territory.
The United Kingdom has placed several countries including Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on the list of destinations that its nationals should avoid due to a high risk of attacks in this period marked by the war between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas.
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation for "apology of terrorism" targeting Anasse Kazib, a trade union activist, a railway worker by profession, and former candidate of the Révolution Permanente movement in the French presidential election. The cause is a tweet by the trade unionist to SUD Rail on the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
The court of first instance in Mohammedia, near Casablanca, on Monday sentenced Abderrahmane Zankad, a member of Al Adl Wal Ihssane, to five years in prison for "offense against the king" after denouncing normalization with Israel and the war between the Hebrew state and the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas on Facebook.
Fearing retaliation, Israel has decided to temporarily close its diplomatic mission in Morocco, following the assassination of senior Iranian officials in Damascus.