According to data made public by the Israel’s Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration, a record number of visitors, form Muslim countries that have no diplomatic ties with Israel, traveled to Tel Aviv in 2018.
After a trip to Madrid, the Secretary-General of Morocco’s Socialist Union of Popular Forces announced that his party filed a complaint against Spain’s far-right movement Vox. The information was later debunked by a Moroccan lawyer, who lodged the complaint in question as head of an association based in Spain.
The official listing of lobbying expenses in the United States reveals that Morocco spent $1.7 million in 2018 on the practice. Algeria, however, has mysteriously disappeared from the list.
In resolution 2468, the UN Security Council urged parties involved in the Western Sahara conflict to cooperate with MINURSO and facilitate its mission in the region. In addition to human rights monitoring, the UN resolution contains challenging points for Morocco.
The Trump administration is looking into ways to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization. Will Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) be affected by the White House’s recent decision ?