As the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology approaches, scheduled for July 6 to 11 at Mohammed V University in Rabat, the International Sociological Association (ISA) is maintaining its original program. Just days before the event begins, the Moroccan Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (MACBI) is once again calling on the organization to reconsider the participation of the scheduled Israeli speakers.
On Monday, 232 researchers from Morocco and abroad launched a petition urging the International Sociological Association (ISA) to reconsider the program for its fifth World Forum, scheduled to take place in Rabat from July 6 to 11, 2025. Although the ISA has suspended the membership of the Israeli sociological body, three Israeli researchers remain listed as participants. In response, sociologists have stepped up their mobilization efforts and announced a boycott.
As the deadly war on Gaza continues, Moroccan trade unions are taking a stand. CDT and UNT have firmly rejected any involvement in unloading or providing logistical support to ships suspected of carrying weapons to Israel through the port of Casablanca. With the arrival of a Danish cargo ship from the United States, suspected of delivering military equipment to the Israeli army, they are calling for widespread mobilization.