No official celebrations of the three-year anniversary of the signing of the normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel have taken place this year. Instead, thousands have marched in Morocco since the start of the war on Gaza to demand the end of normalization with Israel.
Thousands of Moroccans participated in a massive march in Rabat, coinciding with the third anniversary of the signing of the normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel. The participants demanded the closure of the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, and chanted slogans in support of the Palestinian people.
Mother of two daughters under 10, Mona is a Moroccan-Palestinian who had to flee her home in Gaza to survive the current war. The mother who crossed to Egypt remembers her ordeal.
Israeli media described the demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people taking place in many Moroccan cities as «anti-Semitic», and claimed that there had been a shift in Moroccan society’s view of Jews after October 7.
In addition to the ongoing war on the Gaza strip, Israel is «waging» a social media campaign to shape public opinion about the war online. Social media expert Marouane Harmach reveals the methods used by the Hebrew state to influence Internet users in the region, including in Morocco.
Following the article published by Ahmed Charaï, owner of Global Media Group, in his Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, Hicham Aït Almouh responds with this Op-Ed.