On Monday, Paraguay opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem being the third country to take the decision after Guatemala and the United States. Will Morocco denounce the Paraguayan authorities’ sensitive move after they have supported Rabat's stance on the Western Sahara issue ?
After the Justice and Develoment Party has called Moroccans to rally for Palestine last Sunday in Rabat, thousands of people marched today in Casablanca to denounce the Israeli occupation.
Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians taking part in mass protests in the Gaza strip to denounce the opening of American embassy in Jerusalem.
Last year, an Israeli TV channel and Al Masdar, an online newspaper, shed light on the history of North African Jews who immigrated to Israel between 1956 and 1962. They revealed the operations carried out by the Mossad through cells established in Morocco, to especially facilitate and secure Moroccan-Jews’ trips to the «Promised Land». History.
Married in Israel, a Moroccan couple can’t get their marriage legally recognized by the kingdom. A court in Sefrou refused to validate the marriage, ruling that Israel is an «unrecognized entity».
A documentary on North African Jewish immigrants has pushed Israel to declassify documents revealing details on how they were treated by the Hebrew state.