Amir Peretz is back to Morocco. Received on the 17th of February 2006 by King Mohammed VI, the Israeli politician of Moroccan descent came back leading an Israeli delegation that attended a conference in Rabat.
Anti-Israel groups are once again angered by the participation of an Israeli filmmaker to one of Morocco's most known festivals. Organizers of the International Women Film Festival of Sale invited Simone Bitton, an Israeli-French documentary filmmaker of Moroccan descent.
Controversy erupted last week in Tangier after an Israeli singer, who is also a reserve militant at the Israeli air force, was invited to Tanjazz festival. Anti-normalization with Israel groups and activists were angered by the step, and a few days later, they targeted the Istiqlal political party. The same groups remained silent during festivals like Hiloula of Rabbi Haim Pinto in Essaouira.
Tanjazz, the annual international festival organized in Tangier is inviting this year, Noam Vazana, an Israeli artist who is a reserve soldier for the Israeli air force. Noam’s upcoming performance has created controversy among some Moroccans who see her participation at Tanjazz as a normalization of relations with the Israel.
Amit Hai Cohen is a Jewish musician and filmmaker living in Jerusalem. His grandparents lived 69 years ago in Morocco, most precisely in a village southeastern Ouerzazat called Tizgui. Amit has always been connected to the kingdom, a thing that he managed to portray through his work and art. Interview.
The Israel-African summit scheduled for October is indeed going to be attended by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite the efforts made by Palestine, Morocco and South Africa to derail the event, both Togo and Israel are keen to hold their first diplomatic gathering.
According to Jerusalem Post, Morocco and the Palestinian authorities are pressuring Togo into canceling an Africa-Israel summit scheduled for October in Lomé, the Togolese capital.
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