A planned Jewish-Muslim conference in Casablanca, Morocco, has been cancelled due to concerns about public sentiment. The conference, which was expected to draw officials from both Israel and Morocco, was called off amid ongoing protests in Morocco against Israeli war on Gaza.
Trade between Morocco and Israel increased by 64% during the first five months of 2024, even as tensions remained high following the Israeli war on Gaza in October 2023.
Since Ukraine's new military mobilization law came into effect, Moroccan citizens with dual Ukrainian citizenship fear being conscripted into the combat zones against Russia. They have called on the Moroccan authorities to intervene.