The Justice and Development Party and the Party of Progress and Socialism welcomed the International Criminal Court's issuance of arrest warrants yesterday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Meanwhile, the Moroccan government has yet to issue an official stance.
Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, is accused of pressuring the former ICC chief prosecutor by allegedly using recordings of her Moroccan husband to influence her decision on a war crimes investigation against Israel.
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.