Moroccan Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Israeli Minister Miri Regev Amid Ongoing Gaza Crisis
Court ruling dismisses call for the arrest of Miri Regev during her visit to Morocco, while protests continue against Israel's actions in Gaza..
Watan-The administrative court in Rabat rejected a lawsuit demanding the arrest of Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who is visiting Morocco today, Tuesday.
Moroccan lawyer Khalid Al-Sufyani, one of the individuals who filed the lawsuit, said, “The court rejected the lawsuit against the minister (Israeli), despite it concerning the national security of the country and humanitarian matters.”
He added, “The lawyers’ association was expecting a ruling to prevent the minister from entering Morocco, so that the kingdom does not become a haven for terrorists.”
Al-Sufyani emphasized that the lawyers would not stop at this point and would appeal to the administrative court of appeal in Rabat in the near future, without providing further details.
He went on to say that the lawyers who filed the lawsuit respect the judiciary, but disagree with the ruling issued today.
On Monday, Moroccan lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Israeli minister, who is visiting the kingdom today to participate in an international conference.
This action came in the context of the genocide war launched by Israel—backed by the United States—against the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023, to January 19, 2024.
This genocide resulted in more than 160,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing persons, amidst massive destruction.
On November 21, 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza.
Morocco and Israel announced on December 10, 2020, the resumption of their diplomatic relations, which had been frozen by Rabat after the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada in 2000.
Since the beginning of the genocide war on Gaza, many Moroccan cities, including the capital Rabat, have witnessed protest activities demanding the end of the genocide and holding Israel accountable. These protests also criticized the continuation of relations between Rabat and Tel Aviv.
Israel has occupied territories in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon for decades, refusing to withdraw from them and to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, along the pre-1967 war borders.
