{"id":15778,"date":"2025-04-12T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T20:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15778"},"modified":"2025-04-12T21:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T21:04:00","slug":"moroccos-normalization-with-israel-a-trade-for-the-sahara-and-rising-street-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/12\/moroccos-normalization-with-israel-a-trade-for-the-sahara-and-rising-street-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco\u2019s Normalization with Israel: A Trade for the Sahara and Rising Street Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Amid official silence and blatant complicity, the Moroccan regime, led by King Mohammed VI, who calls himself the &#8220;Commander of the Faithful,&#8221; continues to betray the Palestinian people, surpassing the will of its own population, which daily expresses its firm rejection of normalization with the Israeli occupation. Despite the fact that the Al-Quds Committee, chaired by the king, was established during the reign of his father, King Hassan II, it has now become merely a political cover for rapid normalization that contradicts the stance of the Moroccan people.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-240\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"fae26e0a-cb65-4613-a438-a1b7cf26adb1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"811\">Since the normalization agreement was signed in 2020, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s son-in-law, Rabat has turned into an open gateway for the Zionists, a scene that many observers view as a blatant betrayal of the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"997\">The streets of Morocco have not quieted down, with daily protests and marches condemning the massacres in Gaza and demanding the closure of the Israeli embassy in the Moroccan capital.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12285\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12285 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/j-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Israel normalization with arab nations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/j-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/j-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/j-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/j.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morocco&#8217;s Rapprochement with Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-248\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"27401135-af9d-4db2-9e9d-15f412ed5809\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"108\">Morocco&#8217;s Rapprochement with Israel: Political Gains Over Principles and the Will of the People<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1454\">What makes matters worse is the official justification for this rapprochement with the Israeli entity, namely the American support for Morocco&#8217;s sovereignty over Western Sahara. New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed from Washington that his country politically and economically supports Rabat and recognizes its sovereignty over the region, which Moroccan authorities use as a pretext to continue normalization, defying the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1766\">It seems that the king has chosen political interests over principles, and diplomatic gains over the blood of Palestinians. However, history does not forgive, and peoples do not forget. While values crumble in the halls of politics, the voice of the street remains the undeniable truth that cannot be silenced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Amid official silence and blatant complicity, the Moroccan regime, led by King Mohammed VI, who calls himself the &#8220;Commander of the Faithful,&#8221; continues to betray the Palestinian people, surpassing the will of its own population, which daily expresses its firm rejection of normalization with the Israeli occupation. 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