The General Secretariat of Morocco's Justice and Development Party has decided to support King Mohammed VI's decision to normalise relations with Israel. The Islamist party said that the Western...
The official website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has used a map which shows Morocco included with the Western Sahara region. The publication of the "undivided" map...
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December 31, 2020 |
Mohammad Ayesh Islamic movements need a comprehensive internal review to assess their political experiences over the past years and decades. This assessment should not stop at a single incident, but instead...
Moroccan Prime Minister, Saad-Eddine El-Othmani, yesterday accused Algeria of "recruiting its official media apparatus with the aim of spreading false news" about the situation in the Western Sahara." El-Othmani...
The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies (MADAR) said Arab and Israeli indicators show that the majority of Arabs reject normalisation with Israel and view the Palestinian issue as the core of the...

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December 29, 2020 |
Anjuman Rahman Landmark developments seem to have changed everything and nothing for Palestine this year. The flurry of normalisation deals is one of them and arguably the most significant. In advance...
A group of lawyers in Morocco appealed to the Supreme Court today requesting the annulment of all decisions that promote relations between the North African country and Israel, signed...
The head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has reiterated that Muslim scholars, in general, stand with Palestinian rights and the necessity of supporting the Palestinian people...
Algerian MP Amira Selim has proposed a bill which prohibits the promotion of normalising ties with the Israeli occupation on mass media and alternative media, Safa news agency reported yesterday. In...
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The year 2020 is almost history, but its incidents and events are not only likely to continue, but also escalate. There are implications regionally and internationally. There is still...
Morocco and Israel on Monday discussed prospects for industrial cooperation and partnership in five sectors, an official said, Anadolu reports. "This morning, I conducted remote discussions with my Israeli...
A delegation from Morocco will travel to Israel in the coming week to advance newly-normalised relations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, reported Reuters. Netanyahu on Friday...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Wednesday that the normalisation of ties between Israel and Arab states is a realisation of biblical prophecy, Israeli media reported. "Remarkably, here...
The Moroccan authorities have strongly condemned Human Rights Watch's use of the human rights file to deliver its political position on Western Sahara, reported RT. The Moroccan authorities stated...
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News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Friday with Morocco's King Mohammed VI and invited him to visit Israel, Netanyahu's office said. The two leaders spoke about moving forward with...
The Moroccan Justice and Development party confirmed on Thursday its support for Secretary-General and Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani, after he was criticised for signing a joint declaration of normalisation...
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita revealed information about the peace agreement between his country and Israel during an interview with Israeli channel i24 News. Bourita stated that the normalisation...
The US announced Thursday that Washington is taking steps towards establishing a consulate in Western Sahara — a large territory in southern Morocco, Anadolu Agency reports. "Pleased to announce the beginning...
In a letter addressing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday, Morocco's King Mohammed VI reaffirmed his kingdom's position with regard to supporting the Palestinian cause, despite his recent decision to...
An Israeli cabinet minister has confirmed that there is a fifth Muslim-majority country in Asia that could soon normalise relations with Tel Aviv, but clarified that it is not...
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UAE Head of largest Algerian Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP), Abderrazak Makri, slammed the Moroccan Justice and Development party as "Zionist" and its head, Prime Minister Saad Eddine...
President Donald Trump gave national security awards on Wednesday to several top advisers for their role in helping broker agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and four countries...
Speaker of the Algerian People's National Assembly Slimane Chenine reaffirmed his country's firm position on the Western Sahara issue and "the people's right to determine their fate." Chenine pointed...
Tunisia has declared its categorical rejection of normalising relations with Israel, stressing that this decision will not be affected by ongoing international developments. This declaration came in the first statement...
The Mauritanian army has announced on Wednesday an "accidental" confrontation with a Moroccan force at the northern borders of the country. The army disclosed in a statement published on...
Tunisia and Algeria have prevented an Israeli airplane from using their airspaces on its way to the Moroccan city of Rabat, forcing it to take an indirect route through...
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has confirmed that Morocco is committed to an agreement with Israel that stipulates normalising relations between the two countries. In an interview with Israeli...
Spain's foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Moroccan ambassador in Madrid, seeking clarification of statements by the latter's prime minister on the North African Ceuta and Melilla regions. "Spain expects...
A secret document has been leaked which gives details of a plan by Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, to declare southern Morocco as the "state of the...
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News The El Al flight was decorated with Moroccan and Israeli flags and the word “peace” in Hebrew, Arabic and English
Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani has said that his country is "always ready to open the border with Algeria without anything in return." Relations between the two North African...
The Speaker of the Parliament in Tunisia, and the head of Ennahda Movement, has pointed out that the normalisation agreement between Morocco and Israel is a violation of the...