Tens of thousands of Moroccans marched through central Rabat on Sunday to protest what they described as the “unbearable” humanitarian conditions in Gaza and to reject Morocco’s normalization of relations with Israel.
Waving Palestinian flags and holding banners calling for an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza, demonstrators filled one of the capital’s main avenues c Mena Today
Tens of thousands of Moroccans marched through central Rabat on Sunday to protest what they described as the “unbearable” humanitarian conditions in Gaza and to reject Morocco’s normalization of relations with Israel.
Waving Palestinian flags and holding banners calling for an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza, demonstrators filled one of the capital’s main avenues.
The protest was organized by the Islamist movement Al Adl Wal Ihssane alongside several left-wing political parties.
Notably, the rally made no mention of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, nor did any protesters condemn Hamas—the group widely blamed for triggering the latest war in the enclave with its October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians.
While Morocco maintains full diplomatic relations with Israel under the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords signed in 2020, it also preserves close and ongoing ties with the Palestinian Authority.
Official diplomatic channels between Rabat and Jerusalem remain open, and cooperation continues in several areas.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest ranking Catholic official in Jerusalem, entered Gaza on Friday to bring humanitarian aid and comfort to victims of Israel's strike on the sole Catholic church of the Palestinian enclave.
Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. presented Israel and Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas with an updated Gaza ceasefire proposal on Wednesday, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two sources.
As global tensions remain high and the Gaza conflict continues unabated, France and Saudi Arabia are preparing to co-host a long-postponed international ministerial conference on the future of a Palestinian state.
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