Amidst the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza, thousands of Moroccans took to the streets today to denounce the genocide and ethnic cleansing perpetuated by Israel in Gaza.
The Mohammed V Avenue in Rabat was filled with angry voices from various political and intellectual sensibilities, demanding an end to the war and the cessation of Moroccan normalization with Israel.
Organized by the National Action Group for Palestine, participants in the march expressed “clear condemnation of any collusion with the criminal Zionist entity.”
The protestors openly declared their stance through slogans such as “Oh, rulers of defeat… give the people a voice,” “The people want an end to normalization,” “We stand steadfast with Al-Aqsa,” “Down, down with the Zionists and Americans,” and “Morocco and Palestine, one people not two,” culminating in the burning of the Israeli flag.
Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco, Saleh Shobaki said that “the noble Moroccan people insist once again on coming out, with all their parties, factions, and institutions, to say no to this continuous Israeli aggression for the fifth consecutive month.”
The ambassador noted that “the Palestinians are undergoing the largest massacre in history,” adding that “the criminal occupation is backed by the American administration, which is complicit in what is happening, as it has the power to stop this massacre.”
In response to whether normalization actually legitimizes Israel’s continued aggression without hesitation, the ambassador said that “there is a unanimous Arab, Islamic, international, and humanitarian stance against this crime, but everyone feels helpless.”
Shobaki further added that despite the Arab-Islamic summit already issuing resolutions demanding an end to the aggression, Israeli criminality persists, supported by the American administration.
Although the protest was dominated by Islamic voices, Anas Dahmani, a leader in the Justice and Development Party (PJD), said that he attended the protest as a citizen primarily due to “Israeli criminality surpassing all limits of brutality, after killing a 6-year-old girl along with her family and rescuers,” considering it “beyond the scope of Nazi crimes.”
“When Hitler was burning Jews, King Mohammed V was protecting them, defending their right to life, something we can do today in Gaza, embodying humanity in its Moroccan sense,” he added.
Idriss Al Azmi, a leader in the PJD party and member of its National Council, condemned “the atrocity reached by Zionist aggression.”
“The Zionist enemy is pressing, threatening to attack Rafah, and everyone knows that the Rafah crossing is home to more than a million civilians; if theIsrael carries out its threat, it will be a humanitarian catastrophe,” he said.
“Arab leaders must shout now and act to stop this aggression. Gaza has been destroyed in the north and the center as well. Now it’s Rafah’s turn near the border with Egypt,” adding, “This march is to sound the alarm and to say that we are suffering, and our hands are on our hearts every day.”” Al Azami said.
Al Azami further added that what is happening in Gaza is carried out by Nazi Zionist hands but with American and European weapons, and facing Arab and Islamic stances teetering on various forms of abandonment.
He affirmed that “Arab and Islamic countries should look to our brothers in Gaza, what is happening is not a war against Gazans, but a war against Arabs and Muslims, a war that will extend to everyone, so we need strong positions, clear condemnatory statements.”
Khaled Soufiani, head of the Follow-up Committee for the Arab General Conference and a member of the National Action Group for Palestine, said that “today reaffirms that the Moroccan people have always been, still are, and will remain carriers of the Palestinian cause and engaged in its liberation struggle.”
“We do not stand in solidarity with Palestine, and it is shameful to say so, because humans do not stand in solidarity with themselves. We say we are engaged in countering all crimes committed against the Palestinian people,” Soufiani added.
“We say to the officials, ‘Enough,’ when will you realize that formal normalization must stop, be criminalized, and cut off relations with this entity and cancel all forms of dealing with it? Normalization has practically fallen, waiting to fall formally, at the highest level,” Soufiani added.
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