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5Sep

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Morocco, Palestine Affairs, USA

Morocco politician: Kushner intimidating and blackmailing Rabat with Deal of the Century file

US President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner [Aqsa News Agency/Twitter]August 6, 2019 at 2:02 am 849SHARES A member of the Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco, Abdelaziz Aftati, said: “the US is resorting to the policy of encouragement and intimidation and then blackmail in dealing with the file of the so-called Deal of the Century.” Commenting on the visit of the US president’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner to Morocco, Aftati added that “Morocco’s positions concerning the Palestinian cause are firm and unchangeable,” pointing out that “some Arab countries take unclear positions towards the cause, while some other countries have declared their positions towards the US plan.” In this regard, Aftati said that “the US is adopting ...

6Mar

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Morocco, Saudi Arabia

Saudi-Moroccan spat: Competing for the mantle of “moderate Islam”

NOVANEWS By James M. Dorsey Lurking in the background of a Saudi-Moroccan spat over World Cup hosting rights and the Gulf crisis is a more fundamental competition for the mantle of spearheading the promotion of a moderate interpretation of Islam. It’s a competition in which history and long-standing religious diplomacy gives Morocco a leg up compared to Saudi Arabia, long a citadel of Sunni Muslim intolerance and ultra-conservatism. Saudi Arabia is the new, baggage-laden kid on the block with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman asserting that he is returning the kingdom to a top-down, undefined form of moderate Islam. To be sure, Prince Muhammad has dominated headlines in the last year with long-overdue social reforms such as lifting the ban on women’s driving and loosening restrictions on...

19Jul

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Morocco

Interview: Solidarity with the Al-Hirak Al-Shaabi Popular Movement

NOVANEWS By Liberation Staff Protest in Morocco following death of fish seller Mohcin Fikri Liberation News spoke with activist Siham Byah, who was violently separated from her son Naseem by ICE earlier this year and deported to Morocco. Since she has been in Morocco she has been working to be reunited with her son and win asylum in the U.S. or Canada. Byah is also a militant activist with the Hirak movement against the Moroccan theocratic monarchy which is supported by U.S. imperialism. Liberation News: The death of fish seller Mohcine Fikri in October of 2016 sparked a wave of protests in the Northern Rif region of Morocco, giving birth to the ‘Hirak Rif’ movement. Can you elaborate on the historical relationship that the Rif has had with the central government (Makhzen) and the ...

9Jul

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Morocco

What Can We Expect From Trump on Morocco’s Occupation of Western Sahara?

NOVANEWS US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Burita hold a joint press conference in Rabat, Morocco, on June 29, 2018.JALAL MORCHIDI / ANADOLU AGENCY / GETTY IMAGES BY: Daniel Falcone Truthout President Trump appears to be looking the other way from Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara in the pursuit of World Cup politics. The Associated Press recently reported that, “The 2026 World Cup contest has been engulfed in intrigue about whether Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration and foreign policy will cost North America votes. What’s barely talked about is the impact of a territorial conflict that is impeding Morocco’s bid.” More plainly, this “territorial conflict” is barely being talked about, period. President Obama, and ...

10Jun

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Middle East, Morocco, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Zio Wahhabi-Moroccan spat: Competing for the mantle of “moderate Islam”

NOVANEWS Saudi-Moroccan spat: Competing for the mantle of “moderate Islam” By James M. Dorsey Lurking in the background of a Saudi-Moroccan spat over World Cup hosting rights and the Gulf crisis is a more fundamental competition for the mantle of spearheading the promotion of a moderate interpretation of Islam. It’s a competition in which history and long-standing religious diplomacy gives Morocco a leg up compared to Saudi Arabia, long a citadel of Sunni Muslim intolerance and ultra-conservatism. Saudi Arabia is the new, baggage-laden kid on the block with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman asserting that he is returning the kingdom to a top-down, undefined form of moderate Islam. To be sure, Prince Muhammad has dominated headlines in the last year with long-overdue social reforms such a...

13Dec

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Morocco, ZIO-NAZI

Moroccan MPs propose bill to criminalize normalization with the Nazi regime

NOVANEWS Members of the Moroccan parliament on Monday condemned the US president Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem which he has recently recognized as the capital of Nazi regime. During a parliament session held on Monday and attended by the Palestinian ambassador to Morocco, they called for activating a bill criminalizing normalization with the Nazi regime that has been frozen for more than four years. According to the Moroccan newspaper Lakom, Habib El Malki, the president of the House of Representatives, said that Trump’s decision disregards the United Nations and its resolutions and lacks legitimacy and credibility. He added that by this move the US has chosen to be a rival rather than a mediator in the negotiation process. For his part, the president of...

4Aug

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Morocco

Is Morocco Being Groomed For Another Arab Spring?

NOVANEWS By South Front …from SouthFront In nearly every case of a forcible, West-led, regime change in the Middle East or Ukraine, the process began with low level public protests against a real or imagined abuse of power by security forces. Morocco’s current situation appears to follow the same scenario. The killing of Mouhcine Fikri, a fisherman who was crushed by a truck while attempting to retrieve fish that was confiscated by the police in October 2016, had sparked several waves of unrest and civil disobedience initially in the city of Al-Khoseima which later spread to other parts of the Rif region. These protests quickly produced an informal leader, Nasser Zefzafi, a 39-year-old unemployed man with considerable rhetorical skill and a populist touch. Zefzafi’s demands quickl...

13Mar

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Morocco

Re-trial of Saharawi nationalists resumes

NOVANEWS International pressure urged to ensure fair re-trial for ‘unfairly convicted’ Saharawis Peter Kenworthy Peter Kenworthy International presence and pressure is necessary to ensure a fair re-trial, set to continue on March 13, against the Gdeim Izik Group from Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, who Amnesty International says were “unfairly convicted.” The Group strenuously denies the charges, claim that they are politically motivated, and insist that confessions used at the trial were obtained using torture. In 2013, 21 members of the so-called Gdeim Izik Group were given sentences of between 20 years and life imprisonment in a military court for allegedly belonging to a “criminal group” and for acts of “deadly violence” against Moroccan “pu...

13Mar

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Morocco

Western Sahara: Self-determination delayed

NOVANEWS BBC Radhi Bachir Western Sahara stands out today as Africa’s last colony, occupied illegally and forcefully by Morocco with the backing of France. Everyday Saharawi people suffer horrendous human rights violations by the occupying power. This is one of the world’s forgotten conflicts. The only peaceful solution is for Morocco to accept the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination. [Radhi Bachir, the Ambassador to South Africa of Western Sahara, or the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), delivered this speech on 27 February 2017 during a panel discussion at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. The panel included Ambassador Ghulam Asmal, Director NEPAD and Partnerships in the South African Department of International Re...

26Dec

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Morocco

Behind Morocco’s new tango with the African Union

NOVANEWS Facebook/ King Mohammed Yohannes Woldemariam The next African Union summit will be on January 31, 2017 in Addis Ababa, where Morocco is hoping to achieve its sinister agenda against Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony. The honourable thing for the AU is to rebuff Morocco’s arm-twisting and vigorously support the self-determination of the Saharawi people. Morocco is currently courting a number of African countries relentlessly, including Madagascar, Tanzania, Rwanda, and others. Morocco has signed 19 economic agreements with Rwanda and 22 with Tanzania—two countries that traditionally backed Western Sahara’s quest for decolonization. Nigeria and Morocco have signed a total of 21 bilateral agreements, a joint venture to construct a gas pipeline...