Fury in Morocco over warming relations with Israel: "The people want to topple normalization"

The warming of relations between Israel and Morocco, including the return of ambassadors and the resumption of flights, is sparking a wave of popular protests in Morocco's streets. Thousands of protesters took to the streets with Palestinian flags, chanting against normalization, and some protests escalated into clashes and arrests. Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the organization against normalization, Aziz El-Hanawi, entered the Moroccan parliament, calling the agreements "a fight against the Zionist cancer."

The warming of relations between Israel and Morocco, including the return of ambassadors and the resumption of direct flights, is sparking a wave of popular protests in Morocco's streets. Thousands of protesters took to the streets with Palestinian flags, chanting "The people want to topple normalization," and some protests escalated into clashes with security forces and dozens of arrests. Hassan El-Aloui, a member of the Moroccan movement against normalization, said the goal of the protest is to condemn the Zionist entity and normalization and to oppose the Israeli embassy in Morocco. Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the Moroccan organization against normalization, Aziz El-Hanawi of the Islamist Justice and Development Party, entered the Moroccan parliament. El-Hanawi harshly attacked the rapprochement with Israel, calling the agreements "a fight against this Zionist cancer that has infiltrated our mechanisms." The protests and the entry into parliament illustrate the challenge for the Moroccan monarchy in advancing relations against the Islamist currents on the street.