The fact that Moroccans are mobilizing in large numbers against their country's normalization with Israel only two years after the agreement is a sign of things to come.
of love for Palestine during the Qatar World Cup demonstrated, beyond doubt, that Israel cannot possibly be accepted by Arabs while still an occupying power and a racist apartheid regime.
en masse in the September 2021 elections. Only nine months earlier, Othmani was signing the "Joint Declaration" with Israel's national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat.of Rabat's claim over Western Sahara as the political barter between Rabat and Washington, which led to the normalization with Tel Aviv, shall eventually prove meaningless.
Whether that was the case or not, it matters little now. On the second anniversary of the "Joint Declaration" agreement, tens of thousands of Moroccans demonstrated against normalization in 30 different cities, including Rabat, Agadir, Tangier, and Meknes. The protests were mobilized by the Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Against Normalization.
The popular association of the Moroccan and Palestinian flags throughout the World Cup had an invigorating effect on the collective psyche of Moroccans, who were empowered by their national team's impressiveagainst legendary teams such as Belgium, Spain, and Portugal. It was a matter of time before this confidence translated to actual solidarity on the streets of Rabat and other major Moroccan cities.
Moroccans, like other Arab nations, are following the news with alarm, especially following the swearing-in of Israel's new extremist government of Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right fascist ilk—the likes of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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