Our interest in the internal affairs of our country cannot distract Us from the tragedy of the brotherly Palestinian people. In Our capacity as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, We have worked to open an unprecedented channel for delivering urgent food and medical aid to our brothers in Gaza. With the same responsible commitment, We continue to support constructive initiatives aimed at finding practical solutions for the conclusion of a concrete and lasting ceasefire and the recovery of the humanitarian situation. In addition, the worsening situation in the region requires us to move away from the logic of crisis management towards the search for a definitive solution to this conflict, from the following perspective:

The first Moroccans began to settle in and around Jerusalem when, in the 12th century, Ottoman sultan Salaheddine called on Moroccan sultan Yacoub El Mansour and his troops to help him reconquer the holy city. First soldiers. “Moroccan troops accounted for up to 20% of those involved in the liberation of Al Quds,” says Palestinian writer and diplomat Hassan Albalawi.

This new essay on Morocco and the Palestinians comes almost two years after the publication of a first title on Morocco, Israel and Moroccan Jews in November 2022 by Bibliomonde in Paris. This essay completes a research project begun 30 years ago at New York University, in Morocco, Israel and the West Bank, on Moroccan diplomacy in the Middle East, the Palestinian question and Moroccan Judaism.