How far will Morocco go to give Israel tokens of friendship? Rabat has already gone very far – far too far – to please Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the name of the Kingdom’s supreme interests (defense agreements, investments, the Western Sahara file, etc.). King Mohammed VI hosted on his soil a brigade of the Israeli army that massacres Palestinians, Moroccan authorities have gone as far as attending prayers for the IDF, and they are preparing to elevate their diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv to an unprecedented level (outright opening of embassies). We add the events of September 24 at the United Nations General Assembly.
Netanyahu spoke there and as with every time he speaks from the UN General Assembly podium his peers around the world leave the room en masse in protest against the horrors perpetrated in Palestine. But yesterday Israel’s diplomatic isolation was even more evident, as the crimes of the Hebrew state are even more evident, in Gaza (tens of thousands of dead and it isn’t over) but also the murders in the occupied West Bank carried out by an extremist government…
Even European countries eventually drew the consequences, not Morocco. Even before delivering his very tasteless speech (between provocations toward Iran and Lebanon, and shameless lies about a legitimate action in stolen territories), the room was almost empty. The Israeli prime minister remained alone with a handful of ambassadors, the envoys of nations that condone war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, in Syria, in Lebanon and in Iran.
Consistent sources counted 77 countries that boycotted Netanyahu’s address, among these conscientious objectors there was Algeria (a constant in Algeria’s actions), Egypt (which nonetheless has “very good” relations with Israel), Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Ireland (for these three too it is no surprise), etc.
Now those who remained to listen religiously to the war criminal under an ICC arrest warrant: Among them were Morocco, the USA, the United Arab Emirates (that won’t surprise anyone) and Argentina. Before them Netanyahu served his highly immoral tirade, he attacked the delegates who deserted, “morally cowardly” according to him…
He even addressed the meager audience, asking them to leave if they shared the arguments of those who boycotted. Belgian deputy Marc Botenga responded in these terms: “At the United Nations General Assembly, the world’s dignity before the war criminal Netanyahu.” “Benjamin Netanyahu, a war criminal addressing an empty room, again,” commented the State of Palestine by posting the video of the withdrawal of the delegations.
“War criminal and genocidal. The whole world has understood it,” Mathilde Panot, leader of the deputies of La France Insoumise (LFI) in the French National Assembly, added. LFI firmly stands with the defenders of Palestinians, to the point that Jean-Luc Mélenchon is in Tel Aviv’s sights. You will not see anything like this in Morocco. The king Mohammed VI’s emissaries stayed in the chamber to listen to Netanyahu. This gesture adds to Rabat’s heavy past.
