The Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Opposing Normalization has expressed its rejection of an Israeli warship docking at the Port of Tangier, located 45 kilometers northeast of Tangier and 15 kilometers north of the Spanish coast.
The organization issued a statement on its Facebook account (activities of Meta, which includes Facebook and Instagram, are banned in Russia as extremist) expressing its discontent with the “absence of a response from the Moroccan state.”
The statement highlighted that the Israeli ship “INS Komemiyut,” currently engaged in relentless warfare in Gaza, docked at Tangier on June 6 for refueling and resupply before continuing to the port of Haifa.
The organization criticized the Moroccan authorities for not taking similar steps to Spain, which refused passage to the Israeli ship in its waters.
On May 19, Madrid prevented the Israeli cargo ship “Marianne Danica,” carrying weapons from India, from docking at a Spanish port.
The Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Opposing Normalization argued that allowing the Israeli warship to dock violates a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) following a lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel.
The group announced that this issue will be prominently featured in upcoming protests, particularly in Tangier.
On December 10, 2020, Morocco announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel, after severing them in 2000 due to the Second Intifada.
Morocco is now the only Maghreb country maintaining relations with Israel after Mauritania cut ties in 2010, and the sixth Arab country to do so after Sudan, the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, and Egypt.
The U.S. recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, disputed between Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, came as part of a trilateral agreement between Morocco, Israel, and the United States.
This development occurs amid an ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which has lasted more than nine months, destroying entire neighborhoods, displacing 1.7 million out of 2.4 million residents, and causing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations.
