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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Nov 2, 2026, 9:17 PM

Arrest Sánchez: Morocco Must Repay Ben Barka Deal

Spain under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has quietly transformed into the most reliable European conduit for dual-use technology to the Iranian regime. For instance, official Spanish trade statistics show €1,331,289.37 in dual-use exports to Iran in 2024 and in...

Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM

Morocco’s Sahara masterstroke: Changing the rules of a frozen conflict

A MINURSO vehicle beside Morocco’s full map. (AI-generated)

On October 30, the UN Security Council failed to renew the mandate of its mission in Western Sahara after Russia vetoed an American draft resolution supported by eleven of the Council’s fifteen members. The proposed text would have extended...

Oct 26, 2026, 6:55 PM

The Jews American Screens Never Show

A few nights before my wedding, my mom painted my palms with henna. I wore the keswa el kbira, the “great dress,” a deep burgundy skirt and bodice made of velvet, heavy with gold embroidery. Jews expelled from Spain carried...

Oct 25, 2026, 11:43 PM

Dan Illouz Interview: ‘About a million Israelis carry Morocco in their names’

Former Israeli Knesset member Dan Illouz, of Moroccan Jewish descent, pictured against a background featuring the flags of Morocco and Israel. (AI-edited image based on an original photograph by Sharon Hasson/Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

When Dan Illouz stood before an international gathering of parliamentarians in Marrakech in June 2023, his presence carried a significance that extended beyond the diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and Morocco. The Israeli lawmaker, born in Montreal to Moroccan Jewish...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 24, 2026, 5:48 PM

Pacific Abraham Accords: Blocking China’s Advance

Israel’s admission into the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as a partner will turn sympathy into a powerful foreign policy tool to pressure the periphery. For decades, PIF members have backed Israel with crucial votes at the United Nations General...

Mustapha Ezzarghani

Oct 21, 2026, 1:50 AM

Walking an Israeli friend to Synagogue in Morocco

I wanted to show an Israeli friend the Morocco I have spent years defending, a country where Jewish history is not foreign history but part of our own. Instead, a walk to a synagogue ended with an unidentified man...

Oct 20, 2026, 5:50 AM

Magal’s ‘Moroccan monkey’ is Netanyahu’s Israel speaking

AI-generated illustration of Israeli politician Gadi Eisenkot wearing a traditional Moroccan fez and djellaba, highlighting his Moroccan heritage.

On Saturday night, on the flagship panel show of the network that has spent years serving as Benjamin Netanyahu’s in-house megaphone, Yinon Magal looked into the camera and called Gadi Eisenkot a monkey. He did not misspeak. He repeated...

Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM

The welcome Israel should not misread in Marrakech

An Israeli official fastens a Morocco-Israel friendship pin to my shirt at Marrakech Airshow 2026. Both faces are blurred for privacy, given the sensitivity surrounding Israeli participation.

A senior Israeli official gave me a small pin bearing the Moroccan and Israeli flags at the Marrakech Airshow and fastened it on me. Officials there were wearing the same emblem. The gesture was gracious; the political symbolism, considerably...

Mohamed Chtatou

Oct 9, 2026, 5:48 PM

The Marrakech Air Show 2026

The Marrakech Air Show 2026: Israel’s Defense Industry in Morocco and the Strategic Transformation of Moroccan–Israeli Relations Introduction Israel’s official participation in the Marrakech Air Show, held from 7 to 10 October 2026 at the Royal Moroccan Air Force base in...

Oct 3, 2026, 10:16 AM

Why Morocco’s Israel policy outlasts its governments

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri’s appointment as Morocco’s first woman head of government marks a historic political breakthrough. King Mohammed VI appointed her on September 29 after the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) finished first in the September 23 legislative...

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