Tag: Morocco-Israel Relations

“This is not the Morocco we knew,” said Kobi Ifrah, co-founder of Kulna, a nonprofit organization that aims to preserve and promote Jewish Moroccan heritage. Ifrah moved from Dimona, Israel to Marrakesh 10 years ago,...

United Hatzalah’s disaster-relief mission has been operating in Morocco since Sept. 10, two days after the nearly 6.9 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of the country, particularly in the west in and around Marrakesh, killing nearly 3,000...

A United Hatzalah advance team on Sunday began preparations in quake-stricken Morocco for a wider operation in the coming days. The Israel-based initial responders arrived in the country on Saturday night, following Friday's devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake centered in...

Enaam Mayara, the president of Morocco’s House of Councillors, has postponed his scheduled visit to Israel's Knesset on Thursday due to an emergency health issue, Arab media reported on Wednesday. The parliamentarian canceled the highly anticipated...

A Moroccan man was sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the king on Facebook over the country’s normalization of ties with Israel. Said Boukioud, 48, was jailed on Monday for posts denouncing the...

Jerusalem Venture Partners and Margalit Startup City hosted an innovation summit this week in Jerusalem celebrating tech ties and cultural collaboration between Israel and Morocco. The event served as a platform to foster cross-cultural...

The tombs of three celebrated 17th- and 18th-century rabbis—Jacob Ben Malca, Hasday Almosnino and Jacob Marrache—have been rediscovered after more than 60 years at a cemetery in Tétouan in northern Morocco. Renewed knowledge of the...

Seven Jewish teenagers from Morocco are participating in the JCC Maccabi Games now underway in Haifa, the first delegation from the North African country to take part in the international sports competition. The annual event, which is...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke on Wednesday with his Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Loudiyi about strengthening military ties between their countries. “We discussed the defense ties critical to regional security and stability, and emphasized the...

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday corrected Israeli media reports that Morocco had cancelled the second gathering of the Negev Forum, a group formed to advance the Abraham Accords. Cohen admitted that the postponement...