Israeli Defence Minister visits tomb of late Moroccan King, Mohammed V – Center East Monitor

Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, on Wednesday, visited the tomb of the late Moroccan King Mohammed V, within the capital Rabat, Anadolu Information Company experiences.

“The vital go to to Morocco begins with a go to to the tomb of Mohammed V in Rabat. I laid a wreath and wrote within the guests’ guide,” Gantz posted on Twitter.

The mausoleum incorporates the tombs of late King Mohammed V and his late son, Hassan II.

Gantz arrived in Morocco late on Tuesday for a two-day official go to, the primary such go to by an Israeli defence minister to the North African nation.

The Israeli minister will meet together with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdellatif Loudiyi, and International Minister, Nasser Bourita, throughout his keep and is predicted to signal a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation between Israel and Morocco, in accordance with Israeli media.

Gantz stated Tel Aviv and Rabat “will all work collectively for a greater future.”

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Mohammed V dominated Morocco between 1927 and 1961. He was succeeded by his son, Hassan II, till his demise in 1999. The nation has since been dominated by King Mohammed VI.

Gantz’s go to, nevertheless, has drawn condemnations from human rights associations in Morocco.

The Moroccan Authority for the Assist of the Nation’s Affairs, a neighborhood NGO, denounced Gantz’s go to as “a continuation of the humiliating means of normalisation with the Zionist entity that has usurped the land of Palestine.”

On 10 December 2020, Israel and Morocco introduced the resumption of their diplomatic relations after they had been suspended in 2002 following the second Palestinian Intifada, making Morocco the fourth Arab nation to normalise relations with Israel in 2020, after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan.

Since then, an Israeli embassy has been opened in Morocco throughout a go to by Israeli International Minister, Yair Lapid, to Rabat final August. The Moroccan liaison workplace in Tel Aviv was additionally reopened, and a direct flight between the 2 nations was launched.