BY: Dr. Hana Saada
In the shadow of Gaza’s devastation, the Moroccan chapter of the BDS movement denounces the inclusion of companies complicit in Zionist apartheid and military aggression at the upcoming Marrakesh tech event.
Algiers, Algeria | April 12th, 2025 — In a firm and unequivocal rejection of normalization with the Zionist entity, the Moroccan branch of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has called for a comprehensive boycott of GITEX Africa 2025, set to take place in Marrakesh from April 14 to 16, under the supervision of the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform.
The movement issued a forceful statement condemning the participation of four Zionist and Zionist-affiliated technology firms, all identified as actively complicit in the Zionist occupation apparatus and the ongoing crimes committed against the Palestinian people.
Among the participating companies is Waterfall Security Solutions, a cybersecurity firm founded by Lior Frenkel, a former officer in the Zionist Air Force. Frenkel has been involved in the development of computer systems for warplanes used in military operations, particularly in the current relentless assault on Gaza, which has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians and led to catastrophic destruction across the besieged enclave.
Another participating entity is Cisco, the American tech conglomerate accused by BDS of supplying critical technological infrastructure that sustains the Zionist regime’s system of digital apartheid and population control. Likewise, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has been linked to the provision of data systems to Zionist security agencies and the Ministry of Defense, while Oracle is implicated in supplying AI-driven cloud computing tools used by Zionist forces in surveillance, targeting, and warfare.
BDS Morocco condemned the event’s organizers for allowing these companies a platform, describing it as a grave act of complicity in whitewashing war crimes and normalizing the Zionist regime’s brutal occupation under the pretense of technological progress.
“In the midst of a genocidal war on Gaza, where entire families have been erased and infrastructure reduced to rubble, offering Zionist firms a stage in Marrakesh is not only ethically abhorrent—it is a betrayal of the just Palestinian cause and of Morocco’s historic stance in defense of oppressed peoples,” the BDS statement declared.
The movement urged Moroccan and African stakeholders—students, engineers, developers, tech startups, academics, and civil society actors—to boycott the exhibition and to refuse any form of collaboration or engagement with these firms. It also called on international partners to amplify global pressure through boycott campaigns targeting corporations that profit from systems of repression.
“Technology must serve humanity, not tyranny,” the statement emphasized.
“There is no future in a digital economy built on the backs of occupied people. No innovation is neutral when it sustains apartheid. No tech for Zionism. No partnership with oppression.”
