Morocco’s Hassan II betrayed All Arabs, being behind Zionists’ occupation of East Al-Quds, Golan Heights and Sinai

BY: Hana Saada

ALGIERS-  The betrayal of the royal palace is not limited to Algeria, but all Arabs. This is illustrated through a resounding and despicable episode of espionage for the benefit of the Zionist Entity.

According to testimonies from the Zionist Entity’s top Mossad and Shin-Bet officials at the time, published in the Zionist press, and quoted by Yediot Aharonot, the Sharifian monarch then provided top-secret recordings of closed-door discussions in Casablanca between Arab leaders before the war of 1967. The Zionist Entity had subsequently thanked Hassan II for having greatly contributed to the military victory against its Arab enemies during the 1967 war. Meir Amit, head of the Mossad at the time, dubbed the Moroccan operation as “one of the supreme glories of “Israeli” intelligence” in a memo to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol.

More recently on December 10, 2020, Morocco, whose king is the Chairman of the El-Quds Committee, normalized its relations with the Zionist Entity in exchange for the recognition by former US President Donald Trump of the kingdom’s alleged “sovereignty” over Western Sahara. This barter was strongly condemned throughout the world and especially by the Moroccan people who took to the streets for several days to express their rejection of this agreement, demonstrations often repressed by the regime in place.

Morocco is known for invoid justifications as it did following  normalizing ties with the Zionist Entity. It claimed, at that time, that stinking normalization would build bridges with the Zionist entity with a view to helping solve the Palestinian dossier, however, its move, along with all normalizers, did not present a single successful example in this regard.

Morocco, Zionist Entity have maintained informal ties since King Hassan II:

In 2020, UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco signed normalization agreements with the Zionist Entity, under the auspices of the US, and held a high-profile security meeting in the Negev. However, for decades, relations between Morocco and the Zionist Entity have always been more than just cordial. Although Morocco did not formally recognize the entity until the Abraham Accords, it maintained informal ties with it. Observers consider 2020 normalization as a resume of relations as this latter date back to the 1960s, during the reign of the late King Hassan II. Relations were marked by the immigration of Moroccan Jews to the Zionist Entity and meetings between officials from the two sides. Noting that Morocco was home to the largest Jewish community in the Arab world, most of whom came from Spain after the 1491 expulsion by the Spanish Catholic monarchy.

According to many media resources, Hassan II invited Zionist spies from Shin Bet and Mossad to spy on the Arab leaders’ activities at the 1965 Arab League Summit held in Casablanca, thus, was instrumental in causing the Arabs’ defeat to the Zionist Entity in the 1967 Six-Day War.

On July 22, 1986, Zionist Prime Minister Shimon Peres secretly flew to Morocco and was received by King Hassan II who exchanged with him several-hour talks, a move strongly slammed by Moroccan political forces and the Arab League. At the outset, Morocco did not acknowledge the Zionist leader’s presence, nor did the state-controlled radio, television or newspapers. However, the visit was confirmed later by the Zionist officials in Al Quds. The confirmation came after a flurry of rumors spread that Mr. Peres and a small entourage had left for Morocco. Hassan II’s move was aimed at breaking the deadlock to recognize the criminal Entity; however, the fierce objection obliged him to withdraw his attempt. Nonetheless, Hassan II maintained a bond with Peres, and Peres voiced his condolences when Hassan II died in 1999.

Official relations between them saw light in 1994 at a low level, before Morocco froze them in 2000, following the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada.

During that period, more precisely in 1994, a Zionist liaison office was opened in Rabat, and two years later, Morocco opened a liaison office in the occupied territories as well. Morocco, faced with harsh criticism from Muslim world, tried to justify its actions, claiming that the establishment of these relations would help maintain dialogue and understanding to reach a just and comprehensive peace.

In 1999, relations became warmer and warmer with the Zionist Entity issuing a stamp bearing the image of King Hassan II, following his death. One can notice that King Mohammed VI of Morocco, whose reign began in 1999, followed the footsteps of his father, maintaining unofficial relations with the Zionist Entity. He opted for a Jewish adviser to help him reign the country. In this vein, Morocco World news agency stated in an article, entitled:” Audrey Azoulay ‘Deservedly’ Won UNESCO Chief Vote”, that Mohammed VI’s advisor, André Azoulay, was an instrumental Jewish Moroccan who played a key role in facilitating the growth of Morocco in both economic and political terms.

According to Anadolu Agency, the volume of trade exchange between the both sides in that year reached about $50 million, and some 50,000 Zionists visited Morocco, as stated by the Zionist Liaison office in the kingdom.

On May 12, 2000, a Zionist military delegation of 25 experts from the air force visited the southern regions of Morocco.

On Sept. 22 of the same year, Zionist businessmen representing 24 companies specializing in agricultural technologies, visited Morocco at the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Services in Casablanca.

Following the suspension of relations on Oct. 23, 2000, Haaretz announced on Sept. 1, 2003, that the then Zionist Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom, embarked on a visit to Morocco and held meetings with King Mohammed VI and FM Mohamed Benaissa. The Kuwaiti official news agency, for itself, reported the news.

On July 4, 2007, the then Zionist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni held a meeting with her Moroccan counterpart, Mohamed Benaissa, in Paris.

On Sept. 4, 2009, King Mohammed VI held phone talks with the then Zionist Prime Minister.

In February 2019, the Zionist Channel 13 and the Times of “Israel” news website reported that Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had secretly met with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. There was no immediate comment from Rabat. The website added that the meeting aimed at arranging visits, normalizing ties, and offering help to Morocco regarding Iran.

On April 28, 2019, the account of “Israel’s official Arabic” on Twitter shared a picture of King Hassan II and Peres’ meeting in Rabat in 1986.

On Aug. 24, 2020, the Moroccan Prime Minister, Saad-Eddine El-Othmani, said: “Morocco rejects any normalization with the Zionist entity because this strengthens its position in continuing to violate the rights of the Palestinian people.”

However, on Dec. 10, Morocco announced its intention to resume official contacts and diplomatic relations with the Zionist Entity “as soon as possible.”

In a statement issued by the royal court, Rabat revealed its intention to “facilitate direct flights to transport Jews of Moroccan origin and Israeli tourists to and from Morocco”.

It spoke of “developing innovative relations in the economic and technological fields,” and stressed: “work to reopen liaison offices in the two countries, as was the case in the past for many years until 2002”.

The Kingdom attributed these anticipated steps to “the special ties between the Jewish community of Moroccan origin, including those in the Zionist entity, with the person of the Moroccan monarch”.

Following this roller-coaster journey, the Zionist Entity and Morocco made their longstanding—albeit concealed—friendship official in December 2020 when they signed a normalization agreement that ensured “full diplomatic, peaceful, and friendly relations” under US patronage.

Subsequently, a range of agreements were signed between the North African country and the Zionist Entity.

The two sides inked an agreement that will allow direct flights. Senior Advisor to the U.S. President Jared Kushner and the Zionist Entity’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat were among the high-level officials on board the flight.

On 25 July 2021, two Zionist carriers launched direct commercial flights to Marrakech from Tel Aviv. On 11 August 2021, both sides signed three accords on political consultations, aviation and culture.  In November 2021, Morocco and the Zionist Entity signed a defense agreement.

Besides, both sides inked a formal cybersecurity agreement to share information, research, and development on cyber warfare. On August 11, Zionist Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited Morocco, signaling that his government is placing its relationship with Morocco high on its agenda.

More recently, and during a meeting, held in January 2023, and chaired by Belkhair Al-Farouq, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces, and Dror Shalom, Director of the Office of Political-Military Affairs at the Zionist Ministry of Defense, various fields of bilateral military cooperation were discussed, especially logistics, and training, as well as the acquisition and modernization of equipment. The two sides agreed to further strengthen what the Zionists called “more cooperation to expand it to include other fields, especially intelligence, air defense and electronic warfare.” The Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces said, according to the source, that “Moroccan-Israeli military cooperation carries common interests and is based on trust and mutual support”!!

For the upcoming shameless rendez-vous between the Zionist Entity and Morocco, the latter will host a meeting that will bring together the Zionist Entity and the Foreign Ministers of Arab countries that signed the so-called “Abraham Accords”.  Reuters quoted the Zionist Entity’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen as saying that Morocco will host the second summit with the countries of normalization as the first one was held in the Egyptian Negev desert. It brought together the foreign ministers of Egypt, Morocco, the Emirates and Bahrain, with the foreign minister of the Zionist entity. This meeting, which was called for by the former foreign minister of the zionist entity, took place, noteworthy, in the presence of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

In short, Morocco is accelerating the pace of its embrace of the usurping entity in security, militarily, politically, economically and commercially as well. Their military relations are a real threat in the region, especially for Algeria as the first targeted regional power. They are collaborating on the “cyber Iron Dome” project, a common defense platform targeting as they say “common enemies”!