Morocco

Exotic Moroccan destination returns to Israeli aviation map

Arkia launched direct flights to Marrakech after three years. Prime Minister Netanyahu and officials attended the flight, starting twice-weekly service to Morocco.

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The Prime Minister and the Minister of Transport arrived for the inaugural flight.
Migrants are seen in an improvised shanty camp in El Trampolin Beach on August 14, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain. Fears of a second surge of migrant crossings into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta have intensified following anonymous social media calls claiming that the border will open.

Female migrants in Spain's Ceuta face constant threat of sexual violence

Camped outside, the women are sleeping in the open air along with hundreds of other Moroccan, sub-Saharan and South Asian migrants.

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Fears Of Second Surge In Migrant Crossings Into Ceuta Driven By False Social Media Posts: Heavy control in the border between Spain and Morocco on August 15, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain.

Morocco arrests 111 as migrants attempt to reach Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta

Morocco arrested at least 111 people attempting to reach Ceuta as authorities tightened security following online calls for another mass migrant crossing.

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Migrants carry a fellow migrant, who they say was injured when the Spanish police and military tried to contain the migrants to an area of a beach, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 2, 2026.

Spain boosts security in Ceuta as calls appear online for another mass border rush

One witness said the schools in Fnideq had been turned into dormitories for security forces deployed near the border.

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Netanyahu hails Moroccan king for UN resolution backing Western Sahara autonomy plan

“I wish to congratulate His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the endorsement by the UN Security Council of a resolution which supports Morocco’s autonomy plan," Netanyahu said.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government's cabinet formalizes the normalization agreement with Morocco.

UN calls for Western Sahara talks based on Morocco's autonomy plan

Western Sahara, a tract of desert the size of Britain, has been the scene of Africa's longest-running territorial dispute since colonial power Spain left in 1975 and Morocco annexed the territory.

NOVEMBER 1, 2025ByREUTERS
A car is seen during the visit of UN Western Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura at the Military Museum in refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria, January 16, 2022.

Moroccan border guards mocked tourist who left passport on plane

Scottish traveler Rebecca McCarry said Moroccan police laughed at her and warned she could wait five days for a deportation flight.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Menara International Airport, Marrakech.

'Allah is lesbian' shirt sees feminist jailed for 30 months in Morocco, courts cite harm to Islam

Ibtissame Lachgarwas also ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 Moroccan dirhams (approximately $5,500).

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Ibtissame Lachgar wearing a top reading that Allah is a lesbian.

Egypt revives NATO-style Arab force plan after Israeli strike in Qatar - report

Egypt is pushing to revive a NATO-style Arab military force for rapid defense in case of attacks. The proposal gains traction ahead of an Arab summit, with Cairo seeking regional support.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects Egyptian military units in Suez, in 2023.

Morocco completes trial of Israeli Extra guided missile

Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that Israel was Morocco's third largest source of defense imports between 2019 and 2023

AUGUST 31, 2025ByDEAN SHMUEL ELMAS/GLOBES/TNS
Extra guided missile

Unearthed in Morocco's Atlas Mountains: a 165-million-year-old 'porcupine' dinosaur

The unique and striking neck armor of Spicomellus Afer must have been energetically expensive to form and carry, suggesting it served a display function rather than practical use.

AUGUST 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A life reconstruction of Spicomellus afer.

Morocco’s Amazigh revival: From ancient roots to modern identity

Middle East scholar Dr. Mohamed Chtatou: 'The Amazigh did not reject the Jews or the Arabs who came later; they integrated them.'

AUGUST 27, 2025ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
Amazigh people celebrate their new year outside the parliament with calls on the government to recognize the day as an official holiday and put more effort into supporting their language in Rabat, Morocco January 13, 2023.

Pro-Israel Moroccan journalist interrogated, deported by Cuba over Israeli passport stamps

In addition to being deprived of water or food, Amine Ayoub was escorted by guards to the bathroom, and kept under surveillance.

AUGUST 18, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
An illustrative image of a passport with stamps from Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.

Activist arrested for blasphemy in Morocco for 'Allah is a lesbian' T-shirt photo

Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco over allegations of blasphemy.

AUGUST 16, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Ibtissame Lachgar wearing a top reading that Allah is a lesbian.