Yesterday, Israeli diplomat David Saranga was chased out of Morocco after a mass demonstration for Palestinian rights spread across the capital. Saranga told the Jerusalem Post that he did not feel in danger, but he chose to leave Morocco at the behest of a security officer.
The protests began in Morocco last Thursday, when the diplomat first arrived and continued to grow through the weekend, until Saranga left the country. “As early as Saturday, when we were discussing the environment, energy and women’s rights, I could see people protesting outside,” said Saranga. On Sunday “there were maybe a 100,000 demonstrators who yelled and waved signs – and that was that,” said Saranga who today spoke with Ynet News.
The protestors in Rabat called for equal access to Jerusalem and for freedom to Palestinian political prisoners. Also Israeli flags were burned. Today PressTV reported the demonstration was held in conjunction with the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ), an upcoming international day of action where protestors will walk to the holy city. GMJ is scheduled for March 30th, also known as Land Day, or yom al-arda, in order to call attention to the unequal access to Jerusalem, as imposed by the Israeli occupation.
In 1994 Morocco became the second Arab country in North Africa, following Egypt, to establish diplomatic relations with Israel.
Now they need to get a bit more freedom for themselves. Maybe it is coming!
Any tourist with a visa can visit Jerusalem. In fact, the tourist visits are encouraged. Who is being denied access, and why?
BTW, can non-believers access Mecca equally?
It’s good for Moroccans to have a bête noir rather than face up to their own social failures, not to mention their illegal occupation of Western Sahara.
but as israel’s government insists the arab awakening has nothing to do with the zionist entity’s occupation of palestine?
This is great. BDS works. Israel if you want to steal even more Palestinian land, then fully expect your diplomats and citizens to be thrown out of other countries. As long as you steal then feel the pain of exclusion when you travel abroad.
impressive crowd