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Morocco deploys IAI's Barak air defense system

IAI and Morocco signed the $500 million deal in 2020

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IAI's Barak MX air defense system
SpyX enables tactical teams to organically detect, confirm and hit targets with the ability to carry a variety of warheads up to 2.5 kg such as Anti-Personnel and light vehicles (A/P) and Anti-Tanks (A/T).

Israel brings killer drones to Morocco as kingdom races to build its own war industry

Rabat has increased its defense spending in order to modernize its military and strengthen local production capabilities.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Extra guided missile

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

|ByDEAN SHMUEL ELMAS/GLOBES/TNS
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.

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.'

|ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE

Morocco earthquake: 2,122 dead, thousands more injured

Two historic synagogues in Marrakech damaged in the earthquake • Israel sends aid to the shaken nation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view shows a damaged building on the road between Amizmiz and Ouirgane, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

Israel to send rescue team to Morocco, bring back stranded Israelis

More than 400 Israelis were on the ground during the disaster, which killed more than 1,000 people and injured thousands of others. 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, SETH J. FRANTZMAN
A general view of damage in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

'There are no words:' Israelis in Morocco share their stories

Some Israelis in the disaster area spoke with the Jerusalem Post's sister paper, Maariv, and described the disaster and the efforts by local authorities to deal with it.  

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MATAN WASSERMAN
A general view of damage in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

Morocco earthquake: 2,012 people dead, number expected to rise

Turkey, where powerful earthquakes in February killed more than 50,000 people, said it was ready to provide support to the North African country.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Rescuers carry a search operation following a powerful earthquake, in Amizmiz, in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

President of the Moroccan House of Councilors postpones Israel trip due to illness

Enaam Mayara was supposed to visit Ramallah on Wednesday and the Knesset on Thursday.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Workers carry a flag in preparation for "The Negev Summit" to be hosted by Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt in Sde Boker, Israel, March 27, 2022.

Direct flights to travel between Israel's Tel Aviv and Morocco's Essaouira

Arkia Airlines and Morocco’s tourism agency recently announced the launch of direct flights between Tel Aviv and the Atlantic port town of Essaouira.

AUGUST 20, 2023ByEINAT LEVI
AN ARKIA airliner: Newly launched flights between Tel Aviv and the Moroccan port city of Essaouira demonstrate how cultural and joint history can be translated into strategic and economic achievements, says the writer.

IDF Cmdr. tells Jpost: Moroccan soldiers embraced us with open arms

“We were both interested in each other’s culture. Wherever we traveled, we continued various dialogues between ourselves and the Moroccan delegation,” said Capt. O of the Golani Brigade.

JULY 10, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MOROCCAN SOLDIERS are seen on an earth wall that separates areas controlled by Morocco and the Polisario Front in Western Sahara, in 2016.

Morocco will only host the Negev forum with the promise and practice of peace - opinion

There was an expectation in the Arab World that large-scale settlement expansion in, and rampant annexation of, the West Bank were to be stopped after the first Abraham Accords.

JULY 9, 2023ByJAMAL AMIAR
THEN-FOREIGN minister Yair Lapid shakes hands with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, at The Negev Summit in Sde Boker, last year.

Israel, Morocco to collaborate on climate issues

The agreement will include a framework for cooperation between research institutes, entrepreneurs, and public and private bodies in the field of the environment.

JUNE 25, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman with her counterpart, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco, Leila Benali, in Rabat, Morocco.

Arab youth in Morocco, UAE and Egypt support peace with Israel - poll

The 2023 Arab Youth Survey shows that youth in Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, are in favor of normalizing relations with Israel.

JUNE 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and then UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet in Abu Dhabi, Jan. 30, 2022.