Royal Court says Morocco’s position regarding Palestinian issue is irreversible

A handout picture released by the Moroccan Royal Palace on November 6, 2021, shows King Mohammed VI delivering a speech to the nation. (AFP)
Short Url
Updated 13 March 2023
Follow

Royal Court says Morocco’s position regarding Palestinian issue is irreversible

DUBAI: Morocco's position regarding the Palestinian issue is irreversible and it constitutes one of the priorities of the kingdom’s foreign policy, the Moroccan Royal Court said in a statement issued Monday.

“For Morocco, this is a constant, principled position, which should not be open to political posturing and narrow electoral campaigns,” the royal court statement added in a reference to the Palestinians issue. 

The court said the statement responds to recent remarks by the General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) containing “irresponsible excessive views and dangerous approximations” concerning the relations between Morocco and Israel, against the background of the latest developments in Palestinian territories. 

“The Kingdom's international relations cannot be the subject of blackmail by anyone or for any consideration whatsoever, particularly in the current complex global context. The instrumentalization of the Kingdom's foreign policy in a domestic partisan agenda thus constitutes a dangerous, unacceptable precedent.”


Palestinian paramedic from Gaza dies in Israeli prison

Updated 6 sec ago
Follow

Palestinian paramedic from Gaza dies in Israeli prison

  • Hatem Rayan had been held at the notorious Negev detention center since his arrest on Dec. 27, 2024
  • He was detained at Kamal Adwan Hospital along with his injured son, Muath, who remains in custody

LONDON: Hatem Rayan, a Palestinian paramedic from Gaza, has died at the notorious Israeli Negev detention center, the Palestinian Authority’s General Authority of Civil Affairs said on Thursday.

He had been held there since his arrest on Dec. 27, 2024, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

He was arrested at Kamal Adwan Hospital along with his injured son, Muath, who remains in custody, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported.

Rayan is one of more than 100 prisoners and detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023. Only 88 of them have been officially identified, 52 of whom were from Gaza. The total number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli custody since 1967 now stands at 325, the prisoners’ rights groups added.

Rayan was detained when Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the largest medical facility in northern Gaza. They carried out a forced evacuation of patients and staff, and arrested its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. He remains detained without charge.