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Moroccan politician: Authorities blocked Hamas representative from entering Morocco
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum pauses during an interview with The Associated Press in Gaza City, February 7, 2012. (AP/Hatem Mousa)
Abdelilah Benkirane, leader of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party, states that Moroccan authorities prevented Fawzi Barhoum, a senior Hamas official, from entering the country.
Benkirane makes the remarks during the party’s annual conference.
Recently, reports in Morocco indicated that Barhoum was expected to attend the conference as Hamas’s representative.
The Justice and Development Party is considered to advocate a moderate Islamic platform. However, in the end, Barhoum addressed the conference remotely and did not travel to Morocco. There was no official response from the authorities in Morocco to Benkirane’s remarks.
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