Thousands of Moroccans demonstrate against Haniyeh’s killing at pro-Hamas rally

RABAT, Morocco — Thousands of Moroccans protest in Rabat in support of Palestinians and to condemn normalization with Israel, holding portraits of killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, AFP journalists report.

Waving Palestinian flags, and brandishing pictures of Haniyeh and a cardboard coffin adorned with his image, thousands of people march to the parliament building with black and white keffiyeh scarves, which are symbols of the Palestinian cause, draped across their shoulders.

“Greetings from Rabat to our Gazan friends and to the Al-Qassam [Brigades],” the crowd chants, referring to the armed wing of Hamas.

“The people want the end of normalization,” they also chant, a message also carried on their placards, the AFP journalists report.

Some in the crowd burn an Israeli flag, the journalists see.

The rally was organized by the National Action Group for Palestine, which brings together leftist groups and the Islamist Justice and Development Party.

Morocco established official ties in Israel in 2020 as part of the US-led Abraham Accords.

The North African kingdom has officially called for “the immediate, complete and permanent halt to the Israeli war on Gaza,” but has not publicly discussed undoing normalization.