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Moroccan soccer fans trying to snatch an Israeli flag at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow after a FIFA World Cup match on June 20. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 20, 2018, 10:49 pm
Israeli World Cup fans say Moroccans didn’t try to grab flag: ‘They welcomed us’
After footage appears to show soccer supporters trying to snatch Israel flag at Moscow stadium, Israelis say scuffle was in fact over player’s shirt
By Michael Bachner
Moroccan soccer fans trying to snatch an Israeli flag at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow after a FIFA World Cup match on June 20. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 20, 2018, 10:03 pm
Moroccan fans appear to scuffle with Israel flag holders at World Cup
Footage shows supporters apparently trying to snatch banner, after Morocco loses and suffers early exit from soccer tournament
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian protesters wave Palestinian and Moroccan flags during a demonstration in Rabat against US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital on December 10, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)
May 21, 2018, 9:10 am
Over 10,000 Moroccans protest Gaza deaths, US embassy move
Demonstrators chant ‘Death to Israel,’ a day after Rabat scraps twinning project with Guatemala City over its new Jerusalem mission; protests also held in Kashmir
By TOI staff
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara speaks at a Likud party event in Lod on December 31, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 4, 2018, 2:55 pm
Minister claims mystery ‘prince of Bahrain’ is visiting Israel
Ayoub Kara says he discussed ties with the tiny Gulf nation during meeting in Tel Aviv, but Foreign Ministry says it has no knowledge of the royal visit
By Raoul Wootliff
Israel's Ori Sasson (blue) competes against France's Cyrille Maret (white) during the Judo World Championships Open in Marrakesh on November 11, 2017. (AFP/Fadel Senna)
November 11, 2017, 5:47 pm
In Morocco, Israeli judoka permitted to display his country’s name
Moroccan authorities initially threatened not to award Israelis visas, but eventually reneged, and unlike the UAE last month did not ban symbols of Jewish state
By TOI staff
Israeli judo chief Moshe Ponte, left, with IJC head Marius Vizer, second left, and two Emirates sports officials meeting in Abu Dhabi on October 28, 2017, (IJF)
November 1, 2017, 7:01 pm
UAE to allow Israeli symbols next year, Israeli judo chief believes
Officials hail progress though it remains unclear if Olympic bronze medalist Or Sasson will be allowed to display his flag at upcoming world championship in Morocco
By Raphael Ahren
Moroccan Jews and Israeli Jewish tourists participate in Simchat Torah festivities at a synagogue in Marrakesh on October 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)
October 31, 2017, 9:08 am
Historic Jewish quarter of Marrakesh sees revival
Tens of thousands of tourists flock to Morocco for festivals to boost tiny, elderly resident community
By Sophie Pons
Zionist Union MK Amir Peretz (2nd-L) attends a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on October 8, 2017. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
October 8, 2017, 10:35 pm
In Morocco, ex-defense chief called ‘war criminal’ by Islamist MP
Former Israeli lawmaker comes to Zionist Union MK Amir Peretz’s defense, notes he’s a native of country
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with African leaders in Uganda on July 4, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 11, 2017, 3:21 pm
Landmark Israel-Africa summit canceled following boycott threats
Host Togo asks to postpone 54-nation gathering to a date ‘agreed upon between the two countries’; Jerusalem vows to continue efforts in continent
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé during the ECOWAS summit in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 7, 2017, 4:04 pm
Israel dismisses efforts to derail upcoming Africa summit
Palestinians, Moroccans and South Africans dismayed over Togo gathering, at which PM will seek to boost diplomatic and economic ties
By Raphael Ahren
Likud Minister Ayoub Kara meets with prime minister of the Sahrawi Republic of southern Morocco, Abdelkader Taleb Omar in Ecuador on May 24, 2017. (Courtesy)
June 22, 2017, 2:35 am
Morocco complains to Israel about minister’s photo with rival leader
Foreign Ministry says Ayoub Kara’s brief meeting with Sahrawi Republic PM did not receive official approval
By Raoul Wootliff
Moroccan King Mohamed VI in 2016 (YouTube screenshot)
June 2, 2017, 8:17 pm
Morocco king boycotts Africa summit to avoid Netanyahu
Amidst some nations’ discontent over Israeli presence, king prefers visit ‘not take place in a context of tension and controversy’
By AFP
Zionist Union MKs Zouheir Bahloul (R) and Yael Cohen Paran and Kulanu MK Akram Hasson in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016 (Courtesy)
November 30, 2016, 3:35 am
When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue
In impassioned plea, Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish state has ‘duty’ to support upkeep of holy places abroad; local community ‘surprised’ by request, says it doesn’t ‘fit with the reality’
By Marissa Newman
Ariel Sharon, second from right, as commander of an armored division in the Sinai during the Six Day War (Courtesy Israel Defense Force Archive)
October 16, 2016, 11:32 am
Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, ‘helped Israel win Six Day War’
King Hassan ll sharpened Israel’s edge by providing secret recordings of Arab leadership discussions in run-up to war, says former military intelligence chief
By Sue Surkes
Zionist Union head and Labor Party leader MK Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2015. (photo credit Amir Levy/FLASh90)
June 7, 2016, 3:10 am
Herzog: ‘US should lead’ new regional peace effort
Speaking in DC, opposition leader says Israel has real chance for peace with Arab states, who suffer less from predecessors’ ‘Israel complex’
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
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