Popular protests against the IOF chief's visit to Morocco
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The popular National Action Group for Palestine, which opposes normalization between Morocco and the Israeli occupation, organized the protest.
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Dozens of Moroccan activists participated in a protest against Kochavi's visit.
Dozens of human rights activists protested in front of the Moroccan parliament building in Rabat on Tuesday against the visit of the Israeli occupation army Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.
The popular National Action Group for Palestine, which opposes normalization between Morocco and the Israeli occupation, organized the protest.
The Moroccan Observatory against Normalization described the visit as "a heinous crime”, tersely denouncing the act of normalization with the Israeli occupation.
Read more: Normalization: A stab in the back to the Palestinian cause
It is worth noting that dozens of Moroccan activists participated in a protest in front of the parliament headquarters in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, against the visit of Kochavi last night.
شكرا لمغربنا العروبي الأصيل الذي يرفض قطعا كل صور التطبيع، سيدرك النظام ومؤسساته أن التطبيع مع (إسرائيل) كان تقديرا خاطئ #المغرب#زيارة_كوخافي#التطبيع_خيانة pic.twitter.com/XFLLfHtQx6
— سامي الشاعر (@jsami1981) July 19, 2022
Activists shared a video on social media which shows the security forces assaulting the head of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights during a peaceful sit-in in front of the Ministry of Interior headquarters.
#المغرب| اعتداء قوات الأمن على رئيس الجمعية المغربية لحقوق الإنسان @rhaliaziz خلال وقفة سلمية أمام مقر وزارة الداخلية سلوك عدواني وغير ضروري ولا يمكن تبريره. ينبغي على السلطات الكف عن تقييد النشاط المدني، واحترام حق الأفراد والكيانات في حرية الرأي والتعبير والتجمع السلمي. pic.twitter.com/NHg5FO7Vj4
— المرصد الأورومتوسطي (@EuroMedHRAr) July 19, 2022
Israeli occupation forces Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi landed in Morocco on Monday in his first official visit to Rabat since the North African Arab state normalized ties with the occupation in 2020.
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