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Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Freij and Justice Minister Gideon Saar are only a few of the Israeli ministers and senior officials who have visited Morocco recently.
M'Hammad Bennaboud is a historian who knows the Medina of Tétouan in Morocco inside out. He is also familiar with the great changes the city has undergone over the past hundred years. Nathalie Galesne spoke to him about the long history of Jewish–Muslim co-existence in the city
Grave of Rabbi Amram Ben Diwan
Every year on Lag BaOmer Jews from around the world travel to Morocco to visit the Tomb of Rabbi Amram Ben Diwan. International travel and large gatherings have been curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, since Morocco joined the Abraham Accords in late 2020, leading to normalization with Israel, visits to the venerated 18th century sage may increase.
Rabbi Amram ben Diwan was born in Jerusalem to a well-known rabbinical family. He settled in Hebron where his status as a great scholar grew. The community recruited him to serve as an emissary to Morocco. In his letter of appointment, Hebron’s Jewish leaders gave him the title of “complete scholar” and honored him as both a “Sinai” and an “uprooter of mountains,” references to Talmudic verses.