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FM Nasser Bourita in Rabat on September 6, 2020. (AFP) Rabat - Asharq Al-Awsat
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Thursday that Iran was acting through its proxies to destabilize the African region and threaten the territorial integrity of Morocco.
“People know more about Iran s nuclear activities, but Iran is also acting through proxies to destabilize North and West Africa,” the FM said in an interview with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) TV channel, on the sidelines of its annual meeting.
Bourita stressed that Iran threatens the territorial integrity of Morocco and its security by supporting the Polisario through providing it with arms and training its militia to attack Morocco, recalling that Iran is expanding its influence through Hezbollah.
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AIPAC applauds lawmakers for backing full US aid to Israel, without conditions
A letter urging an unconditional aid came after handful of prominent Democratic Party lawmakers spoke at a virtual national conference of the left-wing, pro-Israel group J Street over the weekend.
“As the United States meets pressing global challenges, we strongly believe that robust U.S. foreign assistance is vital to ensuring our national security interests abroad,” the letter stated.
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest pro-Israel advocacy group in the U.S., applauded the overwhelming majority of members of the House of Representatives on Thursday who signed a letter urging U.S. aid to Israel to be fully funded in the federal budget without condition, contradicting a handful of prominent Democratic Party lawmakers who spoke at a virtual national conference of the left-wing, pro-Israel group J Street over the weekend.
Morocco FM: We will take relations with Israel as far as possible
Morocco s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita speaks upon the arrival of Israeli National Security Advisor at the Royal Palace in the Moroccan capital Rabat on December 22, 2020 [FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images] May 7, 2021 at 9:23 am
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita confirmed that Rabat had taken the decision to normalise relations with the occupation out of conviction and will go as far as possible in developing bilateral cooperation with Israel.
Speaking at an event organised by the controversial lobby group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Bourita said: All the tools for cooperation with Israel are available, and also the political will. I hope that we will exchange high-level visits very soon.
Abdul Choudhuri Defends Suspended Peterborough Members Accused of Antisemitism
Abdul Choudhuri Defends Suspended Peterborough Members Accused of Antisemitism
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Last week, Peterborough was rocked by accusations of antisemitism after both the Labour and Conservative parties suspended at least fourteen – mainly Muslim – members from their parties. The Chairman of the Joint Mosques Council of Peterborough Abdul M. Choudhuri responded to the allegations in a letter titled “
The councillors and members I know are not anti-semitic.” Choudhuri begins:
The fact of the matter is that all Muslims believe and respect all Prophets from Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Dawud and Jesus – peace be upon them. You cannot be a Muslim unless you believe in and respect all these Prophets. To suggest that a Muslim is anti-Semitic, against Jews or Judaism is completely incorrect as it is contradiction with the Islamic faith and the essence of what a Muslim believes.