Djelloul Chetouane in Africa News: Morocco between the will of the street and militarised normalisation

Morocco between the will of the street and the choices of the state: militarising normalisation in a time of repression

By Djelloul Chetouane, President of the Hisn Al-Mateen Bloc Foundation

In today's issue of the daily Africa News (20 July 2025), we examine how normalisation in Morocco is shifting from a political choice to a repressive security policy. The Moroccan street is rising in support of Palestine, while the authorities press ahead with militarising relations with the Zionist entity.

• More than 100 consecutive Fridays of protest against normalisation.
• Arrests and threats targeting students, doctors and journalists.
• Documents revealing the deaths of Moroccans at a Zionist base.
• Security and intelligence normalisation with the entity: a direct threat to Maghreb security.

Our position at the Hisn Al-Mateen Bloc Foundation is clear: we are not against the Moroccan people but with them, and we firmly oppose Zionist infiltration and its attempts to penetrate our Maghreb fabric.