After humanitarian aid, medical support: how the Morocco of King Mohammed VI (really) helps the Palestinians

The Algerian media were jubilant all day today by tracking the route of Moroccan military aircraft heading towards Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, calling for collaboration between the Moroccan and Israeli armies in these times of great tension. They will not only have to swallow their unhealthy joy, but also revise their classics. When Royal Armed Forces cargo planes head towards Israel, it is to deliver precious aid directly to a Palestinian population who need it most. Far from any political recovery and even further from any boasting which would be in bad taste given the circumstances.

This was indeed the case this Monday, June 24, 2024 when on the very high instructions of King Mohammed VI, president of the Al Quds Committee, a humanitarian medical aid operation, intended for the Palestinian population of Gaza, was carried out. The result is 40 tonnes of medical products transported, and this is again unprecedented, by land. All of this, largely from the personal funds of the Sovereign, specified a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Parasite aside, the initiative is far from being a first. This is a long tradition of active solidarity with Palestine and a continuation of royal concern for the Palestinian people. As recently as last March, King Mohammed VI ordered a similar humanitarian aid operation, this time food, again transported by land, intended for the Palestinian population of Gaza and the holy city of Al Quds.

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An operation which coincided with the start of the month of Ramadan and which consisted of 40 tonnes of food. Added to this are the ongoing actions of the Bayt Mal Al Quds Agency and a number of other humanitarian initiatives.

Direct land route: Morocco succeeds where all others fail

If the aid provided during Ramadan was based on foodstuffs, that of this Monday, remember, is made up of 40 tonnes of medical products and equipment. Medical aid contains, in particular, medical devices for surgical and trauma emergencies and for the treatment of major burns. The aid also contains essential medicines, including antibiotics, painkillers, antipyretics and disinfectants. Added to this are medications for diabetes, anesthesia, antiparasitics, as well as massive fluids. These products are suitable for both adults and young children.

The exceptional nature of the direct land route of delivery of the last two aids confirms not only Morocco’s place in the concert of nations, but also the credibility and respect which it enjoys vis-à-vis all its interlocutors.

Moroccan aid was in fact transported by Moroccan planes to Tel Aviv then transported by land to Gaza.

Personal involvement of the King

A confirmation, if any were needed, of the “breakthrough” achieved by Morocco during the previous operation last Ramadan. In this regard, Morocco will have been the first to open the land route, unprecedented since the outbreak of armed hostilities. Usually, the aid either came from Egypt, via the Rafah crossing, or was dropped from planes.

«This feat would not have been achieved without the personal involvement of the Sovereign. Moreover, the King was keen to take charge personally and from his private funds, a large part of the aid, we must insist. If the land route was thus opened, it is in consideration of the person of Mohammed VI as well as his place, his aura, the legitimacy of his moral authority and his credibility. Proof of this is that great powers have not been able to obtain this facility», explains this academician for Le360.

A major player in peace and a long-time promoter of a just settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Morocco is also taking advantage of the resumption of its relations with Israel to serve the interests of the Palestinian people, since the Tripartite Declaration. Morocco-United States-Israel. Far from suffering it as some dream of, Morocco has always used its levers and its networks to promote the interests of the Palestinians and peace for all the peoples of the region. No offense to an Algiers regime whose fertile speeches of indignation, aimed more at the Algerian population, are matched only by the sterility of the approach and the absence of action.

Meanwhile, “lip service” is in full swing

So what are the dogmatists of non-normalization doing if not loudly proclaiming their empty slogans, while remaining silent about their impotence? “Between the inability to wage war and the inability to make peace, Algerian policy is made up of lip service, one-upmanship and words, without ever adding action. Algeria has never done anything for the Palestinians, neither politically nor on a humanitarian level“, explains our source.

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The game no longer fools anyone: if Algeria is, theoretically, committed to the Palestinian cause, it is only to stick, just behind it, with another question: the Sahara. With this difference that for the latter, it does not hesitate to host, arm, finance and support a separatist front which owes it everything. For Palestine, it will be words.

Preaching the truth to have the false

The relentless feeding of an analogy, created from scratch, between Palestine and the Sahara, two issues that nothing unites, is part of the very DNA of the Algerian regime. Algeria’s solidarity with Palestine is ultimately nothing other than despicable propaganda, used in vain to try to give visibility to a Polisario in full decomposition. It started with a certain Houari Boumediene who had brazenly ordered the plagiarism of the Palestinian flag… to make the rag of the Polisario separatists. In terms of creativity, we would happily award him an indulgent “can do better”: the only distinctive elements of the piece of Polisarian fabric are the star and the crescent moon… of the Algerian flag. A collage to say the least primary.

Except that while the Palestinian cause occupies the forefront of the international scene, the propaganda spent on “the self-determination of the Sahrawi people» only exists in the literature of the Algerian regime’s apparatchiks. And if there is an analogy to be made, it is between the population of Gaza and that of… Tiaret, an Algerian town whose population has come to beg for a few liters of drinking water per day to survive the incompetence of its leaders. of the Algiers regime.

Regarding Palestine, the medical aid operation ordered by the King is a demonstration of the effectiveness of the Al Quds Committee and Bayt Mal Al Quds. It is also the translation of wise leadership from King Mohammed VI, driven by a vision for peace and focused on effective and concrete support for the Palestinians. It is through concrete and effective aid that we support the Palestinian population. Although simple, this idea seems difficult to understand for some. It’s their problem after all.