98% of Moroccans assist Palestinian trigger, oppose normalization with Israel
98% of Moroccans assist the Palestinian trigger and their resistance towards Israel, in accordance with a latest ballot titled “Moroccan Public Opinion Trends Towards the Palestinian Cause.”
The survey, performed amidst a protracted Israeli-Palestinian battle that has claimed numerous lives, discovered that a good portion of Moroccans view the October 2023 ” al-Aqsa Storm” operation launched by Palestinian armed factions as a authentic act of resistance.
The same proportion views the following Israeli retaliation as a genocide and expressed their opposition to Morocco’s normalization of ties with Israel.
Hassan Hmoro, the pollster, cited statements by Rachid Elfellouli, coordinator of the Moroccan Initiative for Support and Solidarity, who revealed that because the begin of the battle, Morocco has witnessed over 5,000 pro-Palestine demonstrations.
The Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Opposing Normalization has additionally reported organizing over 817 solidarity occasions.
The ballot was performed amongst 13,857 Moroccans aged between 20 and 70. Of the individuals, 53.1% held a college diploma, 26.7% had the next schooling stage, and 20.2% had a secondary schooling stage or much less.
The survey discovered that 98.5% of respondents contemplate the Palestinian trigger to be a matter for all Muslims, 97.8% acknowledged that it’s their very own private trigger, 1.8% deemed it a non-priority, and 0.4% indicated little interest in the matter.
Regarding the October 2023 occasions, 97.1% of respondents labeled them as resistance towards the Israeli occupation.
98.3% expressed assist for the Palestinian resistance, whereas 96.9% condemned the following Israeli operations as a genocide.
Despite this overwhelming assist, the ballot additionally revealed that fifty.6% of respondents consider that the official Moroccan place shouldn’t be sufficiently supportive of the Palestinian trigger.
Hmoro attributed this discrepancy to a number of elements, together with a perceived lack of sturdy protection of the Gaza battle by state-owned media, in addition to articles printed in sure media shops which are seen as sympathetic to Israel and demanding of Palestinian resistance.
Despite these challenges, the ballot revealed that 95% of Moroccans oppose normalization with Israel, whereas 85.5% consider that fashionable solidarity with Palestine in Morocco is inadequate and referred to as for extra actions.
The ballot highlights the deep-seated assist for the Palestinian trigger amongst Moroccan residents and underscores the complicated dynamics of the nation’s relationship with Israel, balancing official ties with fashionable sentiment.
