By Palestine Chronicle Staff

“It is not enough for some to repeat slogans like ‘We are all Israel,’ but they go so far as to write positions that justify Israel’s aggression and oppose the rights of the Palestinian people.”

The Secretary General of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party, Abdelilah Benkirane, has hit out at the head of the country’s Global Media Holding group, Ahmed Charai, after he published an article defending Israel and its leaders.

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reported that Benkirane, speaking at a festival organized by his party in Agadir on Saturday, described the article as “shameful”.

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Benkirane noted that such statements are not in line with the principles and values ​​of defending the rights of the Palestinian people.

“It is not enough for some to repeat slogans like ‘We are all Israel,’ but they go so far as to write positions that justify Israel’s aggression and oppose the rights of the Palestinian people.”

On November 27, the General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party categorically rejected the content of Charai’s article published in the Times of Israel newspaper, describing it as “explicit praise for genocide and state terrorism,” the MEMO report added.

The “legitimacy” of the ICC

In a featured article is published in The Blogs section of the Times of Israel on 24 November, Charai described the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as a “shocking move” and said it was the “first time” the ICC had acted. against “the leader of a democratic government”.

Charai said the decision by the ICC “raises serious questions about the legitimacy and impartiality of the court.”

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“A nation’s right to self-defense is a foundation of international law, and Israel’s response to the brutal Hamas attacks should be seen in this light,” Charai wrote.

ICC issued arrest warrants over a week ago for Netanyahu and Gallant on charges of “crimes against humanity and war crimes,” forcing the ICC’s 124 member states to arrest them should they enter their territory.

Charai argued that Netanyahu was not “the only person to blame” for the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza, but that “the real culprits” were “the Iranian regime.”

According to The Times of Israel, Charai is “publisher of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune and CEO of a Morocco-based media conglomerate.”

He also serves on the boards of the Atlantic Council, the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the Center for the National Interest, and the Global Board of Advisors of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

Ongoing genocide

Israel is ignoring a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive against Gaza.

Israel is currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, and Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.

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According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 44,466 Palestinians have been killed and 105,358 injured so far.

In addition, at least 11,000 people are missing, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes across the Strip.

Israel says 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the October 7 Al-Aqsa flood operation. Israeli media published reports indicating that many Israelis were killed that day by “friendly fire”.

Points shifted

Palestinian and international organizations say the majority of those killed and injured are women and children.

The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the violent displacement of nearly two million people from across the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of those displaced forced into the densely populated southern city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since Nakba 1948.

Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.

(MEMO, PC)