Morocco, with the King serving as Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, on Thursday strongly and unequivocally condemned the breach of the ceasefire and the resumption of Israeli aggression against civilians in Gaza.
“Morocco strongly and unequivocally condemns the breach of the ceasefire and the resumption of aggression against civilians in Gaza,” said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a press briefing following the ministerial meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC), held via videoconference.
The official, who described the situation in the territory as “serious and very worrying,” emphasized that these aggressions, which have claimed hundreds of victims in recent days, are “unacceptable, condemnable, and hinder the consolidation of peace in the region.”
In this regard, he recalled that King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, has consistently affirmed that a lasting ceasefire is fundamental to pave the way for the next steps. He stressed that the ceasefire agreement should not be subject to narrow calculations, escalation, or bargaining.
The King constantly insists that all parties concerned must first work to stabilize the ceasefire before moving on to the subsequent steps that were at the heart of the ceasefire agreement, the minister emphasized.
In this regard, he deplored the failure to implement the second and third phases of the agreement, attributing it to the policy of starvation and the disruption of humanitarian aid—factors that have created a dire situation in Gaza, now a major test for human conscience and international law.
The Minister also emphasized that the Sovereign insists on the need to establish a lasting path to peace in the region through a two-state solution, ensuring the creation of a Palestinian state along the June 1967 borders, with East Al-Quds as its capital.
Noting that the past eighteen months have seen a devastating toll on innocent civilians, including children and women, along with widespread destruction and starvation in Gaza, Bourita stressed that the ceasefire agreement had offered a glimmer of hope—one that was shattered when the Israeli government reneged on its commitments through its latest attacks.