Religious branch of Morroco’s co-ruling party calls normalization with ‘Israel’ “deplorable”

Rabat (QNN)- Morocco’s main Islamist groups, including the religious branch of the co-ruling Justice and Development (PJD) party, rejected the government’s plan to normalize ties with the occupation state, following a deal brokered by the United States.
The religious branch of the co-ruling PJD party, the Unity and Reform Movement (MUR), said in a statement on Saturday the move was “deplorable” and denounced “all attempts at normalization and the Zionist infiltration”.
A core element of the deal brokered by President Donald Trump was US recognition of Morocco’s claim to sovereignty over the Western Sahara. A decades-old territorial dispute has pitted Morocco against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which seeks to establish an independent state.
“The United States made an important proclamation that stresses Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces and opens new horizons for strengthening Morocco’s position in international circles. It also further isolates the adversaries of our territorial integrity,” the Islamist party said in a statement.
Morocco this week became the fourth Arab regime since August to announce a US-brokered deal to normalize relations with the occupation state, following the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
On Friday, Morocco’s outlawed Adl Wal Ihssane, one of the largest opposition groups in the country, said normalisation deals a “stab from the back to the Palestinian cause”.