Tomer Bar, the general commander of the Israeli Air Force, met Abed Alaoui Bouhamid, the inspector of the Royal Air Force, while in Morocco on an official trip with a senior military delegation.

Morocco and Israel came to an agreement to build F16 and F5 fighters, of which the Royal Air Force has a fleet, by supplying them with advance technology and enhancing their simulation and flight abilities.

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The Israeli general visited a number of military air bases in order to improve cooperation between the two armies. He was accompanied by several Moroccan Royal Air Force officials. The Israeli Air Force’s chief of training, a first lieutenant colonel, and other commanders accompanied Bar.

This trip follows the first annual steering committee of the defense establishment working with Morocco in Rabat, where the two nations decided to strengthen their military ties.

Israel leads the Middle East in technological warfare thanks to its extensive and varied military fleet of jet fighters and its numerous air, land, and sea defense systems. Rabat will be able to strengthen its domestic capabilities and carry away Israeli know-how in order to meet the local, regional, and global challenges. inside the Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Morocco and Israel cooperate in the areas of cybersecurity and intelligence, according to the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, who also “agreed to further strengthen and expand cooperation to other areas, including intelligence, air defense, and electronic warfare.”

As Rabat is close to acquiring the most recent generation of “Bluebird” unmanned aircraft, on which the Israeli Air Force depends, the Kingdom is betting on gaining from Israeli expertise in the security and defense sectors.

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The tripartite agreement signed in late December of last year reflects understandings between Tel Aviv, Rabat, and Washington in order to create a common “environment” that works to establish security in the Sahel region and North Africa, and the United States will work to play a crucial role in bringing the Israeli industry closer to Rabat.

General Belkhair Farouk, Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, was hosted by Israel in Tel Aviv in September 2022 so that he could attend a global military conference.

In light of the unstable international environment, Morocco is preparing to enter the era of military industries in an effort to achieve self-sufficiency and decrease its import base of defensive weapons, which makes it an ambitious leap with multiple goals in light of the strategic ties that unite it with the industrial actors.

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According to a statement from the General Staff of FAR, this meeting, which was co-chaired by Lieutenant General, Inspector General of FAR and Dror Shalom, Director of Political-Military Bureau of Israel’s Ministry of Defense, discussed the various areas of bilateral military cooperation, including logistics and training as well as the acquisition and modernization of equipment.

The statement added that on this occasion, the Inspector General of FAR and Commander of the South Zone stressed that the Moroccan-Israeli military cooperation “carries mutual interests and is based on trust and reciprocal support.” The two officials also agreed to further strengthen this cooperation and expand it to other areas, including intelligence, air defense, and electronic warfare.

Meetings between Moroccan and Israeli officials—civil and military—at the level of the pertinent General Staff of FAR bodies also took place concurrently with this event.

The recommendations from the Follow-Up Committee’s initial meeting regarding the Moroccan-Israeli defense cooperation were presented and approved by both sides on January 17, 2023.

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Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) hosted a delegation from Start-Up Nation Central this week to encourage greater cooperation between the innovation ecosystems of the two countries. Start-Up Nation Central is a nonprofit organization that promotes the Israeli innovation ecosystem to the world.

The Start-Up Nation Central issues a press statement announcing the arrival of a group from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P). The discussion of a number of issues, including the development of an innovation ecosystem, knowledge sharing and transfer between academia and industry, difficulties with investing in human capital and businesses, and ways to better connect the start-up communities of the two countries, were the main goals of this visit.

This visit follows the agreement protocol that the Start-Up Nation Central and the UM6P signed in Casablanca last May during the Connect to Innovate conference. The head of the Moroccan Embassy in Tel Aviv, Abderrahim Bayoudh, stated in this statement that there are “huge commercial opportunities” between Israeli innovation and the Moroccan business and academic ecosphere.

When it comes to creating an innovation ecosystem in the MENA region, Israel and Morocco are natural partners, according to Avi Hasson, PDG of Start-Up Nation Central.

“This partnership and the agreement protocol signed with UM6P provide the groundwork for an adventure that will benefit our local economies twice over,” he said.

“The partnership between UM6P and the Startup Nation Central has been established to help the two organizations draw on innovation and education to address shared challenges like the climate change, food security, and digital inclusion,” said Yassine Laghzioui, responsible for entrepreneurship and venture capital at UM6P.

The conclusion said, “During this week, several topics related to the growth of the innovation ecosystem will be discussed, such as technology transfer and how to instill entrepreneurial skills and mindset in students and researchers.”

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In a revenge killing for a southern Israel gang, Lior Hadad, 36, was accused with the murder and attempted murder of Zion Yanna and his brother. The day following the incident, he fled to Morocco.

Israel Police stated on Friday that a car bombing in Ashkelon in 2012 that killed a man called Zion Yanna had been solved.

Lior Hadad, 36, was charged with setting the bomb that killed Yanna and critically injured his brother, who was in the car with him, at the Beersheba District Court. Hadad had escaped to Morocco shortly after the attack and stayed there for over a decade.

On April 22, he was arrested after a year-long investigation by the criminal division’s Southern region with Moroccan officials.

Hadad has been charged with murder and attempted murder, and his detention has been prolonged several times. He set the device as a form of retaliation for the Yanna brothers’ decision to break links with a well-known criminal gang linked to Shalom Domrani and Mumi Kasentini.

Domrani was freed from prison in October after serving a six-year term after agreeing to a plea deal in which he admitted to two counts of attempted murder, illegal weapons supply, and plotting to commit a crime. Since the beginning of the year, Israel Police have noticed an increase in criminal activities in Ashdod and Ashkelon in anticipation of his release.

“The limit does not exist for us, just as it does not exist for criminals,” said Barak Mordechai, the Lachish District Commander. “As this arrest demonstrates, Israel Police has a broad reach.” When it comes to bringing Israeli perpetrators to justice, it’s only a matter of time.”

According to the accusation, Hadad employed a half-kilo of explosive bricks, electric explosives, a wireless operating system, and a stolen automobile. He then sold the Yanna brothers a cover story in which they would partner up in shops in Ashdod and Ashkelon in exchange for a free car.

He then fastened the explosives to the bottom of the automobile using bogus license plates. He set off the explosion and fled as soon as the two got into the automobile.

However, only one of the devices – the one in which Zion was seated – went off. The second didn’t, and his sibling was able to flee. The next day, Hadad fled to Morocco.

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