US EditionMoroccans protest ship suspected of carrying US fighter jet parts to Israel
- In Tangier, Morocco, over one thousand people protested on April 20, 2025, against a Maersk vessel's planned docking.
- The protesters mobilized due to suspicions the ship carried fighter jet components from the U.S. To Israel.
- Labor unions and pro-Palestine groups organized the demonstration near the Tangier Med port.
- The crowd chanted, "The people want the ship banned" and "No genocidal weapons in Moroccan waters."
- Protesters demanded Morocco sever ties with Israel, though the government reaffirmed normalisation remains intact.
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Moroccans protest Maersk ship carrying F-35 parts to Israel
Clashes erupted in Morocco's northern city of Tangier on Sunday as protesters rallied against the planned docking of a Maersk cargo ship said to be carrying parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel. At 16:30 local time (15:30 GMT), protesters set off from the Iberia Palace in central Tangier, a twenty-minute walk from the city's port. Though the port mainly handles ferries and passenger traffic, its location near the old medina made it a potent sym…
Moroccan port workers protest Maersk ship carrying F-35 parts to Israel
Around 1,500 people took to the streets of the Moroccan port city of Tangier on Sunday to protest against the planned docking of a ship said to be carrying spare parts for F-35 warplanes from the US to Israel.
Moroccans protest ship suspected of carrying US fighter jet parts to Israel
More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel said to be carrying fighter jet parts to Israel. The French CGT union claims no such weapons have been found.
Morocco: Moroccan Dockworkers Call for Boycott of Maersk's Arms Shipment to Israel
[People's Dispatch] In one of the boldest moves by a trade union in Morocco since Israel's genocidal aggression on Gaza started, the Port Workers' Union called for a boycott of the Nexoe Maersk ship
Hundreds of people protest in Morocco against a ship suspected of carrying "parts of military aircraft" to Israel
According to Palestinian support organisations and Moroccan port workers' unions, a ship departing from the United States and destined for Israel was to dock in the port of Tangier.
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