The call to demonstrate was tolerated by Moroccan authorities during this period of health restrictions. "Moroccans say: 'The Palestinian cause is for us a national cause,' explains Sion Assidon, a Moroccan human rights activist. It is to say that it is a cause that belongs to us. We consider it as our own cause. It is a very old tradition."

"Today's Moroccans feel touched, like Tunisians, like Algerians, because we have the feeling of a unity of destiny, the activist continues. We knew colonialism and the Palestinian question is a colonial question, even if this colonial question is perceived through culture or religion, but it is a colonial question. People feel solidarity because they fought for their independence and they understand what it means to fight for one's independence and autonomy."

Moroccan authorities sent humanitarian aid to Palestinians starting Saturday, according to the Moroccan news agency. Yet in 2020, Morocco was the fourth Arab country to announce the normalization of its relations with Israel, linked to recognition by the American administration of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara.

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