Palestinian Issue: Morocco affirms readiness to engage in international efforts to bring about right conditions for reviving Middle East peace process

Morocco, in keeping with a firm belief in the just nature and centrality of the Palestinian cause, and given, as well, its commitment to achieving a just peace and its keenness to capitalize on the positive momentum generated by the ceasefire agreement, has affirmed its readiness to engage in international efforts to bring about the right conditions for reviving the Middle East peace process.

The affirmation came in a message King Mohammed VI addressed to the Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Coly Seck, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, celebrated this year on November 25.

These efforts must be based on clear principles and a reasonable timeframe, away from the logic of crisis management , the Monarch said, adding that the ultimate goal is to achieve security, stability, and prosperity for all peoples in the region.

The King recalled, within this framework, that after the two-year war that devastated Gaza, intensive and unrelenting diplomatic efforts led to a ceasefire agreement, expressing hope that all its provisions and different phases will be complied with and that this will “put an end to the killings, alleviating the suffering of our Palestinian brothers and sisters, allowing for the smooth and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid.”

This will also make it possible to launch “the urgently needed reconstruction process, (…) paving the way for a just and comprehensive political solution to the Palestinian question,” the Monarch added.

Welcoming this positive development, the King praised the tireless efforts and personal involvement of President Donald Trump, who played a decisive role in achieving this noble objective, commending “the unstinting efforts of all mediators concerned.

The King further stated that the Kingdom of Morocco, in keeping with its commitment to peace, is fully prepared to actively contribute to the implementation of the phases and processes agreed upon in the latest ceasefire agreement.

“We stand at a pivotal moment, with hopeful prospects for the Palestinian people in their long journey towards freedom and independence. It is therefore necessary to seize every opportunity and leverage all resources through continued regional and international mobilization so as to make sure the agreement is implemented in full and its various phases are respected,” the Monarch pointed out.

In this regard, the King noted that any international effort to achieve a just and lasting peace should be based on fundamental principles: ensuring the unity of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank – politically and from the administrative standpoint – under the supervision of the Palestinian National Authority. The aim is for the said territories to ultimately constitute an integral part of the desired Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital; and supporting the Palestinian National Authority, under the leadership of His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas, and enhancing its political, administrative, and financial capabilities.

The Monarch continued that it is also a matter of boosting the Palestinian economy by lifting restrictions on the movement of goods, funds, and people; encouraging Palestinian reconciliation efforts to close national Palestinian ranks, under the umbrella of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); and to launch a serious negotiation process between the two parties, based on a precise, specific timetable, within the framework of the two-state solution, with a view to establishing a sovereign and viable Palestinian state, along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security with the State of Israel.

The King also stressed that over the past two years, the Palestinian people have suffered tremendous hardship under horrific conditions that have often exceeded what any human being can bear, recalling that in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in response to the humanitarian catastrophe that has befallen them, the Kingdom has, on five occasions since October 2023, sent urgent humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, including food, water, relief supplies, medicines, and medical equipment.

The latest such aid involved setting up a two-phase airlift to transport nearly 300 tons of Moroccan humanitarian aid and delivering it via an unprecedented land route, the Sovereign said.

The King also assured that a just and lasting solution to the issue of Palestine cannot be achieved without addressing the question of Jerusalem in a serious, responsible way, given the special symbolism of the Holy City and the extremely sensitive nature of the matter.

Conscious of this dimension, King Mohammed VI, in his quality as Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s al-Quds Committee, said he shall continue to exert untiring efforts to safeguard the city’s authentic cultural character, preserve its legal status, and defend the sanctity of Islamic and Christian holy sites.

“To this end, [I am building] on the combined effect of diplomatic action, on the one hand, and work on the ground, on the other, through the social projects implemented by the Bayt Mal al-Quds al-Sharif Agency,” the King pointed out, expressing his deep concern about the growing, unilateral Israeli provocations in Jerusalem and the repeated violations of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

“Should such acts continue, they threaten to plunge us into a spiral of religious conflict that could, God forbid, engulf the entire region,” the King warned.

The Monarch also deplored the situation in the West Bank, which is facing “a situation which is as tragic as it is dangerous, given the spreading settlements and the growing, daily attacks against Palestinians and their property. Their aim with these practices is to displace the peaceful population and pave the way for de facto and de jure annexation, thus destroying the very foundation of the two-state solution.”

The King stressed further that, thanks to the continuing international recognition of the State of Palestine, the growing global impetus in favor of the Palestinians’ right to establish an independent state within the framework of the two-state solution is reinforcing the momentum created by the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, a joint initiative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic.

This momentum also testifies to the growing conviction that there is no alternative to this Solution and that there should be no further delay in implementing it on the ground, the King assured, stating that as a sign of commitment and support for this momentum, and in partnership with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Morocco hosted the 5th meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution in May 2025.

“[The two-state] solution has thus become an urgent necessity, dictated both by political realism”, the King noted, adding that this solution also has “humanitarian and ethical considerations, in the sense that it would only do justice to a people who has, for decades, been deprived of its legitimate political rights and of the human dignity guaranteed by all divine and secular laws.”