After the provocation of “Netanyahu”… The Israeli Foreign Ministry apologizes for the amputation of the map of Morocco and considers it an “unintentional error”

The response from the Israeli Foreign Ministry was not long in coming in the face of the great controversy sparked by the appearance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a French channel, holding in his hand an amputated map of Morocco during his speech on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson for Arabic-speaking media, Hassan Kaabia, responded with a post on his page on the was triggered concerning a map used by Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu showing the map of Morocco without its Sahara… This is why I would like to clarify, for the benefit of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, that God assist him, its dear people and its honorable government, that ‘Morocco is in its Sahara until God inherits the earth and what is on it’… We also apologize for this technical error… Israel and Morocco are brothers forever and we will not go back on our historical recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara. »

Netanyahu’s office published a post saying: “Prime Minister’s Office: Unfortunately, an error crept into the map presented during the Prime Minister’s interview with the TF1 channel… The Israeli government under the leadership Prime Minister Netanyahu recognized the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over all of its territories and all official maps in His Excellency’s office have been corrected, including the map that was presented in error during the interview, Consequently. »