Moroccan Campaign Calls for Boycott of Women’s Forum in Morocco in Rejection of Normalization with the Occupation

The Moroccan Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of “Israel” (MACBI) has called for a boycott of the third edition of the “Women for Peace” forum, scheduled to be held in the Moroccan city of Essaouira from 12 to 14 November, with the participation of figures and activists of various nationalities, including Israeli participants.

The campaign said the forum, organized by the “Guerrières de la Paix” (Women Warriors for Peace) organization, constitutes a platform for normalization with the occupation, by bringing together activists and figures from the region with Israeli participants under the headings of dialogue, coexistence and peace.

It warned against the exploitation of feminist and humanitarian causes to provide cover for relations with Israeli figures and institutions, calling on participants to withdraw from the forum and to reject what it described as “feminist normalization.”

The campaign noted that the forum’s official materials include the participation of French-Israeli artist Yaël Naim in one of its sessions, alongside Israeli and Palestinian participants on the program.

It stressed that its call for a boycott is based on the position of Palestinian civil society rejecting normalization, emphasizing that supporting the Palestinian people’s rights to freedom, justice and return requires rejecting all forms of academic, cultural and social normalization with the occupation.

News description: The Moroccan Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of “Israel” is calling for a boycott of the “Women for Peace” forum in the city of Essaouira, in protest at the participation of Israeli figures, and warns against exploiting feminist discourse and dialogue to justify normalization with the occupation.