Despite being 4000 kilometres away, the Moroccan city of Tangier on the shores of the Atlantic ocean and Amman, Jordan’s bustling capital, recently shared the spotlight under a single headline in the midst of Israel’s aggression on Gaza.
On the first day of April, a video showing Moroccan protestors expressing solidarity with pro-Palestinian activists in Jordan went viral on social media, after the procession started chanting, “Tangier the brave salutes Jordan the chivalrous” while marching through the streets.
A few days earlier in Cairo, activists had also gathered to show solidarity with their Jordanian neighbours, who had been demonstrating in their masses outside the Israeli embassy every evening since the 23rd of March.
Answering their call to take to the streets, the small gathering echoed the chant, “Tell our comrades in Amman, Egypt is also awake”…..more
