Fuelling the ‘machinery of genocide’: Morocco’s backdoor support for Israel’s war on Gaza

Passing by Morocco’s ports, it is impossible not to notice Maersk dominating the shipping containers. The heavy presence of the Danish company in the North African country’s harbours might not be overly intriguing, if the international logistics giant was not known for shipping military equipment to Israel amid its war on Gaza.

Morocco has become a crucial location on the arms route that facilitates shipments of military cargo to Israel, especially through Maersk. This includes components of F-35 jets, which have fuelled Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.

A recent report by Declassified UK and the Irish investigative news outlet The Ditch delved into Morocco’s role in transferring the components of F-35 fighter jets via Maersk.

The report specified a shipment in April, saying the jet equipment set sail from the port of Houston, in the United States. Two weeks later, the US-flagged Maersk Detroit arrived in Tangier, Morocco, where the cargo was transferred onto another container ship named Nexoe Maersk.

Read more: Fuelling the ‘machinery of genocide’: Morocco’s backdoor support for Israel’s war on Gaza