Morocco’s Mohammed VI, Britain’s Charles III Hold Telephone Conversation

 Moroccan King Mohammed VI (AFP)
Moroccan King Mohammed VI (AFP)
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Morocco’s Mohammed VI, Britain’s Charles III Hold Telephone Conversation

 Moroccan King Mohammed VI (AFP)
Moroccan King Mohammed VI (AFP)

Morocco's King Mohammed VI held a telephone conversation on Tuesday with British King Charles III, a statement from the Moroccan Royal Cabinet revealed.

During the phone call, the Moroccan King reiterated his congratulations to King Charles III on his accession to the throne and also his sincere condolences on the passing of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

“The telephone conversation was an opportunity to underline the strong personal ties between the two sovereigns and the esteem they have for each other, thanks to the deep and long-standing relations between the two Royal Families,” the royal cabinet said.

The statement added that King Mohammed VI and King Charles III have highlighted the dynamics marking relations between Morocco and the United Kingdom.



Olmert: ‘Humanitarian City’ in Rafah Would Be Concentration Camp for Palestinians

Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
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Olmert: ‘Humanitarian City’ in Rafah Would Be Concentration Camp for Palestinians

Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert said that the “humanitarian city” that Israel’s defense minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration camp, and forcing Palestinians inside would be ethnic cleansing, the Guardian reported on Sunday.

Israel was already committing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, Olmert told the daily, and construction of the camp would mark an escalation.

Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, has ordered the military to start drawing up operational plans for construction of the “humanitarian city” on the ruins of southern Gaza, to house initially 600,000 people and eventually the entire Palestinian population, stated the Guardian.

“It is a concentration camp. I am sorry,” Olmert told he daily, when asked about the plans laid out by Katz last week. Once inside, Palestinians would not be allowed to leave, except to go to other countries, Katz said.

The “humanitarian city” project is backed by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel’s refusal to withdraw from the area Katz envisages for the camp is a sticking point in the faltering negotiations for a ceasefire deal, Israeli media have reported.