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Spain checks 200 Italian arrivals as countries clash over Morrocan migrant crisis at Ceuta border

Spain's Interior Ministry carried out checks on a total of 199 people on 12 flights from Italy to airports in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Alicante and Valencia, it said late on Saturday.

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Spanish national police officers check the documents of travellers arriving from Italy, after Spain's government said it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy, from midnight on Saturday until September 7, in a dispute over irregular migration, at Madrid-Barajas Airport
Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca in an industrial area where they are sleeping amid recent mass crossings by migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into the Spanish territory, Migrants, some of them minorsin Ceuta, Spain, August 6, 2026.

Spain hopes to transfer migrant minors to mainland within weeks

Youth Minister Rego said the profile of child migrants had changed in the past five years since the last major border rush on Ceuta in 2021, when 8,000 people crossed the border. 

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RABBI AARON PERETZ reviews the security fence on the border between Melilla and Morocco, accompanied by agents of the Civil Guard, last July.

Ceuta and Melilla: Europe's most fortified border also serves as a Jewish religious boundary

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla have become the center of a migration crisis, reviving geopolitical tensions while highlighting a crossroads of Jewish history and culture.

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Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026.

Spain struggles to identify 80 migrants killed after mass Ceuta crossing

Only a handful of the 80 migrants found dead after the mass crossing into Ceuta have been identified, leaving families searching for answers.

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Netanyahu spox. resigns following leaked racist comments calling Moroccan MKs 'baboons'

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s spokesperson, Ziv Agmon, denies that his comments were racist, calling them "ridiculous" as he is of Moroccan origin, and thus cannot be racist towards Moroccans.

MARCH 25, 2026ByJAMES GENN, ANNA BARSKY
Ziv Agmon, acting chief of staff and spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

Moroccan PhD student stays in Israel during war to finish Ben-Gurion University research

Hiba Benoutiq, a Moroccan doctoral student in Beersheba, says completing her dissertation on Jewish life in rural Morocco remains her top priority despite sirens, missile fire, and wartime disruption

MARCH 19, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hiba Benoutic, a Moroccan PhD candidate in anthropology and sociology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Israeli relations with Middle Eastern countries improving as war goes on with Iran

As the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies, countries like Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain boost military cooperation with Israel, strengthening regional alliances.

MARCH 9, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
International Cooperation Division Chief Brig.-Gen. Amit Adler, July 2024; illustrative.

Jewish return to Temple Mount brings renewed memory and hope - opinion

Jews are returning to the Temple Mount, reconnecting prayer, memory, and faith in the place their hearts have longed for.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND
At first glance, it reads like an architectural blueprint rather than sacred literature.

Morocco, Albania, Greece expected to join International Stabilization Force in Gaza

Morocco, Albania, and Greece will join Indonesia in the force, which is set to oversee current ceasefire lines and possibly address other border-related issues.

FEBRUARY 16, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Displaced Palestinians receive prefabricated tents, which are safer and more durable, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Al-Zaytun of Gaza City, Gaza on February 7, 2026.

Beyond soccer: Morocco’s quest for regional stability in Africa - opinion

Soccer serves as a tool of soft power, and through partnerships with African soccer federations, Rabat has deepened its influence.

FEBRUARY 4, 2026ByEINAT LEVI
King Mohammed VI of Morocco attends the signing of bilateral agreements at the Agdal Royal Palace on February 13, 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later

This is the tragic story of 44 illegal immigrants – men, women, and children – who set out from Morocco to Israel in 1961 and met their deaths at sea.

JANUARY 24, 2026ByAVI NACHMANI
Memorial to the victims on board the immigrants ship ‘Egoz,’ on Mount Herzl.

China joins world countries invited to join Trump's Board of Peace

China has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.

JANUARY 20, 2026ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An employee at a business centre watches the Chinese national flag being raised, in Beijing, China August 26, 2025.

Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor

The fossilized lower jawbones of two adults and a toddler, as well as teeth, a thigh bone, and some vertebrae, were unearthed in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco.

JANUARY 7, 2026ByREUTERS
The mandible of an archaic human who lived about 773 000 years ago is pictured after being excavated at a cave called Grotte a Hominides at a site known as Thomas Quarry I in the southwest part of the Moroccan city of Casablanca in this undated photograph released on January 7, 2026.

Morocco deploys IAI's Barak air defense system

IAI and Morocco signed the $500 million deal in 2020

JANUARY 7, 2026ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IAI's Barak MX air defense system