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On the eve of the agreement between Morocco & Israel to normalize ties, I’m re-sharing what I wrote almost 2 years ago on the 1965 “secret” Arab League Summit in #Casablanca, the Moroccan-Israeli ties at the time, Mehdi Ben Barka & Gamal Abdul Nasser’s 67 defeat.
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In his book “Rise & Kill First”, @ronenbergman addresses the cooperation btwn the Mossad & intelligence during the 1960s, especially when 
Hassan II allowed an team led by Rafi Eitan to bug the all the meeting & hotel rooms of the Arab leaders during the Arab summit.
intelligence during the 1960s, especially when Hassan II allowed an team led by Rafi Eitan to bug the all the meeting & hotel rooms of the Arab leaders during the Arab summit.
The 1965 Arab League Summit was a secret summit held from September 13 to 17 in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the last summit before a supposedly “major” military confrontation between Arab armies and the Israeli one.
Hassan II did this out of fear for his throne, given he was paranoid about the possibility of Arab leaders conspiring to oust him to turn the monarchy to a republic loyal to 
President Gamal Abdul Nasser and that subscribed to Nasser’s pan-Arabist ideology.
monarchy to a republic loyal to President Gamal Abdul Nasser and that subscribed to Nasser’s pan-Arabist ideology.
In return, the asked the Mossad to do the dirty work for him, especially that nothing comes free in the intelligence-sharing world.
Hassan II asked the Mossad to locate and assassinate the opposition leader back then, Mehdi Ben Barka, a leftist calling for a revolution.
asked the Mossad to do the dirty work for him, especially that nothing comes free in the intelligence-sharing world. Hassan II asked the Mossad to locate and assassinate the opposition leader back then, Mehdi Ben Barka, a leftist calling for a revolution.
Ben Barka was a global figure. Following his exile in 1963, he became a "traveling salesman of the revolution.” He left initially for Algiers, where he met Che Guevara, Amílcar Cabral and Malcolm X.
The Israeli intelligence at the time had gained a notorious reputation for being “great killers”.
The Israelis eventually followed through, luring Ben Barka to Paris where he disappeared in October 1965 after being “abducted by French policemen.”
Now here’s the twist!
The Israelis eventually followed through, luring Ben Barka to Paris where he disappeared in October 1965 after being “abducted by French policemen.”
Now here’s the twist!
According to @ronenbergman, Barka’s body lies today under the Louis Vuitton Foundation adjacent to the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne of the 16th arrondissement of #Paris.
Lastly, it was the Mossad & Shin Bet’s access to bug the Casablanca Summit & record all the conversations of the Arab leaders that proved instrumental in providing with the intel which paved its way for a major victory over Egypt, Jordan & Syria in the Six-Day War in 67.
with the intel which paved its way for a major victory over Egypt, Jordan & Syria in the Six-Day War in 67.
Fifty five years following an event that must’ve surely shaped the region in a way, Rabat & Tel Aviv announce their agreement to normalize ties, under the auspices of one of the most controversial 
president’s in history, yet again to shape the region again.
president’s in history, yet again to shape the region again.
