MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 MORNING - 08/11/2024
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00:00Welcome everyone, I am delighted to see you again for a new edition of the major media morning news at the beginning of this edition.
00:23No time to lose in Morocco, the government council met on the eve of the royal speech to implement the royal vision on the support of initiatives of Moroccans living abroad.
00:40In the United States, the elected president Donald Trump announced this Thursday that he would make Suzy Wiles architect of his campaign his chief of staff at the White House.
00:54On his part, Joe Biden has committed to ensuring a transfer of peaceful and orderly power with his predecessor.
01:00In this newspaper, also air strikes of the Chad army in a counter-offensive against Boko Haram have caused many deaths and injuries in the terrorist ranks.
01:13Statement made by President Mohamed Idriss Déby.
01:18On the eve of the royal speech, the government council met this Thursday in Rabat.
01:28The executive accelerates the pace to implement the royal vision in order to ensure the coordination and convergence of the attributions to meet the new needs of the Moroccan community abroad.
01:40This is what the head of the government, Aziz Arnouch, said at the opening of the work of the government council. I suggest you listen to him.
01:50In execution of the highest instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI contained in the speech of the sovereign on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Green March,
02:00we held a meeting to examine the mechanisms necessary for the implementation of the royal vision on the management of affairs of the Moroccan community living abroad.
02:12We have established an action plan, including coordination meetings that will begin to bring their results in the coming weeks.
02:21The Moroccan population is now growing to 36,828,330 inhabitants, an increase of nearly 3 million since 2014.
02:32This is an evolution of 8.8% in 10 years. These are the figures of the latest census of the population approved and adopted in a decree project by the government council.
02:42According to this text presented by the Minister of the Interior, Ambroise Fils-Tite, the number of households has also recorded an increase of nearly 2 million to reach 9,275,038 this year.
02:55This is a significant increase of 26.82% compared to the number of households recorded in 2014.
03:04As for foreigners living in Morocco, their total number rises to 148,152 people, an increase of 71%.
03:17This is the result of its pioneering role in the service of South-South security cooperation.
03:27Morocco was elected yesterday vice-president of Interpol for Africa, a consecration reported by the General Directorate of National Security.
03:3996 members voted for Morocco, a large step forward compared to the rest of the candidates.
03:48It was during the 92nd General Assembly of Interpol, which closed in Scotland through this election.
03:58Morocco wants to contribute more to the development of police structures in Africa.
04:02I invite you to listen to the General Director of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Drif Hammouchi, of the Moroccan delegation in Glasgow.
04:14I am very happy to announce that Morocco is now our next destination to welcome all member states again.
04:27Together, we will be able to develop a national policy of fighting crime.
04:34The Kingdom of Morocco, and more specifically the city of Marrakech, will be the host of this event in November.
04:44This event will be an opportunity to strengthen international cooperation and to overcome together the challenges we all face.
04:55We hope that our exchanges and our reflections will be fruitful, that they will promote strengthened police cooperation
05:06and that they will lay the foundations for an effective strategy to eradicate and prevent crime worldwide.
05:16Our deliberations will be fruitful.
05:18In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would make Suzy Wiles the architect of his campaign, his cabinet chief at the White House.
05:28Suzy Wiles has just helped me to win one of the greatest political victories in American history, to salute the Republican in a statement.
05:36He underlined that the sexagenarian would be the first woman to occupy this prestigious post, an honor, according to him, well deserved.
05:46The position of cabinet chief, perhaps the most strategic of the American executive.
05:52On his side, Joe Biden has committed yesterday to ensure a transfer of peaceful and orderly power with Donald Trump, his predecessor.
06:01I hope that we can, no matter who we vote for, consider ourselves as fellow citizens and not as adversaries, said Joe Biden.
06:08During his first speech since the Republican's brilliant victory in the presidential election, Joe Biden invited Donald Trump to the White House
06:16at an unspecified date to prepare for the arrival of the next administration in which controversial figures such as
06:23Kellen Mosk or Robert Kennedy Jr. could play important roles.
06:32In the news also, Israel will reopen a new point of passage, including the Gaza Strip.
06:40This is what the US Department of State said on Thursday, a few days after the expiration of the next week of an ultimatum from the United States
06:49on the increase of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
06:53We have seen Israel take a number of important measures over the last few weeks.
06:58It plans to open a new point of passage, additional to Kissoufim, in the next few days,
07:04said in the press the spokesman of the Department of State, Matthew Miller.
07:09The United States had addressed in a letter dated October 13 a series of requirements to Israel
07:15to allow the increase of humanitarian aid by giving it 30 days to respond,
07:20to the lack of which the United States threatened to suspend part of their military assistance to Israel.
07:26The Biden administration's maneuvering margin is, however, very small,
07:32given Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday in the presidential election.
07:38The escalation continues in the Middle East.
07:42The Israeli army continues its offensive against Hezbollah.
07:45According to the Lebanese army, five blue helmets were injured yesterday
07:50and three civilians were killed by an Israeli strike in the south of the country,
07:54more precisely at the entrance of Saida.
07:56It happened at the passage of a convoy of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon,
08:01a barrage of the army that controls the north entrance of this big city.
08:06The injured blue helmets are part of the Malaysian contingent of the UN forces.
08:18The air strikes of the Chadian army in a counteroffensive against Boko Haram
08:23have caused many deaths and injuries in the terrorist ranks.
08:27This is what President Mahamad Idris Deby Itno said in an interview with the presidential press.
08:34President Mahamad Deby had personally launched Operation Askanit
08:39in response to an attack by the terrorist group Boko Haram against the Chadian army in Barkharam,
08:48an island located to the west of Ngouboua, in the Kayah department, near the Nigerian border.
08:56Purely military and safe, Operation Askanit, launched at the end of October,
09:00does not aim only to secure a peaceful population.
09:04It is a question of tracking, searching, and destroying the ability of Boko Haram and its hostages.
09:11This is what Prime Minister Abdel Rahim Birem Hamid assured last week.
09:20For the achievement of 200 objectives, which is to promote the stabilization of the fragilized areas of Mali through structural projects.
09:29The Youth and Stabilization Project, funded by the European Union,
09:33has just launched the work of the implementation of several socio-economic infrastructures
09:38and has helped management committees in southern regions.
09:43Our correspondent Mohamed Danioukou reports.
09:48Construction and equipment of classrooms, construction of vaccination rooms,
09:53the implementation of water supply, market perimeters and civil state centers
09:58are among other infrastructures that will be carried out in the municipalities of Kolokani, Nouga and Diema
10:05for a sum of more than 13 million euros.
10:07We will build and rehabilitate and equip 27 infrastructures in total.
10:12Nine are located here in the municipality of Kolokani.
10:15In addition to this, as part of the program, during the intervention,
10:20we will also provide young people and women with means of production,
10:26agriculture and the transformation of agricultural products.
10:31In addition to this, we will also support young people in the implementation of initiatives in favor of peace and social cohesion.
10:39This phase 2 of the project, which will concern the regions of Koulikoro and Nyoro-du-Sahel,
10:44aims to reproduce the same achieved results in the northern regions in favor of job creation and stabilization.
10:53These many projects can be used for job creation in favor of young people,
10:57in favor of young girls as well as young boys.
11:00And this will prevent these armed groups that are terrorizing us from arresting them.
11:04So we think that these projects will contribute a lot,
11:09positively impact the development of our sector.
11:13The European Union, by financing these projects, contributes alongside Malian authorities to bring peace.
11:20All security projects are driven by the lack of jobs,
11:25precariousness and poverty in general.
11:28So when we intervene to facilitate the socio-economic implementation of the youth.
11:34It is also planned to support management committees in these regions for more sustainable results.
11:43We now turn to the guest of the major media.
11:48Good morning.
11:49The return of Donald Trump to the head of the world's top military power will have good consequences beyond the United States.
11:57As Harris called it, a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
12:00The elected president, Donald Trump, does not mention this possibility.
12:04Today's focus is on the implications of this mandate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
12:10With us live, Zakaria Abou-Dahab, professor of international relations and political science at the University of Rabat.
12:21Good morning, Mr. Zakaria Abou-Dahab.
12:24Thank you for accepting our invitation.
12:28Good morning, Madam Sena. With pleasure.
12:31After more than a year of war in Gaza,
12:35while the conflict has spread in the region,
12:38what can be the consequences of Donald Trump's victory in the Gaza war?
12:46I think that Mr. Donald Trump, before he was elected last Tuesday,
12:54had asked for a cessation of this conflict.
12:59Because this conflict has shock waves, not only in the Middle East, but beyond.
13:05And here we can say that it is in his interest to stabilize the situation.
13:10We know very well that he has particular relations with Mr. Netanyahu, whom he met a few months ago.
13:18But at the same time, the situation today is much more complex.
13:24With the entry of Hezbollah into action,
13:30consequently, of course, to the amplification of the situation in the Gaza strip,
13:36and also the entry of another actor on stage, that is Iran.
13:41With the Houthis, and also by extension, the involvement of actors who are not well identified,
13:47whether in Syria or in Iraq.
13:50It is therefore certainly today, not of duty, but I would say of the responsibility of the President of the United States,
13:57to contribute, as it has historically been the case, to do something to stabilize the situation.
14:04It will not be difficult, but I believe, according to my own analysis,
14:09it is in the interest of Mr. Donald Trump, once officially settled in the White House on January 20, 2025,
14:15he should, in a very energetic way, stabilize the situation,
14:20unless there is a ceasefire, and then examine all possible scenarios
14:25to engage in a dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis,
14:28and achieve this desired goal, in particular by the Arab League,
14:33to create two states side by side, a Palestinian state and an Israeli state.
14:37Faced with a devastated Gaza strip, an enclave in ruins,
14:43will Donald Trump try again his transactional approach in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
14:51So you mean by Mrs. Saina, a transactional approach, in the case of the Abraham Accords, if I understood correctly?
14:58Yes.
15:00So, of course, he was one of the instigators at the time.
15:05At the time, Mr. Jared Kushner was the chief negotiator of this configuration.
15:13Very interesting at the time, because it was going to expand to other actors.
15:17I could even mention Saudi Arabia.
15:19Everyone knew that, at some point, it was also going to join the Constellation
15:25and work from within this configuration, with the other actors,
15:30not to take back the Oslo Accords as such.
15:33They are more or less buried, in quotes,
15:36but at least to arouse hope among the Palestinian populations
15:41and, at the same time, to contribute progressively, probably, to stabilising the situation.
15:47It's not easy.
15:49I know very well that as an international policy, you have to be realistic.
15:52Netanyahu's government, with tendencies that are extremist,
15:56within this increasingly fragile coalition,
16:01with the resignation of the Minister of Defence by Mr. Netanyahu.
16:05But yes, globally, today, Mr. Donald Trump,
16:10potentially, will have as an objective in the medium term,
16:14perhaps in two years, to revive these Accords
16:18and to once again widen the spectrum,
16:21so that there is a kind of critical majority that can weigh on the course of things
16:25and, once again, as I said earlier,
16:28work for the creation of a Palestinian state.
16:33I believe that the major issue is this.
16:36Obviously, when I say the creation of a Palestinian state,
16:39Palestine has been recognized by the General Assembly of the United Nations
16:42as an observer state, but we would like the Palestinian state
16:46to be able to exercise its attributes of sovereignty,
16:49that there is a currency, foreign policy, security, etc.
16:54It will not be easy at all, but it is a major issue of foreign policy
17:00for Mr. Donald Trump, but also an issue of domestic policy.
17:03Mr. Zakaria Boudahab, with a re-elected Trump,
17:07the traditional ally of the United States in the region of Israel,
17:12could be encouraged to adopt more aggressive positions
17:18in his war in the Gaza Strip, in your opinion?
17:22You know, we have to be, as I said earlier, quite realistic.
17:29The situation today in Palestine, not only in Gaza,
17:35but also in the West Bank, Lebanon is being hit hard,
17:41not only because of the consequences of the war,
17:44but also other financial consequences, the absence of a president, etc.
17:49A Iran that can see the evolution of things from a distance,
17:52but at the same time knows very well that today the situation will get worse
17:56with a Donald Trump who will not hesitate on the means,
18:00and who, once elected for the first time at the White House,
18:05had suspended the nuclear agreement, which was long negotiated by Mr. Barack Obama,
18:11as well as, let's say, a conservative approach, in quotes,
18:16of Mr. Donald Trump in relation to the Jewish and Israeli question in general,
18:21because he remains quite anchored in a conservative logic,
18:25that of the Republican Party, but also in relation to his convictions.
18:29Should we always start from the prism of these first four years spent at the White House,
18:35to make projections today from January 20, 2025?
18:39I don't think so.
18:41He will certainly try to readjust the shot,
18:44because he knows very well that the sustainable strategic interests of the United States
18:48are also with the Arab countries, in general also with the Muslim countries,
18:53and he has interest, once again, this time in a realistic way,
18:57to seek balance points, and as we said earlier,
19:01if he really wants to revive the Abraham Accords,
19:04he will certainly seek to reach balance points.
19:08It won't be easy, but we will follow the evolution of things soon.
19:14On the battlefield, for a month now,
19:18the north of the Gaza Strip has been subjected to an offensive of extreme violence.
19:23How do you explain the Israeli assault,
19:27especially in the north of the enclave,
19:30which includes a terrestrial invasion of the city of Bethlehem?
19:36Yes, because in Netanyahu's destructive logic,
19:41it must be said, by the way, just in parentheses,
19:44he even stopped almost all presence of the UNRWA,
19:48he had criticisms addressed to Lebanon.
19:52Now, according to the Israeli strategy or tactic,
19:56it is about destroying the last fiefdoms of Hamas,
20:00even though its main leaders have been eliminated.
20:04Some consider that this is just an excuse
20:07to probably prepare a kind of occupation,
20:11not sustainable, but for several years,
20:14of this gang, to ensure later that it would not be handed over
20:19to the hands of the members of Hamas, etc.
20:22So it's a warrior logic, in the end.
20:25There are no other explanations than that.
20:28Other voices also rise in the air in Israel,
20:32to say that, in the end, the Gaza Strip
20:34had to be part of the Greater Israel.
20:37We know very well that it is a warrior logic,
20:40and at the same time, it is the Palestinians who pay the price.
20:43Soon winter will settle, and we will see
20:47if there is no solution, or at least if it is the fire that is set,
20:51we will see, unfortunately, the worsening of the situation,
20:54the aggravation of the situation on a humanitarian level.
20:57You just mentioned the UNRWA,
21:00defying international criticism.
21:03Israel has officially informed the UN of the UNRWA's ban.
21:08An agency considered the backbone of the aid to refugees
21:13in the occupied Palestinian territories.
21:16A heavy decision of consequences on a humanitarian level.
21:22A comment, Mr. Abbott?
21:24On a humanitarian level, absolutely.
21:26On a food level, on a health level.
21:28And this unfortunately reminds us of the fragility
21:31of UN mechanisms.
21:34There is a lack of operationalization
21:39or practical elements allowing them to ensure their mission.
21:45This is not the first time there has been this kind of clash,
21:48but this time, even the Secretary General of the United Nations,
21:51Mr. Guterres, has been considered as a non-grata person.
21:55Are there alternatives?
21:57This is the real question.
21:59Probably bilateral aid,
22:02or even from another nature,
22:05from integration as a European Union,
22:08will continue its aid.
22:10And of course, I know very well that in Morocco
22:13we were among the major players in this aid,
22:16food aid, health aid, etc.
22:19But the most worrying thing today, Madam Sena,
22:22is the question of the potential spread of the virus,
22:25which will hit the children first
22:28and also the vulnerable populations.
22:30So unfortunately,
22:32we are still going to witness a dramatic situation.
22:35The United Nations must absolutely
22:38assume its responsibility.
22:40And this is going to be one of the cases
22:42that will be examined or treated
22:45by a Donald Trump reviewed and corrected.
22:49Mr. Zakaria Abou-Dahab,
22:51thank you for this insight.
22:53Thank you for answering our questions.
22:55I would like to remind you that you are a professor
22:57of international relations and political science
22:59at Rabat University.
23:02Thank you, Madam Sena. Goodbye.
23:08This is the end of our edition.
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