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00:00Good evening to all of you, right away the essentials of the news, we start with the titles.
00:25At the Royal Palace in Casablanca, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI presided this Monday a work session devoted to the revision of the family code.
00:35A session that intervenes after the instance in charge of the revision of the family code submitted to His Majesty the King a report containing more than 100 proposals for amendments.
00:45And two weeks after the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, foreign delegations continue to succeed Damascus, where the new Syrian leader received this Monday the head of Jordanian diplomacy Ayman Safadi and Qatari and Italian delegations.
01:05And in the conflict in the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu threatened the Houthis and asked the army to destroy the infrastructure of the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
01:20Good evening, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI presided today at the Royal Palace in Casablanca a work session devoted to the revision of the family code.
01:38A session that intervenes after the instance in charge of the revision of the family code submitted to His Majesty the King a report containing more than 100 proposals for amendments.
01:48During this session, the Minister of Justice, Abdel Latif Wahbi, in his capacity as a member of the instance in charge of the revision of the family code, presented before His Majesty the King Mohammed VI an exhibition on the process and the methodology of the work of the instance.
02:03The Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Ahmad Tawfiq, in his capacity as a member of the Supreme Council of Ulema, presented the conclusions of the advice of the Council which established the essential legal foundation of certain proposals of the instance and took into account the main interest, the interest to find solutions in accordance with Sharia concerning other proposals.
02:29In this context, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI called on the Supreme Council of Ulema to pursue the reflection and to adopt constructive efforts on the issue of the family through the creation of an appropriate framework within its structure in order to deepen research on the problems of Fiqh related to the evolutions that the Moroccan family knows and which requires innovative answers in line with the requirements of the institution.
02:59During this session, the Sovereign was also in charge, the head of the government and the ministers, to communicate with the public opinion and to keep it informed of the novelties of this revision.
03:29In this context, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI called on the Supreme Council of Ulema to pursue the reflection and to adopt constructive efforts on the issue of the family through the creation of an appropriate framework within its structure in order to deepen research on the novelties of this revision.
04:00A diplomatic ballet in Damascus, the foreign delegations continue to succeed each other in the Syrian capital.
04:08The day after his meeting with a Saudi delegation from Oran, Ahmad al-Sharh received an important delegation from Qatar with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Ghulayfi, at his head.
04:21Qatar has always been a friend of Syria and has been on its side during all the phases of the revolution and has maintained its position until the last moment.
04:34We have talked about all the challenges related to the current and future situation, including political evolution and especially economic growth.
04:41The Qatari party has expressed its desire to start large-scale investments in the Syrian territory in all areas, especially in the energy sector, where it has a high level of expertise on the global scene, but also by investing in ports and airports.
04:56I think the next step will be that of exceptional growth and that the participation of Qatar will be active and targeted.
05:03The new leader of Syria has also met with the head of Jordanian diplomacy, Ayman Safadi, who came to express his support for the reconstruction of Syria.
05:21The two men took the opportunity to discuss opportunities for collaboration in various areas.
05:27On Sunday, the new strongman of Syria, Ahmad al-Sharaa, met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidal.
05:35The international community must firmly support the new administration. I hope that our visit will encourage high-level contacts with other countries.
05:47The entire international community, especially the Arab countries, must engage with the new Syrian administration. This is not a waiting period. We must act immediately.
06:01Abandoned by his Iranian and Russian allies, Bashar al-Assad, who led Syria with one hand for 24 years, fled to Moscow marking the end of more than 50 years of rule without sharing of the Assad clan.
06:14Iran, on Monday, affirmed its support for the sovereignty of Syria after the fall of the latter, while claiming not to have direct contact with the new Syrian leaders.
06:26Still in Syria, the new leader of the country, Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was speaking in Damascus with the head of Turkish diplomacy, Hakan Fidal, announced yesterday that all the arms of the country would be under the control of the state.
06:39Bashar al-Assad received a Lebanese delegation, led by the chief of Druze, Walid Joumbalat, for a first meeting with a leader of this neighboring country, with whom he committed to end the negative Syrian influence in his neighbor.
06:55After the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, investors and politicians remain very attentive to the evolution of the situation in Syria.
07:08The Syrians, strongly affected by 13 years of war, are the first victims of an unprecedented economic crisis.
07:21Bread, an essential food in the daily life of all Syrians. Every day, Syrian families line up near the largest bakery in Damascus to buy bread.
07:32While food shortages have been reported in major Syrian cities, the price of bread has increased by 900% in some towns between November 27 and December 9, according to the UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office.
07:48Bread is essential for all Syrians. We hope that the price of bread will drop so that the most disadvantaged classes can get it.
07:57As an official, I can afford certain foods, but the majority of Syrian citizens struggle to make ends meet because of the high unemployment rate and the current situation.
08:08Here, in the city's cheapest market, the price of most imported foods remains inaccessible to the vast majority of Syrians.
08:18The price of fruits and vegetables has plummeted, as most of the food comes from Turkey or Lebanon.
08:26The Syrian book, already badly run by 13 years of war, collapsed after the fall of the Al-Assad regime.
08:33The uncertainty remains total over the intentions and policies of the new regime, led by Ahmed Shara.
08:40In this sense, a financial crisis is not to be excluded, since the country is in ruins in the face of colossal economic challenges.
08:48Note that the Syrian GDP was estimated in May at around 6 billion dollars by the World Bank, 10% of its level in 2010.
08:58This translates into a massive impoverishment of the Syrian population.
09:05And we said it at the beginning of this edition at the Royal Palace in Casablanca.
09:09His Majesty King Mohammed VI presided over a work session on the revision of the Family Code on Monday.
09:16A session that takes place after the institution in charge of the revision of the Family Code submitted to His Majesty King Mohammed VI
09:23a report containing more than 100 proposals for amendments.
09:27And we have the pleasure of welcoming live with us from Rabat, Leila Mili, President of the Free Hand Association.
09:36Good evening, Madam Leila, and thank you for accepting our invitation.
09:41Thank you very much, we are very happy.
09:47A meeting that reflects the royal will that is part of the continuity of the 2004 reform
09:55aimed at strengthening and consolidating the familial cell.
09:59Can you tell us more about this process?
10:03And what do you read about this royal will to advance women's rights and modernize the family legal framework in Morocco?
10:12We are very happy, it is thanks to the wisdom of His Majesty that we will, as usual,
10:18as in 2004, and now after 20 years, because in 2004 we voted for the Family Code,
10:25now in 2024 we really wish, before the release of 2024,
10:31to have things that will improve the situation of the family and of the woman, of course.
10:38So it is this royal wisdom that contributed from the beginning to have a commission that participated,
10:44that organized meetings, meetings and meetings with associations of all kinds,
10:51with political parties, with unions, with constitutional bodies.
10:56And then they brought back all the fruit of the work, the proposals to His Majesty.
11:02Then there was the Council of the Ulama.
11:06And now we are waiting with great patience for the release of this Family Code,
11:11which will be adopted by the Parliament, of course, after having been ...
11:16So yes, precisely, let's talk about the Council of the Ulama.
11:20We are also talking about the role of the constructive Ijtihad, which has been highlighted,
11:25highlighting the importance of a fair balance between the rules of Sharia
11:30and the modern requirements of Moroccan society.
11:33And my question is precisely, what do you think is the importance of the constructive Ijtihad
11:38in this review process?
11:41And how can it help to reconcile tradition and modernity in the reforms of the Family Code?
11:49Well, for the Ijtihad, in the letter of His Majesty,
11:54which was really, really relevant to Mr. Arnouj,
11:57in order to do the work to build the commission that will work on the revision of the Family Code,
12:06it was really very important.
12:08We are in an Islamic country where we respect Islam, we respect our customs,
12:14but at the same time, the Ijtihad must be seen.
12:17We have received, we have had a lot of changes in Morocco,
12:21especially the family, especially the women.
12:24So all this, it calls us, that everyone must be there.
12:30It is the country that will win with a Family Code that will respect the family
12:36and the change that we have had during these 20 years,
12:39because we cannot deny all this change.
12:42I believe that with the scholars, it is very interesting,
12:46the fact that His Majesty wanted to intervene,
12:49the scholars, it's just because sometimes there are people who say,
12:54who talk about the Koran, who talk about things.
12:57So we would like someone who is in the field, who understands a lot.
13:01I don't understand things in Islam better than the scholars.
13:05So we want the Council to respect the choices of the Moroccans
13:10and the change that we want.
13:13So what we want and what we expect with great patience,
13:17this Family Code that will be for the next 20 years or 18 years,
13:21so maybe we'll talk about that in 2040, in 2044, I don't know.
13:26So it is mandatory that there will be a change that takes into account
13:31the changes that we have experienced during these 20 years,
13:34and we must have a view for the next 20 years,
13:37and the change that we have had,
13:39because I don't believe that there are significant changes that must be there.
13:44For example, I don't believe that there is someone who will vote for the minor marriage,
13:49while we insist that our children have the right to go to school until the age of 18,
13:56for the sharing of goods, because there are rumors.
13:59Unfortunately, once we started talking about the Family Code,
14:03there are rumors in the streets.
14:05There are people who want to say that they want to destroy the family.
14:10This Family Code is not for the family, it is for the woman.
14:14No, that's not it. It's a Family Code for the family.
14:18It's a code for all people, for society,
14:22and we're not here to know who's going to win.
14:25The winner is Morocco.
14:27And the winners are the citizens.
14:31And the winners are our families.
14:33How do we respond to those who say that gender equality in the Family Code
14:38could unbalance, as you say, traditional family structures in Morocco?
14:45Well, I know that we have customs, there are things.
14:50It is certain that we must take into account the Moroccan specificity,
14:57but at the same time, we must all think positively and seriously
15:07that without a Family Code that will be fair, global and just,
15:18we will not improve things.
15:22Excuse me, what do you think are the priority changes that should be included in this revision?
15:33Well, we did talk about minor marriages each time, Article 20 and 21,
15:38because it was just, as we said, it became a rule.
15:45Marriage became normal.
15:49In 2004, there was a very, very important and relevant discussion about minor marriages.
15:56It was in specific cases, 17.9 months and all,
16:01and then we find marriages of children.
16:05We can't say girls, but children.
16:08Because we vote here in Morocco at the age of 18,
16:11so we have to respect the age of 18.
16:13Also for Article 49, where there is the sharing of goods.
16:17And there, when we talk about the sharing of goods,
16:19there are rumors that two children want to take the money from the man,
16:22they want to do that.
16:23It's not like that at all.
16:24What we want in Article 49, when we talk about the sharing of goods,
16:28is that we must accept, we must be given,
16:32seriously respect the work of women, especially women in the home,
16:37because they say that women in the home do nothing.
16:39We asked to be paid, because there are women who do huge things,
16:44either women in the home, or women in the informal,
16:48and all, and we say, in the sharing, if there is, in some cases,
16:54divorce, then it is the woman who suffers more and more.
16:57And that means we have to respect our families,
17:00we have to respect our children.
17:03Because after the divorce, we don't like divorce,
17:06but after the divorce, it is the children who pay.
17:09And it is the woman who pays more and more.
17:12So for you, the priority is first of all the marriage of the minors,
17:16the sharing of goods, and also guaranteeing a real equality between men and women.
17:21Okay, another point also, excuse me, I also want to address another point,
17:28because the family that has daughters, it's like a problem.
17:33And the family starts to think, as in Tassib,
17:37these are the people, the uncle, the good, the uncle who comes to share the good
17:43of a small family that only has a car or a house.
17:46We have to think seriously, it's not just having daughters in the family,
17:50we have a problem.
17:52We have to respect the families, even if they have men,
17:55boys or girls, because it's a huge problem that we don't give much importance to,
18:01and it's the children who suffer, and it's the family who suffers.
18:04In all these cases.
18:05Okay, I would also like to come back to this point that was addressed in the communiqué,
18:09His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, who insists on communication with the public opinion.
18:14The communiqué, he emphasized the importance of awareness programs
18:21to allow citizens to better understand their rights and obligations
18:26within the framework of the new family code.
18:29For you, what type of awareness campaigns or educational initiatives
18:33could be the most effective to promote understanding
18:38and the application of these new provisions of the family code by the Moroccan citizen?
18:46As usual, we must thank the wisdom of our King, His Majesty Mohammed VI.
18:52He has always thought of all the flaws, because the big problem is communication.
18:58And the biggest problem is false rumors,
19:01because there are rumors that don't let us develop things.
19:04They say, ah, the family is ruined, the girls can go out at 4 in the morning.
19:09So when we talk about communication, it's the most important thing.
19:13And especially in all of Morocco, in the rural areas, in the small towns, in the big cities,
19:20because there are people who, if there is no real communication,
19:24we will not be able to improve our situation.
19:27We will have a family code that is revolutionary,
19:32that goes with the changes we have had in Morocco.
19:35And people should know, because the big problem we had with the family code in 2004
19:40is that women, families in the rural areas, do not know the changes we have,
19:46the rights, things are not good.
19:49At least this communication will allow us,
19:52it will allow people, we must respect the citizens,
19:57so that they know what change we want,
20:00what we are going to bring, so that they know that we defend the rights of young people,
20:06we defend the rights of the family.
20:08It's not a woman's code, because there are people who say,
20:11it's a woman's code, be careful, we'll have problems,
20:14it's the women who will become stronger, it's not that.
20:17It's a family code that must respect women.
20:20It is the woman, the man and the children.
20:23When we say why we are always so tight on women,
20:26it's just because it's the most vulnerable woman,
20:29it's the poorest woman, it's the illiterate woman.
20:32So we have to, it's a matter of communication,
20:34we have to thank His Majesty for this relevant idea,
20:37it's that everyone, we have to, either in Parliament,
20:40or civil society, political parties,
20:42everyone has to work to popularize the real ideas
20:46and the real things that we want to change,
20:50for the great change of the family code, to win.
20:55And who is going to win? It's Morocco that is going to win.
20:58It's us as a family.
21:00It's clear, so thank you.
21:02Thanks to your communication too, we understood the subject better.
21:07Thank you Leila Amili, President of the Association Mains Libres.
21:11You have been live with us since Rabat.
21:13Thank you for all these explanations.
21:16And all these details.
21:18So now, let's go to Gaza,
21:21where the director of the Kamal al-Adwan hospital,
21:24in the north of the Gaza Strip,
21:25said that his establishment
21:27is still targeted today by Israeli strikes
21:30and called for the help of the international community
21:33before it's too late.
21:35He also said that bombs dropped by drones
21:38continue to threaten fuel and oxygen reserves.
21:42On his side, the Israeli army
21:44denounced having targeted the sanitary establishment.
21:52And still in Gaza, on the rare 34 trucks
21:55carrying living people allowed to enter northern Gaza
21:58during the last two and a half months,
22:00delayed, deliberate and systematic obstructions
22:03of the Israeli army
22:04have made that only 12 have managed to distribute
22:07help to hungry Palestinian civilians.
22:09This is what the NGO Oxfam said in a statement.
22:13It is one of the accounts that includes
22:15the deliveries until last Saturday.
22:17Also know that since the beginning of the war,
22:19on October 7, 2023,
22:21Israel strictly controls the arrival
22:23of international aid,
22:25essential for the 2.4 million people in Gaza.
22:28And during this time, Benyamin Netanyahu
22:38threatened the Houthis yesterday
22:40to act with force and determination.
22:43Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu
22:46said he asked the army to destroy
22:48the infrastructure of the Houthi rebels in Yemen
22:51who fired a missile Saturday
22:53on Tel Aviv in the center of Israel.
22:55A strike that also injured 16 people.
22:58A few hours after this strike,
23:01the American army, allied with Israel,
23:03announced that it had hit military installations
23:05of the Houthis in the capital of Yemen,
23:07Yitzhanah.
23:08Indeed, the rebels who control large parts of Yemen
23:11are regularly taken to ships
23:13linked, according to them, to Israel,
23:15the United States and the United Kingdom
23:17in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
23:20And in France, after a weekend of intense
23:23negotiations and exchanges between
23:25Prime Minister François Bayrou
23:27and French President Emmanuel Macron,
23:29the French presidency announced tonight
23:32that Macron will reunite the government
23:34of François Bayrou on January 3
23:36at the Elysée for a first council of ministers.
23:39The centralist or centrist leader
23:41thus composed his government on Monday,
23:44marked by the return of the ministers
23:47of foreign affairs, Jean-Noël Bayrou
23:49and the armies, Sébastien Lecornu,
23:51to their respective positions
23:53in the new French government.
23:55The new French government is also marked
23:57by the return of former Prime Ministers
23:59Elisabeth Borne and Manuel Valls,
24:01respectively, to education and overseas,
24:04as well as the former Minister of the Interior,
24:07Gérard Dermanin, to the Ministry of Justice.
24:10Dermanin.
24:12L'actualité, c'est aussi les pays
24:14de l'Alliance des Etats du Sahel
24:16qui ont rejeté hier le délai de rétractation
24:19de six mois accordé par la CDAO
24:21avant le retrait définitif.
24:23Selon le Collège des Chefs d'Etat
24:25de la Confédération des Etats du Sahel,
24:27cette décision n'est qu'une énième tentative
24:30qui permettrait à l'agente française
24:32d'obtenir le droit d'exprimer
24:34et d'exprimer ses propositions
24:36à l'Assemblée nationale.
24:38C'est une tentative qui permettrait
24:40à l'agente française et à ses supplétifs
24:43de poursuivre la planification
24:46et la conduite des actions
24:48de déstabilisation contre l'AES.
24:50Le communiqué signé du chef d'Etat malien,
24:54le général Assimi Guetta,
24:56dénonce également des manœuvres
24:58de déstabilisation initiées
25:00par une poignée de chefs d'Etat
25:02qui imposent leur agenda étranger
25:04au sein de la CDAO.
25:09C'est ainsi que s'achève cette édition.
25:11Je vous remercie de l'avoir suivie.
25:13L'information se poursuit sur Médien.
25:15Merci de rester avec nous.