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The French newspaper La Tribune reported on Saturday that the deal, which entails the purchase of 36 Atmos 2000 (Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System), comes amid disputes with France\u2019s KNDS, Morocco\u2019s previous main arms supplier.<\/p>\n
Tensions rose between the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces and KNDS following technical failures in the French company\u2019s Caesar artillery systems, which rendered several of them non-operational for Morocco.<\/p>\n
With this new agreement, Israel has become Morocco\u2019s third-largest weapons supplier, accounting for 11 percent of its total arms imports, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p>\n
Elbit Systems supplies the Israeli occupation forces with drones, munitions, combat vehicles, missiles, and various other types of weaponry.<\/p>\n
The company markets the majority of its arms as \u201cbattle-tested,\u201d meaning they have been used in bloody attacks against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n
Last March, Elbit said its revenue boosted by higher ammunition sales to Israel for its genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n
The notorious company supplied hundreds of products to Israel’s war ministry, including drones, artillery, munitions and electronic warfare systems.<\/p>\n
Morocco signed a US-brokered normalization agreement with the Tel Aviv regime in 2020, drawing condemnations\u00a0from Moroccans and Palestinians who slammed the pact as a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n
As part of the deal, the US agreed to recognize Morocco\u2019s claim over the disputed Western Sahara region, where the Algeria-backed Polisario Front seeks to establish an independent state there.<\/p>\n
Morocco\u2019s new partnership with Elbit Systems strengthens the Arab country\u2019s military as it fights the Polisario Front.<\/p>\n
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