Pro-Palestinian protests will persist across North Africa amid allegations of Israeli ceasefire violations and the U.S. proposal to displace Gazans, but Morocco and Egypt's strategic priorities will likely result in expanded defense and energy cooperation with Israel despite some domestic backlash. On Jan. 31, thousands of Egyptians participated in government-approved protests of U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in Egypt and Jordan. On Feb. 14, organizations in Morocco also held a national ''day of rage'' against the mass resettlement plan. The protests come just weeks after celebratory marches and vigils were held throughout North Africa following the Jan. 15 announcement of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, with some of the largest crowds gathering in the major Moroccan cities of Tangier, Rabat, Casablanca, Safi and Fez, as well as in Tunis, Tunisia. These developments reflect the rise of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli sentiment among North African populations since the Gaza...
