Morocco's hashish dealers boycott Israeli traffickers in solidarity with Gaza, says report
Morocco's hashish dealers boycott Israeli traffickers in solidarity with Gaza, says report (yahoo.com)

Dealers of highly-prized Moroccan hashish are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers.

They are boycotting Israeli dealers in protest at the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, said a report.

The boycott is leading to significant financial losses for Israeli crime gangs.

Moroccan hashish dealers are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers amid the ongoing war in Gaza, per a report in Israeli media.

"The hashish dealers in Morocco are not willing to sell us more hashish either directly or through intermediaries," a drug offender from Sharon told Mako , an Israeli news portal, reports.

"They decided that because of the war, they are boycotting us. Since the war, we have lost a lot of money," he siad.

The boycott has significant financial repercussions, with criminal organizations already losing "tens of millions of shekels," Mako. One Israeli New Shekel is equivalent to $0.28.

Moroccan hashish is highly prized. The marijuana resin is "cherished by cannabis enthusiasts worldwide," said the Cannabis Museum in Amsterdam.

Morocco's lucrative hashish trade centers on the Rif Mountains region in the north of Morocco.

It is a significant agricultural sector in the north African nation, covering hundreds of square miles of cultivation. More than 80,000 families make a living from growing and processing the dark, sticky resin that is a byproduct of the cannabis plant.

Morocco is the world's largest producer of hashish, contributing 19% of the global total.

While most Moroccan hashish is destined for European markets, there is also demand in Israel due to the product's exceptional quality and potency, fetching prices as high as NIS 300,000 ($84,000) per kilogram, said Mako.