In Israel, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that the string of bomb attacks in Morocco are linked to international terrorism.

"These attacks are directly linked to international terrorism," Shalom told Israeli public radio by telephone from London.

"No state escapes them, and those who commit them seek to impose Islam on the entire world," he said.

"I have expressed my condolences to Moroccan authorities with whom we are in contact for the dozens killed and wounded by these horrible attacks," Shalom said.

"I think the world understands better why Israel defends itself against terrorism," Shalom said Saturday, adding "we are going to try to re-launch a process of political settlement with the Palestinians."

"We want to improve living conditions for Palestinians but they must stop violence ... and teach peace, especially by ending incitements to hatred on television, in the press and in their educational system.

Following the 9/11 attacks on the United States and Washington’s so-called “war on terror”, Israel has been trying to link the Palestinians’ resistance to occupation to “terrorism”

Analysts in the Middle East, however, do not agree with the Israeli Foreign Minister’s analysis of the reasons behind the attacks, insisting that injustice and oppression from which the peoples of the Middle East suffer are among the main reasons.

In addition, Israel’s occupation and practices against the Palestinians and Washington’s occupation of Iraq, according to analysts and observers, top the list of reasons behind the surging attacks against Western interests and citizens in the Middle East and world wide.

“Accusing al-Qaeda has become a ridiculous and meaningless song. That network has suffered a great deal after the U.S.-led campaign on Afghanistan. Most al-Qaeda leaders are detained in Guantanamo. It no more has the ability or potential to organize such large-scale operations,” Dr. Kamal el-Hilbawi, a London based Islamic researcher told al-Jazeera TV Saturday.

“Such bombings will continue as long as injustices and occupation exist. People are fed up with U.S. hegemony and Israeli aggressions, but peoples never surrender. Once the reasons disappear, these fatal operations will stop. Escalation on the military level will never solve the so-called terror problem,” he added.

On the other hand, Middle East leaders unanimously condemned the bomb attacks in Morocco, joining the rest of the world.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher denounced the "monstrous attacks" and said the time had come for the "counterattack".

"Jordan condemns these monstrous attacks, which have no aim other than to soil the image of Arab and Islamic civilization throughout the world," Moasher told AFP.

"The time has come to stage a counterattack, which we will join fully to eliminate this cancer among us."

Amman did not fear being targeted next by al-Qaeda despite a February recording attributed to its head Osama bin-Laden that threatened Jordan along with Saudi Arabia and Morocco, Moasher said.

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz condemned the attacks in a phone call to Moroccan King Mohammed VI, the official SPA news agency said in Riyadh.

The heir to the Saudi throne "condemned the explosions which occurred in Casablanca last night and offered his condolences to his majesty over the victims," the Saudi Press Agency said.

In Cairo, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa slammed the attacks while presenting condolences to Mohammed VI and the people of Morocco.

Mussa "denounced the terrorist operations in Casablanca that targeted innocent civilians", stressing that the League condemned all forms of international terrorism.

Those who planned the attack would not succeed in undermining Morocco's security, Mussa said.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad branded the bombers criminals in a message to Mohammed VI, pledging he would join in fighting “terrorist” groups.

Assad expressed "Syria's condemnation of the terrorist acts that shook Casablanca and which are the work of criminals and apostates serving the interests of our nation's enemies," the official SANA news agency reported.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said: "We learned with sadness of the series of terrorist attacks that targeted Casablanca and caused dozens of innocent victims," in a message to the Moroccan king.

Kuwaiti First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences to Moroccan counterpart Mohammed bin Issa for the victims, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA said.

The Palestinian Authority added its voice of condemnation and called for an international convention to outlaw “terrorist acts” against civilians.