WordPress

Tag: Israël

  • In struggles for West Sahara and West Bank, thorny parallels may loom for Israel

    Sahrawi children from Western Sahara sit in their classroom in the Smara refugee camp near Tindouf, south-western Algeria, March 4, 2016. (AP/ Toukik Doudou). They are both rugged regions claimed by an indigenous population but ruled by a UN member state in a seemingly neverending struggle. They have both seen periods of violent fighting and are riven by a physical barrier built for security. They are both the subject of countless UN resolutions, international condemnations, and US-brokered peace plans. They are both places where US President Donald Trump’s administration has upended decades of consensus by favoring the ruling party’s claims. Not to mention, they both have “west” in their names.

    Read more from the source : The Times of Israel

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Israel, Palestine, Western Sahara,

  • Trump’s Morocco-Israel Transaction

    This week on Hold Your Fire!, Rob Malley and guest host Richard Atwood unpack the normalisation of relations between Israel and Morocco with Century Foundation Fellow Dahlia Scheindlin and talk with Crisis Group’s North Africa Project Director Riccardo Fabiani about how U.S. recognition…

    Read more from the source : International Crisis Group

     

     

     

    Tags : Morocco, Donald Trump, Normalization, Israel,

  • The Israel-Morocco peace deal is roiling Western Sahara

    Israel’s formal ties with the Arab world now extend from the United Arab Emirates (uae) in the east to Morocco in the west. On December 10th President Donald Trump announced the latest breakthrough in his diplomatic push on behalf of the Jewish state. Morocco, the Arab world’s oldest monarchy, will become the fourth Arab state in as many months to establish diplomatic relations with Israel (following the uae, Bahrain and Sudan).

    Read more from the source : The Economist

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Morocco, Israel, Western Sahara, Donald Trump,

  • Morocco''s police disperse protest against ties with Israel

    Rabat, Dec 15 (AP) Moroccan authorities dispersed a group of activists who tried to hold a protest outside the parliament building in the capital to denounce the country”s recent decision to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. Dozens of police officers in riot gear were mobilsed to push protesters away from parliament in Rabat. Demonstrators wanted to show solidarity with Palestinians and reject the normalisation of ties between Rabat and Tel Aviv.

    Read more from the source (Outlook India)

    Tags : Maroc #Marruecos #Morocco #Israel #USA

  • Russian position on Trump Morocco deal over Western Sahara

    MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. Washington’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara could hamper UN efforts aimed at resolving the conflict and trigger a new spiral of violence in the region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

    Read more from the source (Tass)

    #SaharaOccidental #Polisario #WesternSahara #Maroc #Marruecos #Morocco #Israel #USA

  • Algeria PM on Israel-Morocco deal: ‘Zionist entity’ wants to be near our borders

    Algeria’s prime minister on Saturday criticized “foreign maneuvers” he said were aimed at destabilizing it, after Washington recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Rabat normalizing ties with Israel…

    Read more from the source : The Times of Israel

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Israel, Donald Trump, Normalization, 

  • US adopts map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara

    RABAT: The United States adopted Saturday a “new official” map of Morocco that includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the ambassador to Rabat said. “This map is a tangible representation of President Trump’s bold proclamation two days ago — recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara,” Ambassador David Fischer said according to a statement seen by AFP.

    Read more from the source : Arab News

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Donald Trump, Usa, Israel, Normalization, 

  • After Israel deal, US adopts map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara

    The United States adopted Saturday a “new official” map of Morocco that includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the ambassador to Rabat said. “This map is a tangible representation of President Trump’s bold proclamation two days ago — recognizing Morocco’s…

    Read more from the source : The Times of Israel

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Morocco, Israel, Normalization,

  • War brews in Western Sahara as Trump strikes Morocco-Israel deal

    A forgotten conflict on the fringes of the Sahara desert is heating up — and Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed territory is set to make it worse. The US recognition of Rabat’s claim to Western Sahara — in return for Morocco’s normalisation of relations with Israel — risks aggravating fighting between the Polisario Front, which wants independence for the region, and Moroccan troops manning a 2,700km-long fortified sand wall that divides the desert land, diplomats and analysts say.

    Read more from the source : Financial Times

     

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, Normalization,

  • Trump’s bribe to Morocco to ‘recognize’ Israel means little — but could inflame a colonial conflict in the Western Sahara

    The latest Trump move to bribe an Arab nation into “recognizing” Israel means practically even less than the first 3 “normalizations” — but could inflame a smoldering colonial conflict some 4000 miles to the west of Tel Aviv…

    Read more from the source : Mondoweiss

     

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, Donald Trump, normalization,