The Algerian Prime Minister, Abdelaziz Djerad, claimed on December 12, 2020 that the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel “…are foreign maneuvers to destabilize Algeria” and that “there is now a desire by the Zionist entity…
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Tags : Algeria, Morocco, Israel, normalization,
US President Donald Trump’s surprise backing of Morocco’s claim to sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara upended years of international consensus, but will this break a deadlock or inflame a conflict? AFP looks at how a dispute often dubbed a “forgotten war” suddenly shot to world attention — and what it means for the region. What’s the issue?
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, Normalization,
Russia on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, saying it contravened international law. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov called the US decision “unilateral,” Russian news …
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Tags : Morocco, Western Sahara, Russia, Normalization,
Tunisia has said it is not interested in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel and its position will not be affected by any international changes. Morocco this week joined the list of Arab countries that have normalised relations with Israel…
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Tags : Tunisia, israel, Normalization,
Israel sent envoys to Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign-policy push by U.S. President Donald Trump. Led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, the delegates were accompanied to Rabat by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and architect of pan-Arab rapprochements with Israel. They took El Al Israel Airlines in the first direct flight by a commercial plane from Tel Aviv to Rabat, opening the way for a possible surge in tourism among the hundreds of thousands of Israelis of Moroccan descent.
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Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization,
JERUSALEM, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — An official Israeli delegation departed from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday, in a first direct flight since the two countries agreed to normalize ties. The El Al flight took off from the Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv and will land in Rabat, a government spokesman told Xinhua. The Israeli group is headed by Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat and was joined by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor.
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Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization,
RABAT: Israeli envoys arrived in Morocco on Tuesday to meet the king and flesh out an upgrade of relations that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign policy push by US President Donald Trump. Led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, the Israeli…
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Tags : Morocco, Israel, Normalization,
The Trump-brokered deal between Morocco and Israel normalizes relations between the two states. But the outgoing president bought Morocco’s agreement by endorsing its ownership of Western Sahara — making the US the only major state to rubber-stamp an occupation regime condemned by international law.
Read more from the source : Jacobin Magazine
Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, normalization, USA, Israel,
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…
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Tags : Morocco, Donald Trump, Normalization, Israel,
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…
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Tags : Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Israel, Donald Trump, Normalization,