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,
President Donald Trump is touting his latest diplomatic coup — the partial normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel— as yet another achievement for peace and U.S. interests in the Middle East and Africa. But as is so often the case with Trump, his characterization bears little relationship with reality. In fact, this supposed peace deal has ruptured decades of U.S. foreign policy in North Africa, and it sets the stage for more violent conflict, not less.
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Host Evan Gottesman speaks with Einat Levi, a researcher at the Israeli think tank Mitvim who specializes in Israel-Morocco relations, about the history of Israel’s ties with Rabat, the new normalization agreement…
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, West Bank,
Washington D.C. – Morocco has been facing a fierce and systematic media attack since President Trump announced US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara on December 10. After Stephen Zunes, — a professor at the University of San Francisco known for his hostility towards Morocco, desperate defense of the Polisario Front, and use of misinformation to achieve his agenda…
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, US Media, USA,
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, is due to arrive Tuesday in Morocco from Israel on the first direct commercial flight between the two countries since they normalised ties. The flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat is seen as highly symbolic after Morocco announced on December 10 a “resumption of relations” with Israel. It also aims to showcase the achievements of the Trump administration in Middle East diplomacy, weeks before Trump is replaced at the White House by President-elect Joe Biden.
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel,
On December 10, there was an important development for North Africa when Donald Trump tweeted: “Another historic breakthrough today! Our two great friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations – a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!”. He further announced that the US now recognizes Morocco’s claim over Western Sahara. This was an unprecedented move. Last week American ambassador to the Moroccan capital of Rabat, David Fischer, announced that the US adopted a new official map of Morocco that now includes Western Sahara. In what would not be a coincidence, the US government also started talks two weeks ago to sell over $1 billion in arms to Morocco, including MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones.
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Donald Trump,
On October 20, 2020, an escalation of tension began between the Moroccan government and the Polisario Front. On the one hand, the Moroccan Army is involved in this conflict, and since Spain left the area, it has taken advantage of it to settle and exploit the natural resources that the area possesses, among them the largest phosphate mines in the world, an enormous fishing bank, reserves of oil, gas, iron, copper and uranium, etc. On the other side is the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguía el Hamra and Río de Oro, known as the Polisario Front, which heads the government of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which, despite lacking international recognition, has been trying to carve out a niche for itself in international geopolitics since 19761.
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Tags : Morocco, Western Sahara,
The UN Security Council will hold a meeting today to discuss changes to the US’ position on Western Sahara. Sovereignty over Western Sahara has been contested by Morocco and the pro-independence Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) since the 1970s. The US and the UN had, since the 1990s, sought a referendum to determine Western Sahara’s final status. In a reversal of this decades-long policy, the outgoing Trump administration recognised Western Sahara as Moroccan territory earlier this month in exchange for Morocco’s establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel.
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, UN, Security Council,
The recent exchange of quid pro quos between the U.S. and Morocco has been handled well by both sides, despite the ritual carping to be expected from opponents of the quid and the quo. It was the proponent of the deal in general who once announced, “Quid pro quo? That’s just what negotiation is about.” The U.S. got another endorsement of the “Abraham Accords,” made by a state that already has quiet relations with Israel, but in this case carefully phrased as a future intention, to dampen domestic opposition.
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Tags : Morocco, Western Sahara, Donald Trump,
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.
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, normalization, USA, Israel,