Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks first in Hebrew and then in English on the normalization deal with Morocco, saying the coronavirus vaccine and now peace with the North-African nation represent “a big light for Israel.”
“I always believed in this peace, and now it’s happening before our eyes. I want to thank President Trump for his extraordinary efforts to expand peace to bring peace to Israel and the Middle East.”
“We will never, ever forget this,” he adds.
He says there will be “a very warm peace,” between the countries, noting the large Jewish community from Morocco.
Praising Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, Netanyahu also speaks of Moroccan Jewry as being “the bridge” upon which the new formal peaceful relations between the two countries will now be built.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US Ambassador David Friedman at the Western Wall on December 10, 2020. (screen capture: Youtube/GPO)
“The light of peace has never shone brighter than today in the Middle East,” he says.
“We will resume liaison offices between Israel and Morocco,” he says, adding that the countries will work as fast as possible to quickly establish full ties and direct flights.
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