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Thursday, December 10, 2020
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
No confirmation of Morocco deal from Jerusalem or Rabat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThere is not yet any confirmation of the normalization deal from Israel or Morocco.
Axios reports that the deal has been in the works for some two years, but ramped up in recent months, pushed by senior White House aide Jared Kushner and special envoy Avi Berkowitz.
The agreement to normalize, which has been long been rumored, is apparently in exchange for US recognition of the sparsely-populated Western Sahara region.
“The United States believes that an independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for resolving the conflict and that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution,” the White House says in a statement, which does not mention the agreement to establish ties with Israel.
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