Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, pays an official go to to Morocco on 24 November and signal safety cooperation agreements with the North African kingdom, Israel’s Defence Ministry mentioned on Monday.
Morocco was one among 4 Arab international locations – together with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan – to normalise relations with Israel final yr beneath US-engineered accords.
Israeli Overseas Minister, Yair Lapid, travelled to Morocco in August for the primary go to by Israel’s high diplomat to that nation since 2003.
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Morocco was dwelling to one of many largest and most affluent Jewish communities in North Africa and the Center East for hundreds of years till Israel’s founding in 1948. An estimated quarter of one million left Morocco for Israel from 1948 to 1964.
Immediately solely about 3,000 Jews stay in Morocco, whereas a whole lot of 1000’s of Israelis declare some Moroccan ancestry.
Officers in Morocco have described the diplomatic take care of Israel, together with the opening of liaison workplaces and the launching of flights between the 2 international locations, as a restoration of mid-level ties that Rabat cooled in 2000 in solidarity with the Palestinians.
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A rising variety of international locations within the MENA area are normalising ties with Israel – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]
