Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed this evening the announcement made earlier by President Donald Trump over Morocco normalizing ties with Israel. As part of the deal, the United States will recognize Morocco’s claim over the disputed Western Sahara region.
Morocco will become the fourth Arab country to normalize relations with Israel in just four months, following the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. The two countries established low-level ties after the 1993 Oslo Accord, but with the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada in 2000, Rabat severed diplomatic relations. Still, Israeli tourists are allowed to visit the country. About 50,000 Israelis travel to Morocco each year, many of them tracing their family histories and heritage.
