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Trump announces Israel-Morocco normalization deal

Under the deal, the United States will also recognize disputed Western Sahara as Moroccan territory.
TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel and Morocco will establish full diplomatic relations, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as part of a deal that includes US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the long-disputed Western Sahara. 

Morocco is now the fourth Arab country to recognize Israel in recent months, following the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. According to the White House, Trump finalized the deal in a phone call with Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Thursday.

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