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Enaam Mayara, leading a PAM delegation, is the first prominent Moroccan official to visit Israel since the controversial resumption of diplomatic relations under the 2020 US-brokered Abraham Accords.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's office on 26 August went public with his having met Najla Mangoush, his Libyan counterpart, in Italy earlier in the month. The statement came on the heels of an Israeli media report about the meeting.

In an interview with Israeli television, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi reiterated Saudi Arabia's official stance conditioning normalisation with Israel on the creation of a Palestinian state.

US officials have sought for months to reach what would be a deal that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says would be a huge step toward ending the Arab-Israeli conflict but that Riyadh has signalled would rest on Palestinian statehood.

The Israeli energy minister will meet UAE and Jordanian officials to discuss progress on a water-for-electricity project.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen proposed a US-Saudi defence pact as part of a normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia to address regional concerns over Iran.

Said Boukioud's lawyer said he had "no intention" of offending King Mohammed VI despite a writing a Facebook post in 2020 criticising Morocco's normalisation with Israel.

With Israel’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty of Western Sahara amidst normalisation deal & ongoing tensions between North African leaders, the future of Maghreb unity as a solution to regional issues feels far off, argues Abdelkader Cheref.

Yuli Edelstein, head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee said it was "too early" to say that a normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is in the works, citing a number of obstacles.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up a tour of Africa last week, with Israel's foreign minister flying into Kenya for what seems like damage control.