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US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft (L) meeting in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Israel s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan. (Haim Zach/GPO)
Two days after Israel and Morocco signed their first deals in the process of establishing full diplomatic relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that “many, many more countries” would be signing normalization agreements with the Jewish state “a lot sooner than people expect.”
Meeting with US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft as she visited Israel, Netanyahu thanked the Trump administration for consistently “defending the truth and defending the State of Israel” at the United Nations.
US ambassadors to UN meet with Netanyahu in Jerusalem
US ambassadors to UN meet with Netanyahu in Jerusalem
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft wrote that Israel “has no greater friend than the United States and the American people. Just as the sacred sites of Israel have endured, so, too, will our alliance.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft and Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan at the Prime Minister s Residence in Jerusalem on Dec. 24, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
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Netanyahu wasted no time in expressing his gratitude to her and U.S. President Donald Trump.
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American Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Wednesday as part of an official visit to the country.
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Craft arrived as Israel started rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to its population and as the White House special envoy for Mideast peace Jared Kushner was visiting Morocco with Israeli officials to advance normalisation negotiations.
She said in the meeting that even with all of the distress and strife that we have seen we have so much hope right now with the vaccine, and we have so much hope with the peace in the Middle East.
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UN talks have long failed to broker an agreement on how to decide on self-determination. Morocco wants an autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty. The Polisario wants a UN-backed referendum including on the question of independence.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks next to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross during a news conference to announce the Trump administration s restoration of sanctions on Iran, at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., September 21, 2020. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
The U.N. Security Council is planning to discuss Western Sahara on Monday, diplomats said, after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed region in return for the kingdom normalizing ties with Israel.