AMMAN: Mainstream Palestinian leaders on Friday remained shtum over news that Morocco had become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize relations with Israel.
Opposition factions such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were quick to criticize Morocco’s pledge to set aside hostilities toward Israel “in the near future.”
Under the US-brokered deal, announced by American President Donald Trump, the US will recognize Morocco’s long-standing claim to the Western Sahara region, rejecting calls by the territory’s Saharawi people for independence.
The Moroccan royal court issued an official statement on Thursday reporting that King Mohammed VI had called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to give him reassurances that Rabat’s position on the Palestinian cause, in supporting a two-state solution, remained unchanged.
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Moroccan King Mohammed VI (L), Israel s PM Netanyahu, (C) US President Donald Trump (R) have agreed to normalise relations, MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]
Morocco and Israel have reached a US-brokered agreement on normalizing relations, making Morocco the fourth Arab country - after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan – to agree to a normalization deal with the Tel Aviv regime since August.
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that “Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations”, claiming that agreement would be “a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!”
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JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday welcomed Morocco’s decision to normalize ties with Israel.
Speaking at a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall, Netanyahu said it was a “historic day.”
“This will be a very warm peace. Peace has never – the light of peace on this Hanukkah day has never – shone brighter than today in the Middle East,” he said.
Netanyahu also thanked President Donald Trump “for his extraordinary efforts to expand peace.” Morocco is the fourth country in the region, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan to seek peace with Israel as part of the US-brokered “Abraham Accords.”
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