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Morocco, Israel agree to normalise ties
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December 11, 2020
RABAT: Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months, foreign media reported.
President Donald Trump, in his final weeks in office, announced the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months on Thursday.
As part of the agreement, US President Donald Trump agreed to recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, where there has been a decades-old territorial dispute with Morocco pitted against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, a breakaway movement that seeks to establish an independent state in the territory.
Israelis greet Emirati visitors in Yerushalayim, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) The United Arab Emirates welcomed Morocco’s decision to resume diplomatic relations and communi.
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