Following the US brokerage deal, Morocco’s main Islamist groups rejected the government’s plan to normalize relations with Israel. Morocco This week became the fourth Arab country to be declared since August US brokerage agreement to normalize relations with Israel following the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. A key feature of the Donald Trump brokerage agreement was the recognition of Morocco’s claim to sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The decades-old regional conflict against the Algerian-backed Policario Front has provoked Morocco to seek to establish an independent state. The decision to include Jewish history and culture in the subjects was wisely initiated before the diplomatic agreement was announced.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 13, 2020 04:30 UTC