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The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmed on Thursday Puneet Talwar as new American ambassador to Morocco in replacement of David Fischer. In his statement made before the Senate committee defending his nomination, Mr. Talwar described Morocco as a long-standing & valued partner and the first country to recognize American independence. With its strategic location, […]
Israel and Turkey have agreed to resume full diplomatic relations and will proceed to an exchange of ambassadors following steady improvement in relations, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office said in a statement this Wednesday. “The improvement in relations will help deepen bonds between the two peoples, expand economic, trade and cultural ties, and strengthen […]
The United States should help boost Morocco’s military-industrial capability to counter the threat of Iranian destabilization via Algeria in Africa and the Middle East, says a Washington-based think tank. In an Op-Ed published by Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA, retired army Gen. Steven Blum and policy analyst Samuel Millner stress the importance […]
The government of Morocco has voiced deep concern over the serious deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip following the surge of deadly acts of violence and fighting between a Palestinian militant group and Israeli forces. In a statement released over the weekend, the Moroccan ministry of Foreign Affairs said Morocco, whose Sovereign, King Mohammed VI, […]
Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, held a meeting, Tuesday in Rabat, with the Inspector General of the Israeli police, Yaakov Shabti, that focused on cooperation relations in the security field. The Israeli official is on a working visit to Morocco at the head of a large security delegation. The visit […]
Israel Sunday said it would accelerate the process of setting up a shared industrial zone with Jordan as part of efforts to accelerate cooperation with the kingdom. “Twenty-eight years since the peace agreement with Jordan, we are taking the good neighborly relations between our two countries another step forward,” Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said. […]
Morocco plays a “key and important” role in the Middle East region thanks to the wise policy of King Mohammed VI, Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation Issawi Frej said Thursday in Rabat. Speaking after talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, the Israeli official stressed that this meeting was an opportunity to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue. […]
Israel has reaffirmed its position in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara region, said Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Gideon Saar, who is in Morocco to broaden the scope of bilateral cooperation. Following talks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Saar told the press that his visit to Rabat was an occasion […]
Morocco and Israel agreed Tuesday to step up their legal and judicial cooperation as partnership between the two countries is gaining momentum following the normalization of their relations in 2020 within the frame of the US-brokered Abraham accords. The agreement was signed in Rabat by Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi and his Israeli peer Gideon […]
Israel should be classified as an apartheid state, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Tuesday (26 July), proposing that the UN General Assembly should establish a committee to verify whether it satisfied its requirements. Pandor evoked comparisons between the Palestinian narrative and South Africa’s history of racial segregation at the Palestinian Heads of Mission […]