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King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Moroccan jailed for criticizing peace with Israel

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A Moroccan man was sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the king on Facebook over the country’s normalization of ties with Israel. Said Boukioud, 48, was jailed on Monday for posts denouncing the...
Potential peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Credit: David Peterson/Pixabay.

Is a US-Saudi-Israel deal really in the works?

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According to New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, President Joe Biden is trying to do Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big favor. That would involve the administration finally moving to follow up on former President Donald...
Jerusalem Venture Partners and Margalit Startup City host an innovation summit in Jerusalem celebrating tech ties and cultural collaboration between Israel and Morocco, August 2023. Photo by Ricky Rachman.

Jerusalem summit promotes Israel-Morocco tech, cultural ties

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Jerusalem Venture Partners and Margalit Startup City hosted an innovation summit this week in Jerusalem celebrating tech ties and cultural collaboration between Israel and Morocco. The event served as a platform to foster cross-cultural...
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli foreign minister: Saudi deal ‘closer than ever’

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Israel is closer than it has ever been to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Monday. In an interview with Channel 12, the country’s top diplomat said that the...
Mossad chief David Barnea at a ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 3, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Mossad chief secretly visited DC to discuss Saudi deal

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The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency secretly traveled to Washington nearly two weeks ago to discuss a deal with Saudi Arabia. David Barnea met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House ahead...
A street in the old medina of Tétouan in northern Morocco. Photo by Swiss aviator and photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1928) via Wikimedia Commons.

Rediscovering the graves of three ‘esteemed’ Moroccan rabbis after 60 years

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The tombs of three celebrated 17th- and 18th-century rabbis—Jacob Ben Malca, Hasday Almosnino and Jacob Marrache—have been rediscovered after more than 60 years at a cemetery in Tétouan in northern Morocco. Renewed knowledge of the...
The market in Dubai, UAE, on Dec. 15, 2022. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel, UAE sign economic cooperation agreement

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The Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has taken a significant step towards expanding economic cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and Israel by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Manufacturers’ Association of...
Palestinians outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, on May 8, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Biden’s glass White House

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So far, U.S. President Joe Biden has been good about withholding criticism of Israel publicly despite the Netanyahu government doing everything it can to provoke him. Other than expressing concern about judicial reform and...
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense Spokesperson’s Office.

Gallant hails vital military ties in call with Moroccan counterpart

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke on Wednesday with his Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Loudiyi about strengthening military ties between their countries. “We discussed the defense ties critical to regional security and stability, and emphasized the...
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli FM: Negev Forum postponed, not canceled

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday corrected Israeli media reports that Morocco had cancelled the second gathering of the Negev Forum, a group formed to advance the Abraham Accords. Cohen admitted that the postponement...