Tag: Morocco-Israel Relations
A 1993 meeting with Moroccan King Hassan II worth remembering
From 1992 to 1994, I served as political adviser to the late Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In that capacity, I was sent to brief the King of Morocco, Hassan II,...
Moroccan delegation expected in Israel this week, says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that a delegation from Morocco would travel to Israel this week to advance diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Netanyahu said in a video posted on Facebook...
US-Israeli delegation makes history in Morocco, signs diplomatic and economic deals
A joint Israeli-American delegation met with senior officials in Morocco on Tuesday, including King Mohammed VI, as part of a move to normalize relations between Israel and Morocco.
Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and...
Who says Morocco never persecuted its Jews?
The news that Israel and Morocco are about to “normalize” their relations has been met with jubilation in Israel—and in the Moroccan diaspora. The first direct flight has taken off for Rabat from Tel...
Kushner leads joint U.S.-Israel visit to Morocco
Jared Kushner, senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday aboard the first direct flight between the two countries as part of the ongoing U.S. effort...
El Al to operate first direct flight from Israel to Morocco
El Al Airlines announced on Sunday that it would operate its first flight to Rabat, Morocco on Tuesday.
The flight will carry a joint U.S.-Israeli delegation, reported Reuters.
The direct flight should take around six hours and...
Morocco, Israel mark end of Hanukkah in joint UN event
For the first time, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan hosted his counterparts—the ambassadors of Morocco, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain—in a public event on Thursday evening to mark the final night...
Kushner to lead diplomatic delegation to Israel, Morocco
Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump Jared Kushner reportedly will lead an American delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for talks in the aftermath of the North African nation agreeing to normalize...
Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools
Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin teaching Jewish history and culture as part of the official curriculum—a first in the region and in the North African country, where...
What Israel and Morocco will gain from re-establishing ties
The Dec. 10 announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth time in the past four months that a Muslim-majority nation officially “friended” Israel.
But this was different from September’s historic...