Africa
The collaboration is reportedly being led by Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai, who just visited Morocco.
The construction will cost $4 million and be built on the same property where Israel had a presence before it was abandoned in 2000, when diplomatic relations were severed.
Naledi Pandor says the United Nations must establish a committee to determine whether or not Israel meets the criteria.
King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan were presented with the plan during a July 13 council of ministers meeting at the royal palace in Rabat.
Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi visited the headquarters of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces and was welcomed by an honor guard.
Moroccan Ambassador Omar Zniber: This shows “our will to develop a partnership in innovation, creativity and high technology.”
A resolution urges collaboration in the “preservation, rehabilitation and renovation” of Jewish historical sites in Africa and underscores the need to grant Jewish voices there more opportunity.
“Many have been waiting for decades for this moment; we see it as a central Zionist ideal to make reunions possible,” said Yael Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
The “African Lion 2022” exercise, led by the U.S. Africa Command and Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, is the largest annual drill held by both militaries.
The invitation-only game in the town of Sale was the first time the Moroccan players faced an Israeli national team in their home country.
The 46-year-old director of the Jewish Agency in the Northeast Region of the United States recalls absorbing faith and belief from her parents that one day they would be “back home.”
Ahead of the flight, journalists and Federation leaders met with the Jewish community of Gondar, where the Ethiopian Jews are concentrated, on a multiple-day mission to solidify plans.
