Africa
The six foreign ministers announced that this first-of-a-kind meeting would become a regular event.
The fact that Arab leaders are meeting at a kibbutz in the Negev is “an Israeli dream come true. Even 10-15 years ago, it would have been considered prophetic,” said Hillel Frisch, of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
The three Arab countries scheduled to attend were all part of the Abraham Accords signed in the fall of 2020.
It is aimed to foster innovation, as well as boost airplane maintenance and transformation, working with Israel Aerospace Industries.
Royal Air Maroc is one of four airlines flying between the two nations but the only one out of Casablanca; others depart from Marrakesh.
With scents and flavors that tantalize—and the country having renewed ties to Israel as part of the Abraham Accords—now is the time to celebrate North African traditions.
Movie theaters in Tunisia began screening “Death on the Nile” earlier in February but after protests that accused the country of “normalization” with Israel, the country’s ministry and visual arts authority decided to ban the movie.
On Monday, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Leadership Mission hosted a panel bringing together several nations’ new ambassadors to Israel, who have been instrumental in the Abraham Accords’ development.
Israel’s Minister of Economy Orna Barbivai arrived in Rabat for a four-day visit to build ties after relations between the two countries were normalized in 2020 as part of the Abraham Accords.
The two countries are to sign an economic agreement that will “lay the foundation” for improved bilateral trade.
Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan tempered his comments by stressing that the relationship is not political, even though the two countries have officially normalized ties.
Morocco has tense relations with Algeria and fears coming under attack by radical players in the region.
