Africa
African security forces arrest five suspects based on intel from “Western agencies” • They were recruited by Quds Force, identifying Israeli targets in Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal when captured.
Israeli Foreign Ministry issues a travel warning for the African country and calls on Israeli citizens there to leave immediately.
A Mossad delegation visited the capital city of Khartoum earlier this week on what has been characterized as a fact-finding mission.
Aqdar is an international program that seeks “to unify domestic and international efforts to build national cadres that are conscious, self-immunized and able to respond to future challenges.”
The decision came following work conducted by security elements that reassessed the situation, determining the threat level has dropped.
It is unclear if this will affect budding relations between Israel and Sudan as part of normalization associated with the Abraham Accords.
“The more we strengthen the bonds between these countries, the more we will remove a tool from propagandists and agitators who have used [the Israeli-Palestinian] conflict for decades to divert from their shortcomings at home and maintain their grip on power,” said Jared Kushner, chairman and founder of newly established Abraham Accords Peace Institute.
It will work with Université Internationale de Rabat to collaborate on the study of Moroccan Jewry, in addition to research and education.
“Algeria was indeed dismayed at Morocco’s decision to resume diplomatic relations with Israel, and more recently, Algeria criticized Morocco for advocating on Israel’s behalf in gaining observer status in the African Union,” said Sarah Feuer, an expert on Arab politics and fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
The academic institutions are committed to “innovation on a global scale” and aim to collaborate on areas of mutual interest—namely, agriculture, business, natural sciences and other related fields.
Trade between Israel and the United Arab Emirates alone has reached nearly $600 million; it’s expected to reach $1 billion by the end of the year.
The step forward in relations comes after Jerusalem and Rabat signed a trilateral declaration in December that included an obligation “to resume full official contacts between Israeli and Moroccan counterparts.”
